How Schools Might Become Places of Vibrancy and Connection
Psychology Today | 27.10.2026 21:37
“I spent a year as a high school teacher. I was shocked to discover the cleverness and ingenuity of the dumb boys.” These words come from Redford (pseudonym), a remarkable young man I interviewed in September. The “dumb boys,” of whom his math classroom was chiefly composed, were those who had disengaged from their studies years earlier and no longer applied themselves with any real effort. In his classroom, he maintained, they came alive.
