On a more serious note though, this is setting up an inevitable (and necessary) conflict between students and traditional pedagogy. Whereas students may have assumed that there were no attractive alternatives to the kind of education their parents and teacher received, QA changes that notion. I don’t see them going back to what they experienced before without a fight. QA has “nailed it” as a more effective teaching resource. It is a revolutionary idea that has been expertly designed to be incredibly effective in the hands of passionate practitioners.

I had often quoted the ancient axiom “When the student is ready, the teacher appears.” Now however technological and social changes have forced a juxtaposition. It is now truer to say that “When the teacher is ready, the student appears.” I’m convinced that it is not a lack of interest in learning that makes students reticent to learn new things, but rather a lack of interest in learning new things that makes teachers reticent to teach. This will perhaps be the greatest challenge facing the learning revolution that must take place.

This points out very strongly the degree of connection that questers can develop, and how such a wonderful environment can grab and hold their attention over an extended period of time.

It also underlines the problem of only one or two classes in a school running QA. A student does not have to move states or schools to lose access. Just moving to the next grade may be enough. I do hope that teachers in schools where QA is running come on board so that questers may continue what they have started and enjoy so much.