People are capable of extraordinary feats of learning

If we want an educated citizenry that enjoys learning and knows how to take advantage of all the available information on the internet, we need to inspire people.

Education and learning theorists propose that students learn best when it is associated with strong positive emotions. But stress, boredom, confusion, low motivation and anxiety can interfere with learning.

Schools have become stress incubators and condition students to associate learning with unpleasantness. Schools value rote memorization over people's ability to take action and to learn for the sake of knowing.