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September 20, 2011 | Posted At: 02:34 PM | Author: Alexander Russo | Category: Foundation / Advocacy Follies , The Business Of Education , Think Tank Mafia

Quotes: Maybe It's Reformers Who Need Resilience Most

Quotes2 Something] I’ve realized about recruiting really smart people [is] they've never truly struggled with anything... They’re used to working hard, and getting fairly immediate results and teaching doesn’t work like that. So it’s breaking them down mentally. - Max Bean

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Are those people who assume it will all be E-Z when THEY run the show actually "really smart people"? That I would question. Superficially so, maybe. Glib, arrogant, great at attracting megabucks.

Posted by: CarolineSF | September 20, 2011 at 17:21 PM

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