In an age of speed, I began to think, nothing could be more invigorating than going slow. In an age of distraction, nothing can feel more luxurious than paying attention.” – Pico Iyer
Slow Thoughts - Education
In the summer of 2006, I, along with about fifty other eager undergraduates, filed into a bright auditorium at Concordia University’s downtown campus in Montreal to begin Psychology 280 – Adolescence...
As an enthusiastic long-distance walker and voyager, I have come to recognize the similarities that can be found between a child’s education experience and that of a long journey. A child’s education...
When ninetieth century British statesman Robert Lowe declared rather conceitedly “if it’s not cheap it shall be efficient; if it is not efficient it shall be cheap,” he was capturing the essence of...