tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1334761054277672365.post49985465116707668..comments2024-03-22T03:19:38.110-04:00Comments on Forever In Hell: Thomas Sowell to 11 Year Old: Get Off My Lawn!PersonalFailurehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03034292023591747601noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1334761054277672365.post-279749409742620872009-10-09T21:55:08.457-04:002009-10-09T21:55:08.457-04:00Turns out there's an interesting twist to this...Turns out there's an interesting twist to this story. The enterprising kid wrote to Sowell on his own: there was no assignment.<br /><br />http://blog.coreknowledge.org/2009/10/09/the-thomas-sowell-affair/Robert Pondisciohttp://blog.coreknowledge.orgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1334761054277672365.post-2094346596295990432009-10-08T02:33:00.693-04:002009-10-08T02:33:00.693-04:00hi guys. it's after 2am, because i, i fell asl...hi guys. it's after 2am, because i, i fell asleep. :( i'm sorry!<br /><br />i talked to niece. she goes to a junior high online-school - BUT "remedial" classes are based off of this:<br />http://www.columbuscityschools.org/Fairview/<br /><br />this is an elemetary-level Science Magnet. and under their "Links: (on the left) there are eight-gajillion (ok, really, only 20 or so right now, but it is expected to grow).<br />apparantly, all of PJ's online-texts are downloaded according to some school registration - they are not (apparantly, but my sister is going to check to make sure) buy-able by those not attending.<br />PJ says that one of her teachers said that they are not-for-sale because there is a difference between online-school and homeschooling, and there is (according to the teach) a HUGE problem around this area with homseschooled kids getting *way* more resources and support than kids actually going to school, and for generally poorer results (Franklin County did a survey in 06-07, checking the test scores of home-schooled kids, and seeing who generally failed. it comes as no surprise that those who are home-schooled for "religious" or "moral" reason tend to have scores <i>over 25% lower</i> than students attending a school - but those who are home-schooled because they are "too bright" or something like that, its a crapshoot - some of them do really really really well, some of them are as bad, and test as bad, as the "religious" schooling)<br /><br />i am also hoping to get into contact with the teacher who teaches science, to see what s/he recommends - i'm still waiting on that contact info :)<br /><br /><br />i hope this is enough to start (and isn't all stuff you have seen before)<br /><br />PF: i think you're a great person to teach science. you know enough to get the principles, and you care that she *GETS* it, not that she writes everything in X way.denelianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08083149213773118359noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1334761054277672365.post-6392651859476962312009-10-07T10:03:32.494-04:002009-10-07T10:03:32.494-04:00Please do, denelian. I'm running out of "...Please do, denelian. I'm running out of "let's explore thermodynamics with our friend the dryer" experiments.PersonalFailurehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03034292023591747601noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1334761054277672365.post-76849086421656069882009-10-07T09:20:20.612-04:002009-10-07T09:20:20.612-04:00Denelian, if you can get the info, I'd appreci...Denelian, if you can get the info, I'd appreciate it if you'd just post it here. My son is three, and looking at what sort of education is available here in Texas - that we can afford, anyway - is giving me a serious headache. (It's not that there aren't good schools in my area, just that I have to figure out which ones they are, get the child into one of them, and then watch closely to make sure they don't get a new principal or PTA or Random Citizen Nutcase who decides to start breaking things down.)Michael Mockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06233321050691782148noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1334761054277672365.post-22861891455738813692009-10-07T03:13:52.128-04:002009-10-07T03:13:52.128-04:00totally OT:
your niece and science - my niece (wh...totally OT:<br /><br />your niece and science - my niece (who is only a couple of years older than yours) is currently enrolled in an on-line junior high. want me to see if there is a way for you guys to access it for the science curriculum and materials? i don't *know* that you can, but at worst they should have recommended sites they can hand out.denelianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08083149213773118359noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1334761054277672365.post-90953710142684740692009-10-07T03:11:01.424-04:002009-10-07T03:11:01.424-04:00that is fucking *appalling* (please note: this com...that is fucking *appalling* (please note: this computer is so close to dead i am amazed that it will connect to the intratubes at *all*. running a spell check of ANY sort causes it to crash. i am very, very sorry that i can't spell)<br /><br />i mean... let us assume that a 5th grade class is being taught, let us call it "Personal Economics" (5th graders *should* learn personal economics - i am still horrified that i am the only person in my high school class that knew how daily compound interest worked, or how to pay bills, or what "prime rate" meant, or how to fill out a check... and i graduated in 94). like any other course of study, one should learn not just the basics, but the applications. for instance, when you write a check, who benefits beside the person to whom you have given it? the bank both gains and loses (on the one hand, they have a customer; on the other hand, that transaction costs money). the employee at the bank earns a wage, and does the employee at whatever business it is that recieves the check; paper makers make some money because you will need more paper for more checks, same with printers and makers of ink...<br /><br />asking other people how they do it is a *good* thing, whether you are asking for trigonometry "tricks" or how to butcher a hog. the "hook" of famous people is that kids look up to famous people (that they recognize) and are more likely to absorb what a famous person says, even if they don't agree with it, they will retain the information.<br /><br /><br />sadly, they also retain the information that some people aren't worth the paper their birth certificate was printed on :(denelianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08083149213773118359noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1334761054277672365.post-8432126445152942932009-10-06T21:50:56.655-04:002009-10-06T21:50:56.655-04:00Wait a second, so this child takes a break from Ob...Wait a second, so this child takes a break from Obama worshiping and writes a letter to Mr. Wingnut, and Mr. Wingnut completely misses out on an opportunity to influence a young soul??????? FAIL.Ulyanahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15241777042565026574noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1334761054277672365.post-35987203312802144352009-10-06T16:49:45.348-04:002009-10-06T16:49:45.348-04:00"...than to take on the sober responsibility ..."...than to take on the sober responsibility to develop in students both the knowledge and the ability to think that will enable them to form their own views on matters in both public and private life."<br /><br />That nearly boggles the mind. If children forming their own views on matters is so important, why are so many wingnuts obsessed with isolating their kids from the outside world? If they're so certain your views are correct, wouldn't they stand up to outside challenge?Rob Fhttp://thewordsonwhat.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.com