Boys And Boredom by George F. Will is about how the boy human brain craves junk nourishment just like their bodies crave junk food. The article states that boredom fifty years ago was a stretch of just doing nothing for hours, but now  if boys having nothing specific to do they can get bored within thirty seconds of it. It talks about how because of all of these electric crazes like cell phones, and computers, kids are over stimulated and they are always having something going on. Because of this if kids don’t have something exciting to do then boredom occurs. “Amusement has sucked all of the boredom out of life” is a quote from the article. I agree I think kids now a days are way over stimulated, especially me. I am always on my phone, computer, iPod, or my X-Box Live account. If I went one day without my electronics I would to be “bored”. This affects the world because if people are getting over stimulated and always having fun, then people will always be bored and lose motivation in their life. People need to use electronics still in their daily life but not blow off something very important because it’s boring and play video games, get on the computer, or call someone on the phone. I know I sometimes don’t do my homework to play video games because I get to bored when I do certain work. Boys, including me need to realize the fun in life and not always think we are bored because we don’t have video games to play when we are bored.

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in Mr. Fisch's What If, he talks about how information can be misread by others. His big example is the new sign around the building that says turn of cell phones, iPods, and all electronic devices in class. He explains how kids read this sign and deliberately disobey this rule to kind of battle against the system. He talks about how if we really followed this rule then we couldn’t use laptops we use in class and teachers can not use their overheads or projectors in class. Mr. Fisch said instead of posting up signs and making kids do a vs. the system kind of thing they should have just talked to the students. The staff should have just sat down and explained to the students why they want this to happen and I totally agree with him. Kids would listen more to an adult saying something than a big sign telling them what they can and can not do. I agree with him when he says kids will disobey this sign and rule because they want to and they want to “stick it to the man”. This affects education and the world because this proves we need to take a more hands on approach to problems in the world. Schools need to stop being so had on kids and stop enforcing rules that they know kids will break.  If everyone took a more hands on approach to things instead of being passive aggressive we would learn to solve more problems than we ever have before.

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In David Warlick’s Qualities of an Effective Teacher, he talks about the necessary skills for an effective educator. He believes they should be creative thinkers with an ability to inspire and empower all learners. He also believes they need to be compassionate, understanding and unwilling to give up on a child. I agree with all of these characteristics as well. As a student I do not like to go to school everyday and learn, but with an understanding and outgoing teacher helping me learn, I get a little more excited to come everyday. With a good educator kids get motivated to come to school and they ultimately do better in school. This matters to education because schools need to find those outgoing teachers willing to have fun in class but at the same time teach us the necessary skills to succeed in life. With a little fun and education kids will be more motivated to come to school and learn.

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In Lauren Lee’s The Problem of Motivation students are not influenced to learn and go to school. She talks about how kids were lazy even four hundred years ago. She uses the quote from Shakespeare, "the whining schoolboy, with his satchel/ And shining morning face, creeping like a snail/ Unwillingly to school”. This matters to me because even back then kids were not wanting to go to school just like I have no desire to go. But this matters because even though they did not want to they did and they succeeded in their lives. On some days when I just want to go home when I am school I need to man up and stay because of I do it just brings me closer to having more success in my life. This matters to education because they need to try and make school a little more exciting. They need to make kids want to come to school and want to learn giving them motivation in life. This connects to Alfie Kohn's, School Would be Great if it Wasnt for Kids in saying kids need motivation to come to school and learn.

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In Alfie Kohn’s School’s would be great if it weren’t for kids, it talks about how students are to blame for doing bad in school and not the teachers. Truth is, kids don’t put all they can into school and when they start to do bad first thing they do is blame the teachers, even though they are the ones to blame and not the teachers. This matters to me because if I do bad in school its me to blame, not the teachers. It just means I am to lazy to do my work and I am just not motivated. This matters to education because everyone needs to realize that students are the biggest problem in education problems and not the teachers. Kids need to buckle down and start to do their work and stop blaming their teachers and tutors for them failing a class. Kids need more motivation in school and when they do, education will be even bigger in our everyday life.

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In Jonathan Rosenberg’s Our Googley Advice to students: Major in Learning it is about how we need certain skills to work for Google. They want their workers to have their workers to be creative and non routine problem solvers. Google’s workers need analytical reasoning, communication games, willingness to experiment, be a team player, and passion and leadership which are qualities that apply to most of the jobs in the world. This matters to me because if I want to have a successful job in life I need these skills. This matters to education because teachers need to put these certain skills into their curriculum and teach s these necessary skills. If teachers provided us with this information we wouldn’t end up being malovent human beings.