Introduction

“Let’s…change the world!!”

What do you think when you hear those

words?

For most, “Change the World” is a

mere slogan, something that gets the
heart racing and blood flowing, but is
not followed by action.

It is most certainly not something that

we go to school to do.

Why is school not a place for top

scientists, legendary artists, scholars
and world changers?

Why are the stories of mankind’s

greatest minds always stories of rebels,
renegades, and outlaws who scorned formal education? Why do so many
famous quotes discuss not letting school “get in the way of our
education” or kill our curiosity or creativity?

More importantly, do we believe this to be true of our school? If not,

how are WE going to make school the place to build greatness, nobility,
goodness, justice, or truth?

What is our role in encouraging the next Galileo…Einstein…

Curie...Gandhi…Earhart?

There is value in knowing. There is value in accuracy. There is value in

standards.
There is something mightier than all the grades, scores, awards,
certificates, and titles that will ever be.

You.
Standing shoulder to shoulder with others who help you get to the
person you were meant to be. The one who changes the world.

You were created for significance. The most dangerous thing to your
education and to your life is believing that you don’t matter enough to
triumphs, to impact, or to do epic things.

YOU ARE A GENIUS and the world needs your contribution.

There is someone in need of exactly what you have and only you can
reveal. Shouldn’t school be the place where you two meet?

Let us change the world, as it was meant to be changed. Let's do it in

school.

Get ready to explore, navigate, teach, research, love, be passionate,

learn, succeed, be disappointed, be frustrated, be excited, be engaged,
and most importantly, teach you that failure is an aspect of learning and
life, and it is ok to fail. Welcome to real life, my friends. Welcome to the
best project you will ever be a part of…it will teach you about yourself
and what real life is like. Buckle up.

Welcome to Genius Hour.

-Excerpts from Angela Maiers Foreword from the book, “A Toolkit for
Liberating Genius in the Classroom”