Episode 4: The Problem with Praise

Mr. Miller and Dr. Bourgeois discuss the pros and cons (mainly the cons) of using praise in the classroom, in the home, and in the choir room. Inexplicably, the discussion devolves into a soliloquy on the emergent baseball season.

Show Notes

Musical credit:
"My Shining Hour"

Steven Bourgeois (piano) and Jim Bourgeois (electric piano)
From Thinking of You
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What is The Old School?

Dr. Steven Bourgeois and Mr. Ross Miller lead an informal discussion between a current and a former teacher on topics that challenge "best practices" in contemporary education. In keeping with Neil Postman (1979), we support the conserving function of education: “Its aim at all times is to make visible the prevailing biases of a culture and then, by employing whatever philosophies of education are available, to oppose them.”