Originally Posted by JonLaw
Originally Posted by Bostonian
I think it's hard for teachers to encourage creativity, but students should not regard doing well in school as their sole intellectual goal.

For a long time, doing well in school (well, really, doing better than everyone else) was my only life goal.

I never did replace it with anything else.

I've been goal-less for years.

Jon, I'm suspecting your unstated goal is to eschew goals. smile