I'm trying to teach students to problem-solve.
"You teach students to memorize lots of facts," he said.
"I believe the value of a college education is to teach students to think critically.
And law schools need to teach students to be ethical professionals.
The goal was to nurture creative and adaptive learners, not to teach students to digest and regurgitate facts and formulas.
In most academic work, we teach students to discuss other people's ideas, before they attempt to formulate their own.
When public schools are plastered with commercial advertising, they teach students to be consumers rather than citizens.
Faced with tests that require fast, formulaic writing, we are often asked to teach students to write below their abilities.
The state also requires schools to teach students to save sex for marriage and to avoid alcohol and drugs.
The beatings were to teach students to smile when it hurts -accept life's blows with a smile.
They are positively encouraged, because they teach students to work in teams, solve complex problems and, sometimes, get a message across.
