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...going to get your financial needs met," said Kohn. "Getting rich is life's biggest booby trap...
Students at the panel found Kohn a funny and engaging speaker...
...Kohn advised Harvard students to consider more than just a few career paths...
Some teachers, who resent any challenge to their autonomy, gripe that structured curriculums merely supply rote facts while stifling creativity among teachers and students alike. "The only teaching this does is to make kids cough up answers on command," says Alfie Kohn, author of The Schools Our Children Deserve. Adds Linda McNeil, a professor of education at Rice University: "They'll drive out the best teachers and give the weakest a place to hide...
...skepticism is shared by some experts, including Alfie Kohn, an educator and author in Belmont, Mass. "Most of what passes for character education is behavioral manipulation, not an invitation to reflect on values," he says. "It's no way to transform a community to say, 'Today is Tuesday; it must be Honesty day,' or by giving kids doggy biscuits...