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Reading: “To Be, or Not to Be?” by William Shakespeare

The slowly creaking door episode

Statement of the Whole:  Many discussions and arguments about education seem to come from a place of fear.  Nowhere is this more obvious than with parents.  In this episode, Jason and Steve consider when fear is good, when it is bad, what can be done about it, and how to rise above fear to a place of peace and rest in the classroom.

1. What Should School Produce in its students?
   1. Joy
   2. But there is a lot of fear these days
      1. Grades
      2. Get into college
      3. Relationships
      4. “Succeed”
   3. While there is a fear that leads to wisdom, illegitimate and debilitating fears should be overcome in education
2. How are schools agents of fear?
3. Fear is a very personal thing: each of us should examine ourselves, and if we find fear, we should seek to drive it out of our lives

Closing Thought:  The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom.  Be at leisure and know God.