Strengths blog

Time for change

By Chris Trout | December 14, 2008

"School is stupid and should go die in a hole!" So says my straight-A, self-motivated, avid reader, curious, loves to learn 14-year-old daughter. What is wrong with this picture?

Jen Fox, author of Your Child's Strengths, put her finger right on it in her 12/9/08 blog, Road Block. Jen says, "The new question should be, 'What should children be doing that will both challenge and engage them to serve the ends of their own futures?' –not our idea of what their lives should look like." She's got it right.

Here's the link to the full blog.

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