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How Do You Want to Be When You Grow Up?
Today young people are trying to balance the question of "What do I want
to do when I grow up?" with the question of "Who and how do I want to
be in the world?" Physician and writer Abraham Verghese and education
researcher Denise Pope argue that's because the way we educate for
success doesn't support the creation of full, well-rounded humans. And
they see the next generation challenging our cultural view of success by
insisting that a deeply satisfying life is one filled with presence,
vulnerability, and care for others.
