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"The Advantage of Not Knowing Everything"
Author: Whitefield, Joe
Published In: Facilities Manager
Date: September/October 2014

A local newspaper was doing a story on education that featured a first-grade teacher.  Whe asked by the reported to describe the teacher, one of her current students replied, "She teaches us things we never knew."  That truly says a lot about the teacher’s ability to teach and the great relationship she developed with her students. It also says something important about the mindset of the student who seems to enjoy learning new things.

In their new book, Think Like a Freak, authors Steven Levitt and Stephen Dubner speak to the many facets of thinking (and learning) in order to encourage the readers to tackle the diverse, challenging questions they face.

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