Of course not. It is far more likely that you would feed them well, lots of leafy green vegetables, fruits, proteins, make them as strong as they could possibly be so they could weather the tough times!
We would never have them "practice" being hungry.
That is what I think of every time I am asked the question
"How will PBL students be prepared to sit in a lecture hall of 300 kids in college?"
I have kids in their 20's, all newly in or out of college in the last few years, all three have had to collaborate, communicate, work in groups, present projects, find outside resources and experts, manage an internship, take responsibility for their own learning and YES, they have had to sit in a lecture hall of 300 or so kids and believe it or not, they didn't need any experience to be able to do that. The part they needed experience with was how to break down that lecture, apply it to their background knowledge, take and organize notes, find a group to study with, manage their time between work, school and fun, live on a budget, collaborate with others, give presentations, interview, plan for the future and more.
In a recent school tour, middle school students were asked this question about PBL and college, it stumped them a little, college is so far away when you are barely a teenager, their teacher tweeted out the question asking for a little help from project-based learning practitioners on Twitter who use the #PBLChat hashtag. This crowd-sourced google doc was the result of @RyanSteuer 's tweet. Feel free to add to that list!
In the meantime....Feed your children well!
(Now that Crosby Stills & Nash song is stuck in my head...Teach, your children well.....)
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