I like your analogy of the world being lumpy. Do you think Freedman would agree?

I was struck by something Freeman said on Charlie Rose (I believe). He was describing how he had been contributing to a negative outlook on the US. But then he noted that his outlook was changing based on two things. The first was the "potential" for innovations in energy production and use. The second was innovations in education. He noted that he was impressed by some of the innovations that people were creating and using to improve learning. That really caught me off guard because in his book (The World is Flat) he builds a negative picture of the US education system (at least from my perspective he does). I didn't get to hear all of it as my son thought that Dad playing trains with him was more important than listening to some guy on the TV. I agreed...

Anyway, the overall message of your post fits well with the tag line on my email. "You will teach like you learn, so learn to teach." To me, the best teachers are the best learners.