Michelle as a teenager
Hello Fellow Students
I recently watched the Ted Talk with Michelle Obama who was speaking about the future of education for women. The part of the speech that impacted me the most which I believe transcends sex is her description of her study habits.
She quote “never cut class” and “liked getting A’s” and thought that “being smart was cooler than anything in the world.” What an interesting concept!
Now even though my book is called “Study 30 Minutes A Day and Get A 4.0 GPA” I’m still a proponent of Michelle’s standpoint of education. I get a LOT of flack from people who don’t agree with the title of the book. But, once I explain to them that I teach students learning techniques rather than studying techniques and that I suggest to my students to take a class they might fail to expand their learning, they usually understand.
Learning and effective study skills is in my opinion the most important skill you can teach students, unfortunately many of the students I encounter lack the basic study skills necessary to think critically, or even think regularly lol.
So for all those that are interesested, please take a look at Ms Obama’s speech with the following question in your mind. Do you think the philosophy of education Michelle is espousing is possible in our current society? Or do you think we have to coax our students into this kind of thought process by buying them off with flashy titles like study 30 minutes a day and get a 4.0 GPA?
Liam McIvor martin
