{"id":12475,"date":"2016-04-09T12:00:45","date_gmt":"2016-04-09T19:00:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ttinvent.com\/?p=12475"},"modified":"2020-05-20T17:07:01","modified_gmt":"2020-05-21T00:07:01","slug":"do-we-want-hoop-jumpers-or-risk-takers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/developinginnovators.com\/education\/?p=12475","title":{"rendered":"Do we want Hoop Jumpers or Risk Takers?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>Nothing compares to the first time you take the wheel of a car and feel the power and responsibility.<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div>I was about 8. \u00a0My dad and I were driving in his blue Ford F-150 pickup truck. \u00a0He pulled over to the side of the road and slowed to a stop.<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div>Then he said those words that changed my life.<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div>&#8220;Do you want to drive?&#8221;<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12477\" src=\"http:\/\/ttinvent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/ford-pickup-1988-500-150x150.png\" alt=\"Ford Pickup 1988-500\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"http:\/\/developinginnovators.com\/education\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/ford-pickup-1988-500-150x150.png 150w, http:\/\/developinginnovators.com\/education\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/ford-pickup-1988-500-350x350.png 350w, http:\/\/developinginnovators.com\/education\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/ford-pickup-1988-500-300x300.png 300w, http:\/\/developinginnovators.com\/education\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/ford-pickup-1988-500-273x273.png 273w, http:\/\/developinginnovators.com\/education\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/ford-pickup-1988-500.png 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/>Half-believing I was dreaming, I climbed up onto my dad&#8217;s lap while he eased the truck back onto the sleepy little street we lived on. \u00a0As I took the wheel, a surge of pride and excitement washed over me.<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div>Then I realized that I might run the truck off the road, and I froze.<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div>My dad had to take the wheel, but a few days later he asked me again. \u00a0I tried again, and this time it was a little better.<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div>This became a regular routine whenever we turned onto our quiet street until I became quite comfortable with the responsibility.<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div>I have played out some form of this learning to take the reigns over and over throughout my life. \u00a0Sometimes it came very naturally, and sometimes it took a lot of practice. \u00a0In every case, though, I stepped up to the plate, swung for the fence, and eventually made things work.<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div>I&#8217;ve had the same experience with students in our Inventor Camps. \u00a0When we give them the reigns, they step up and deliver outstanding results.<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div>What if we did the same thing with every teacher in America?<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div>What if tomorrow we decided to treat them like the professionals they are?<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div><strong>Ted Dintersmith<\/strong> believes this is the answer to our educational conundrums. \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/ttinvent.com\/?p=11812\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Listen to the TTI podcast<\/a> this week to learn who Ted is and why this idea is so powerful.<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div>Carpe Diem,<br \/>\nSteve<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nothing compares to the first time you take the wheel of a car and feel the power and responsibility. \u00a0 I was about 8. \u00a0My dad and I were driving in his blue Ford F-150 pickup truck. \u00a0He pulled over &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"http:\/\/developinginnovators.com\/education\/?p=12475\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Do we want Hoop Jumpers or Risk Takers?<\/span> 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