September 19, 2025 You know the saying: If it doesn’t move and it should—WD-40. If it moves and it shouldn’t—duct tape. Two simple tools for almost any fix. Teaching, however, can feel like a job for a whole hardware store. When the Room Is All Wrong I’ve taught in places where “classroom” was a generousContinue reading “Duct tape and WD40 for teachers”
Category Archives: How
The Universal Law of Behavior
“If They Know They Can—They Will” By Rebecca Fegan, Master Teacher This isn’t about ability.It’s about permission. Let’s talk about what happens when someone believes they’re allowed to act. Not trained. Not skilled. Just… permitted. Step into any crowd setting. Remember Don Rickles? Rodney Dangerfield? Legendary comics who owned their stages. When you attend aContinue reading “The Universal Law of Behavior”
Access the most powerful part of your mind!
Have you ever solved the world’s problems in your dreams? Do you dream of great speech or reel ideas then forget them the next day? Do you ever perform your best at night when you’re sleeping and can’t get through the first 13 seconds the next day? Here’s the concept you need to know:Continue reading “Access the most powerful part of your mind!”
Why don’t we understand science?
Don’t trust those scientists! They make monsters and the monsters take over the world! Don’t believe those scientists! They tell us what is the truth and then change it! Don’t expect scientists to solve our problems! They don’t know anything–everything is just theory! Math and Engineering make sense to us. If you do this thingContinue reading “Why don’t we understand science?”
Look at your hands
REALLY look at them. Aren’t they marvelous? Our hands and feet are something that distinguishes us from other animals. We all have about the same structure: 5 fingers on each hand, and 5 toes on each foot. Birds and Fish have some of the same bones in their wings and flippers. It may not lookContinue reading “Look at your hands”
What if your Teacher isn’t good enough?
For decades we’ve been specializing subject matter. Math class for mathematics, English class for reading and writing, Science class for Earth sciences, biology, chemistry, and physics… Then we started specializing our students. We must understand the culture, the mental abilities, the disabilities, the medical conditions. Then we further specialized the students and the subject matterContinue reading “What if your Teacher isn’t good enough?”
Afterschool Brain Club
What a stupid name. What would happen if a bunch of kids got together after school and learned stuff for fun? Wait, Learning for Fun? Why not? Do you want to learn how to build robots? Do you want to fire rockets? Do you want to dissect frogs? Do you want to speak Chinese? WhatContinue reading “Afterschool Brain Club”
Let’s solve a problem
Why? Did you know that the purpose of most learning is to solve a problem? Why is the sky blue? How did Russia beat Napolean? Would I understand the book better if I read it in its original language? How do you go about solving problems? Well, you would have to know what you’re lookingContinue reading “Let’s solve a problem”
How to learn vs. What to learn
This is why our “traditional approach” to education is skewed.
Our tradition only goes back to the industrial age. Actual academic traditions were more like discussing subjects in the main square of town.
Old Dogs
It is a proven fact that young people’s brains are more elastic and pliable and able to learn things much faster than old people. Old people’s brains get brittle and set. They can’t maneuver between subjects and activities as fast as young people. This is why it’s OK to be a prodigy but once youContinue reading “Old Dogs”