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Kudos to studying for good grades, but education has a bigger purpose
We need to help students realise that there’s more value in the process of learning.
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What we learn in formal education will be overtaken by new discoveries and knowledge.
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I often get a mixed look of bewilderment and amusement when I urge my students to develop and nurture the ability to teach themselves while in university.
In response, the cheekier ones would say they had paid good money to attend law school and the role of their teachers was to ensure that they get good grades that will then set them on the path to making a good living as lawyers.
