The Importance of Optimism in Teaching

Gramsci: I identify with the people who thought we could do better than slavery. And I say to myself, no brainer, we can do better than capitalism. The human mind's desire for something that works better is in enough of us that confronted with danger and risk,. We can rise to the occasion. Will we for sure? I don't know. But underneath it, yeah, I'm an optimist. I think it's possible.