What Have We Learned

Lately I find myself returning to the mantra of being a lifelong learner.

It is a phrase that started in the education community. Education should not stop with the 3 p.m. bell and students leaving the classroom. It should be a philosophy of life that continues from this point on.

It is a good idea. Better said, it is an idea that should have been present all along. I remember years ago during a stint in teaching a fellow teacher said to approach the class as if you the teacher are the only one with the answer; make them dependent on the answer to the question you the teacher presented.

I have...