Alpha Chromatica𝗖𝗵𝗿𝗼𝗺𝗮 𝟬𝟯𝟵𝟭
I keep seeing this ad around town, and I can’t help but chuckle.
“𝗗𝗼𝗲𝘀 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗶𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗿𝘂𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗻𝗮𝗺𝗲?”
Then it proudly states: “𝗢𝘂𝗿 𝗮𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗰𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘀 𝘀𝗶𝘇𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝟮𝟵 𝘀𝘁𝘂𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀.”
And on another ad it states: “No one wants to be just a number.”
Now, think about that for a second. 𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝗺𝘂𝗰𝗵 𝗶𝗻𝗱𝗶𝘃𝗶𝗱𝘂𝗮𝗹 𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗱𝗼 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗴𝗲𝘁 𝗶𝗻 𝗮 𝗰𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝟮𝟵? At what point in a class that size do you stop being a person and start being a statistic?
If you're in a technical field, where 𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗲𝘅 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗯𝗹𝗲𝗺 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝟮𝟬 𝘁𝗼 𝟰𝟱 𝗺𝗶𝗻𝘂𝘁𝗲𝘀 to solve, how much time do you think your instructor actually has for you?
Multiply that across the whole class, and suddenly, it’s not about 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴, it’s about 𝘀𝘂𝗿𝘃𝗶𝘃𝗮𝗹.
Most people assume that just 𝗯𝗲𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝗻 𝗮 𝗰𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘀 means they’re learning. But the real question is: 𝗔𝗿𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗮𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗴𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗵𝗲𝗹𝗽 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗱, 𝗼𝗿 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮 𝗰𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘀?
The best education isn’t about how many students are in a room.
𝗜𝘁’𝘀 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗵𝗼𝘄 𝗺𝘂𝗰𝗵 𝗮𝗰𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗹 𝗴𝘂𝗶𝗱𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲.