I vividly remember ONE lesson from my highschool years - granted, it was a long time ago, but the fact that I remember this particular lesson above all others, demonstrates the impact of relevance-based teaching. The Peace Corp volunteer from somewhere in the USA - whose name unfortunately didn’t stick - came into the classroom and played U2’s famous song One . Back then I hadn’t even heard of U2, I was more into Metallica, Sepultura, Dream Theatre, The Doors, and other such markers of a troubled youth. She played the song once and she only asked one question: “What do you think this song is about?” Those of you who are familiar with the song and its background will surely understand how excellent this kick-off was. We in the classroom must have all looked very confused. So we listened to it several times, wrote down the text (by listening, back then we didn’t have computers or google in the classroom, just a good old CD-player), and discussed it in groups. Then we were asked to pr