Lessons from a special teacher

This is a nice story about mathetics from a book I’m currently reading:

“Benjamin Zander, conductor of the Boston Philarmonic, has a unique strategy for getting the best out of his students. On the first day of class, he tells his first year students that they all get an A. There’s one condition. Their first assignment is to write a letter to him – dated on the last day of class – explaining why they deserved the grade.”

Kelley, Tom. The Art of Innovation. New York : Doubleday, 2001, p. 88