Context Is Everything (Or Almost Everything)
While the COVID era has raised new questions about the S.A.T. and other standardized tests, for many students, the S.A.T. appears here to stay. In Florida, Florida BEST Standards will require high schoolers to take (though not pass) the S.A.T. or A.C.T., and ambitious students have continued to demand access to the S.A.T even where […]
Socratic Method: Asking the Hard Questions
Throughout my Teaching Evaluations, a consistent theme which emerges is the importance of curiosity and independent thinking: “[Nicholas] always promotes us to think the questions independently.” “He managed to incite genuine curiosity in me for topics I previously hadn’t been interested in.” “He engaged me during every discussion.” In almost all of my classes, I […]