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White Folks’ Burden?
April 17, 2016This Op-Ed, which will be printed in TCPublicSpace’s April edition, started out as an assignment for my U.S. Education Policy in the Historical Context class with Ansley Erickson. However, it is less history assignment than critical book review, as it is primarily a response to Christopher Emdin’s incredible book: “For… Read more
Raising a Glass of Rousseau: On Educating the Diligent Reader
March 25, 2016This essay was written on the classic text by Jean Jacques Rousseau – “Emile or On Education”. This seems to be the origin of a lot of the arguments for self-directed learning and also the source of their confusion. Rousseau posits a concept called well regulated freedom, which is actually a… Read more