Kevin Kramer is a husband, father, retired English teacher, and wrestling coach.
In this episode, Kramer and Maxwell talk about turning passion into a career, starting to teach in 1979, being in high school is tough, kids taking Prozac and Adderall, “The Catcher in the Rye”, finding ways to reward efforts, high school is not the most important thing in your life, life highlights, career paths, dual-certification in History and English, having good mentors, wrestling was a doorway to a college degree, University of Oregon, changing majors, technology adjusting the way you do things in school, accountability and transparency, school shooters, mental health crisis, Ronald Reagan, getting news from social media, “The Social Dilemma”, confirmation bias, preparing kids to take tests - need to teach critical thinking instead, World War 2, Auschwitz, Dachau, differences in youth over the years, attention spans, trying to get kids to read classic books, attempting to understand people, “The Great Gatsby”, “The Iliad”, Homer, cutting curriculum in public schools, good vs. evil, duality, how everything is a story, and humans need a beginning and an end.
