At seventeen, I was editor of my high school newspaper.  I was dissatisfied with a number of things:  the mediocre learning atmosphere of my high school, the cut-and-dried teaching methods, and the teachers who, for lack a better word, just weren’t up to speed.  Other students felt similarly, but there wasn’t much we could do about it, even though we were the principal stakeholders in the educational process.  I decided to write an editorial calling for change.  In the editorial, I criticized the faculty for failing to deliver engaging learning activities in the classroom.   I pointed out that the student body was largely apathetic.  We listened to boring lectures, received rote assignments, went through the motions of completing them unenthusiastically, and received minimal feedback that came much too late.  I asked a disturbing question, “What would teachers do without their answer keys?”

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