Comments on: Curiosity: the Hunger, Thirst, Desire, Need for Knowledge and the Exploration of the Unknown http://www.maxpersuasion.com/curiosity-the-hunger-thirst-desire-need-for-knowledge-and-the-exploration-of-the-unknown/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=curiosity-the-hunger-thirst-desire-need-for-knowledge-and-the-exploration-of-the-unknown A school dedicated to Mastering the Art of Persuasion Sat, 28 Jan 2012 04:35:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Brennan Kingsland http://www.maxpersuasion.com/curiosity-the-hunger-thirst-desire-need-for-knowledge-and-the-exploration-of-the-unknown/#comment-121 Brennan Kingsland Mon, 17 Sep 2007 16:04:38 +0000 http://maxpersuasion.com/blog/curiosity-the-hunger-thirst-desire-need-for-knowledge-and-the-exploration-of-the-unknown/#comment-121 I love the concepts you present in your blog, but I'm curious about something. Children have an insatiable desire to learn new things, then, in our current school system, the desire is stamped out by 4th or 5th grade. Our schools are failing miserably and yet everyone seems to think: 1) It's not happening in my child's school, or 2) There's nothing I can do to fix things. Leave it to someone else. We have a plan to FIX the problems in public schools, but we are banging our heads against the wall trying to get anyone interested. We need to persuade affluent people and middle income people and lower-income people as well. What's the secret to getting people to take action? I love the concepts you present in your blog, but I’m curious about something.

Children have an insatiable desire to learn new things, then, in our current school system, the desire is stamped out by 4th or 5th grade. Our schools are failing miserably and yet everyone seems to think:

1) It’s not happening in my child’s school, or

2) There’s nothing I can do to fix things. Leave it to someone else.

We have a plan to FIX the problems in public schools, but we are banging our heads against the wall trying to get anyone interested. We need to persuade affluent people and middle income people and lower-income people as well. What’s the secret to getting people to take action?

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