When I consider possible career choices, one of the factors that always seems to be top of mind is my perception of something I like to call ‘the Sameness’. The Sameness is what scares me about a vast number of jobs – the concept that what I’d be doing day in and day out, year [...]
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Comparing Teachers to Doctors & Soldiers
In the fiery reform movement that at best calls for greater accountability for teachers, and at worst demonizes and vilifies them, there are two analogies that help elucidate the profession for those who don’t really understand how to think about teachers. Kundera said, “Metaphors are not to be trifled with,” and part of what he [...]
Have you Taught your Kids Today?
As a part-time SAT tutor, Nihal works with his students through concepts that help bring insight on how people think. He shares with us his experience and suggests ways on how to challenge the mind.
Digital Pedagogical Designers
What are Digital Pedagogical Designers? Guest Blogger Nihal Parthasarathi uses reflects on the failures of the good old textbook.
Get Excited about Education Technology! Part II
Read more about why Schoology Guest Blogger, Nihal, is excited about education technology. This is Part II of a two part series.
Get Excited about Education Technology!
The line between socializing for entertainment and socializing for education is becoming more and more blurred. Read more about why Schoology Guest Blogger, Nihal, is excited about education technology. This is part of a two part series.
Meet Nihal Parthasarathi
Hello Schoology Blog readers, I’m Nihal! I’m a dual-action entrepreneur-writer living the dream in New York City, currently working to start my own education company, write a novel, maintain a blog, and pay my rent in the meantime. I went to school at NYU’s undergraduate Stern School of Business, studying marketing and finance while minoring [...]