chuckles

To Mom: thanks for showing me how to be calm, cool, collected, and uncompromising when people are cruel. To Dad, the coolest CFO I know: thanks for teaching me about balance and how to save money wisely. To my brother Jonny: thanks for lending me money to buy comic books and video games when I didn’t follow Dad’s advice about saving wisely.

I was afraid, if I tried any such restricted approach, that I would end up, in the immortal words of John L. Lewis, “with no brain at all, just a neck that had haired over.”

The learning experience needs to be as engaging as a Youtube video or a video game. Quizlet, Duolingo, and Codecademy make learning feel just like that. Yet that alone isn’t enough. No matter how fun the game gets, learning, by the end of the day, is about applying the skills to contribute to our community. Can you confidently build a secure, funct... See more