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What sort of education would be worthy of angels Tony Armstrong argues it would be an education focused on helping them achieve their deepest happiness Contemporary education ignores the question of children s happiness Schools aren t in the happiness business For the most part they re in the preparing workers business Children are treated as means to economic ends than as ends in themselves in today s schools Armstrong doesn t think this moral lapse is due to not caring enough about our children He says it has to do with people being unaware that schools could do far than they do to improve kids chances for realizing happiness If parents understood schools could do for the happiness of their children he believes they would insist on it Armstrong offers a practical understanding of happiness as a feeling you want to keep feeling and sees the pursuit of happiness as the steps you take to feel better than you do at present Seen in this light empowering students lifelong pursuit of happiness involves helping them gain the insights and skills that allow them to feel as they choose from moment to moment as well as in the long term He points to classroom tested methods that have proven quite effective in helping kids feel better And also behave better learn better relate better and treat others kindly Dr Armstrong presents a kindergarten through college pedagogy that would result in happier people and better societies He paints an inspiring picture of an education worthy of angels and a future worthy of humanity Educating Angels Teaching for the Pursuit of Happiness Volume 9 Our National Conversation I picked this book up from the library without knowing anything about it other than it looked interesting to me It is a fairly good book I like the concept and some of the ideas are really worthwhile However the problem is that the author attempts to write so academically in the beginning that it is very hard to get into the book the kind of writing that you have to re read just to understand what is being said I ended up just skimming through the first few chapters But eventually he seems to calm down a bit and just write and the ideas become very clear and understandable And they are good ideas It is just too bad that many people might be turned off by the writing style in the beginning of the book 1624910130 Parents and educators will find this eye opening Every PTO board should read it and discuss 1624910130