Schoolpoint, n.

“So it strikes me that perhaps the most important thing I can do on Greenback’s campus is to establish a student-run repair shop.  Create an expectation that students can fix broken stuff, and an environment in which they’re encouraged to try to do it.  Provide an opportunity for students to get their hands dirty, learn the internal logic of simple systems and mechanisms, gain a sense of mastery (and the patience to deal with the inevitable frustration).  Ask for help from the experts on campus in ways that aren’t strictly limited by disciplinary silos.  Indeed, learn that real-world problems aren’t constrained by academic disciplines at all.”