Educating the Emotions: A Middle Aged Guy talks about Engaging Passion

Aspen Ideas Festival, 2010.
The main reason the education system doesn't work these days is not that we're bad at math and English instruction. It is that students lack the soft skills-how to use teachers as a tool for learning-and schools treat kids as blank slates to be filled with information instead of as emotionally needy creatures looking to organize their passions. This talk features New York Times Columnist, David Brooks.
Speakers:
David Brooks
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[@denise2169]

Such a positive, emotionally intelligent voice for our dysfunctional modern society! Thank you Mr Brooks!

[@rebeccasmerdel4424]

the applause at the end had me in tears, as I too appreciated hearing this speech

[@evelynramos445]

Always game changing of David Brooks!

[@folumb]

I watch David Brooks regularly talking politics. Then I saw a PBS brief on his new book and looked back at all the talks he's given like this. He's completely different than I thought. Much more real than another pundit

[@evelynramos445]

For placing the light on our huge problem. Hit at the core!

[@vincentcaudo-engelmann9057]

Pure gold.

[@brucegottlieb1]

Terrific talk! But I don't get how you know more about psychology than most psychologists and psychiatrists do and certainly more than most did when you gave that talk 13 years ago!

[@roniquebreauxjordan1302]

..great talk for women to hear...

[@maureensurdez7841]

Mr Mr. Brooks has been on quite a journey. I read one of his first books that detailed his divorce previous love of his life. He has paid attention and has worked very hard to establish important contacts with sources of love and thriving in life. Nice job.

[@rebekahbrown4052]

Sasha, best intro ever. I wish all videos on youtube would do that. Short and sweet.

[@evelynramos445]

Thank you for this extensive research

[@moni10684]

It would be awesome if people could ask questions without prefacing the questions with their own speeches.

[@talkwench340]

Inspiring as ever. Much food for thought.

[@italythroughmyeyes]

What a great story😊

[@starshine6472]

Wow, this is enough brain food to last me a good long while. Concentrated, like superfood!

[@diegonayalazo]

Thanks for sharing

[@veritas6335]

Brooks says people named Dennis have a disproportionately larger chance of becoming dentists. Baloney. My fathers middle name was Dennis, my middle name is Dennis and his mothers maiden name was Dennis. It never occurred to any of us to be dentists. We're all writers, yet none of us is named Wright. I've known many Lawrences and. none were lawyers or ever wanted to be lawyers. That's a silly and very flawed theory.

[@rosiemackenzie5976]

Maybe a truer test would have been if your first names had been Dennis, most people don't go by their second name but by their first.

[@denise2169]

This was not baloney for my dad! His first name was Dennis and he told me he had wanted to be a dentist when he was young, but couldn’t because he had to keep working in his father’s store in the 1940s! He was not allowed to follow his dream, as we do these days. 😢

[@sharonnugent408]

I've known all that since my grandson was born 26 years ago

[@evelynramos445]

Keeping our minds set asleep un-complainig

[@evelynramos445]

Offering object as reasoing towards getting attachments

[@evelynramos445]

Does discrimates its byproducts, associated with huge early level

[@lyndachaufty4716]

Middle names are rarely used and not your identity.

[@rosiemackenzie5976]

It is quiet astonishing to realise that your "conscience decisions" were already long time motivated and decided by your unconscience, and you have been "hook-winked" all this time into thinking you controled your thoughts..

[@patriciajump9511]

Oh gosh, I love David brooks but he just gave to much credit to the lesson of the kids who did our did not hold off eating the marshmallow. It's NOT that simple!

[@evelynramos445]

Level of education or wealth varies according, devoid implicit to the following or not!

[@evelynramos445]

My sibling aquired accuracy for top VP business

[@evelynramos445]

The first, to move on to social

[@drirenem.zoppirodriguez3232]

Some opinionated comments with bitter inner pain jokes, but I can feel his depression.

[@evelynramos445]

Interesting of the English

[@evelynramos445]

My apologies to Brooks who admire, before he was stardom.

[@evelynramos445]

Maturity association w devoid of attachments

[@evelynramos445]

Interested in Yale work? Email

[@evelynramos445]

Others are interested on cognitive brain! Quiet!

[@evelynramos445]

Unlike my size

[@SavanaT]

Why is it OK to make fun of short men? It's not kind.