PLN #10

I read "School Would be Great if it Wasn’t for Kids" by Alfie Kohn, originally this article didn't come from Google reader I found a link to it from another Google reader blog called "What Glee: reflections on teachers and learning". The first article I mention matters because it talks about after we blame teachers we need to blame students, wait... what!? He says the reason behind blaming students is they can't summon the drive to work harder and succeed. This article matters to me because I realize this in myself a lot lately; I don't want to work at all. I would always take the easy way out, but it come back to bite me in the butt. For example the reason I am redoing this article I am typing right know is because I got a poor grade on it. Know I am wasting my time redoing something that if I worked a little harder I wouldn’t be redoing. This article matters to education because this could cause students to be forced to work harder, there really isn't a way yet, but someone will eventually figure it out. Also it matters to education because we all know that the US is falling behind in education in the world competition, but what if it’s because students are lazy? This article matters to the world because it can probably change every countries view on education view. We need to start blaming students because their also part of the cause!