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When we go to school, very often, we don't see that passion because the way school is run, the disciplinary nature of it and the rote learning are so, sort of, offensive actually, that children sort of lose that passion more often than not.

-Nicholas Negroponte

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When We Go To School, Very Often,

Nicholas Negroponte

When we go to school, very often, we don't see that passion because the way school is run, the disciplinary nature of it and the rote learning are so, sort of, offensive actually, that children sort of lose that passion more often than not.

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I can't get upset about 'offensive to women' or 'offensive to blacks' or 'offensive to native americans' or 'offensive to jews' ... offend! i can't get worked up about it. offend!

I am very annoyed about this issue. why can’t it be a choice? why is that any less legitimate? it seems we’re just ceding this point to bigots who are demanding it, and i don’t think that they should define the terms of the debate. i also feel like people think i was walking around in a cloud and didn’t realize i was gay, which i find really offensive. i find it offensive to me, but i also find it offensive to all the men i’ve been out with.

I imagine a school system that recognizes learning is natural, that a love of learning is normal, and that real learning is passionate learning. a school curriculum that values questions above answers...creativity above fact regurgitation...individuality above conformity.. and excellence above standardized performance..... and we must reject all notions of 'reform' that serve up more of the same: more testing, more 'standards', more uniformity, more conformity, more bureaucracy.

I gave myself permission to care, because there are a lot of people in this world who are afraid of caring, or afraid of showing that they care because it's uncool. it's uncool to have passion. it's so much easier to lose when you've shown everyone how much you don't care if you win or lose. it's much harder to lose when you show that you care, but, you'll never win, unless you also stand to lose. don't be afraid of your passion.

Passion makes the old medicine new: passion lops off the bough of weariness. passion is the elixir that renews: how can there be weariness when passion is present? oh, don't sigh heavily from fatigue: seek passion, seek passion, seek passion!

You cannot lead without passion. passion causes things to move, and passion creates a force multiplier. passion actually covers a multitude of sins. real entreleaders care deeply, and that is basically what passion is. passion is not yelling or being wild; it is simply caring deeply.

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