The danger of impatience
May 4th, 2007 | by Tim Wilson |If there’s a distinguishing characteristic of educational reform, and reform efforts in general, it’s the lack of patience in sustaining difficult effort over time. We criticize students who can’t seem to exercise delayed gratification, but don’t seem to notice that educators, government officials, and the general public aren’t any better.
Reference: Taylor, Sharon, and Ivor Macfarlane. ITIL Small-scale Implementation. London: TSO, 2005.
One Response to “The danger of impatience”
By Mrs. Durff on May 5, 2007 | Reply
How very true! I am very impatient. I find it
difficult to comprehend why others would not want
to improve their teaching immediately through
the tools now available through Opensource. Not
only am I impatient, but I am cheap.