Is Our Educational System Broken? Maybe Not - JW Wilson

Your Brain ON Positive with Jackie Simmons

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Join Jackie and JW Wilson, author of Cracking the Learning Code and Executive Director of The Learning Code Institute, for Part 1 of their discussion on learning, and succeeding within the educational system. In this episode, JW tells us his side of the story; what it was like growing up “learning challenged” and then becoming an expert in how we learn and how the system can be so much better.

This discussion is super packed with all kinds of interesting myth-busting facts around education and learning.

Grab your pen and notebook and listen in to:

[03:06] A great story

[05:02] Why our children are in so much pain

[06:20] The dilemma of the “95%”

[07:07] What school teaches us about cooperation

[07:16] Myths about the education system

[07:59] What students really need

[08:40] (story time) Shape up or ship out

[09:35] Starting fresh

[11:15] The damage of being held back

[11:48] Fighting against the natural state of a child

[12:21] The myth of the left-brain advantage

[16:12] Getting baked in the oven of good and bad

[16:44] How we create separation

[17:47] The primary mechanism of learning

[20:01] The Power of Freedom

[20:47] A war story?

[20:57] A neurochemical trap

[24:44] The neurogenetics of marketing and branding

[27:15] What diversity keeps alive

[27:41] How we’re creating ongoing disasters

[328:21] The defense of beliefs

[29:06] Looking for meaning in all the wrong places

[32:16] The Cult of the Unhappy

[35:02] Playing games to prevent suicide

Links:

The Learning Code Institute: https://www.thelearningcode.com/

Book: Cracking the Learning Code: The Science That is Transforming How the World Learns, Motivates and Changes Behaviors

Other Links mentioned:

Artist Teri Rizzutti: https://www.rizzuttifineart.com/

Website: JackieSimmons.com

Book: Make It A Great Day: The Choice is Yours

Website: The Teen Suicide Prevention Society

Why Not Workbook: http://www.WhyNotWorkBook.com

Enjoy!

About Jackie:

Jackie Simmons writes and speaks on the leading-edge thinking around mindset, money, and the neuroscience that drives success.

Jackie believes it’s our ability to remain calm and focused in the face of change and chaos that sets us apart as leaders. Today, we’re dealing with more change and chaos than any other generation.

It’s taking a toll and Jackie’s not willing for us to pay it any longer.

Jackie uses the lessons learned from her own and her clients’ success stories to create programs that help you build the twin muscles of emotional resilience and emotional intelligence so that your positivity shines like a beacon, reminding the world that it’s safe to stay optimistic.

TEDx Speaker, Multiple International Best-selling Author, Mother to Three Girls, Grandmother to Four Boys, and Partner to the Bravest, Most Loyal Man in the World.

https://jackiesimmons.info/

https://sjaeventhub.com

https://www.facebook.com/groups/yourbrainonpositive

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