'i Won't Learn From You': And Other Thoughts On Creative Maladjustment Ballantine Imagine how effectively you could

Imagine how effectively you could command and influence the direction of your life if you knew how to control the power of your mind

and in turn

and how to infuse life with beauty while acknowledging its transience

Shortly afterwards

'i Won't Learn From You': And Other Thoughts On Creative Maladjustment Ballantine Imagine how effectively you could"I won't learn from you" is Herb Kohl's now classic essay about the phenomenon of "not learning," or refusing to learn, which takes place when a student's intelligence, dignity, or integrity is compromised by a teacher, an institution, or a larger social mindset. Available in book form for the first time, "I Won't Learn from You" serves here as a starting point for four new, groundbreaking essays by one of the country's leading thinkers on education.