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Those Lessons They Never Taught Us in School

by William F. Torpey

This story relates how a big brother who didn't make it to high school or collegen -- through his own innate common sense -- taught me, his little brother, who graduated from high school and college, more than any teacher or professor. published 10 months ago

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 Shin-Ho Lee traces a buffalo in his class for 3- to 6-year-olds at East Fort Worth Montessori Academy. -- S-T/MAX FAULKNER Photo60

Don't Test; Teach!

by William F. Torpey

In the dozen or more years we spend in school, we spend thousands of hours taking tests -- quizzes, mid-terms, finals, SATs, aptitude, psychological, intelligence. Much of it is a waste of time. We'd be better off if we spent part of that time learning something new. published 5 months ago

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