Graduation was yesterday. I understand from attendees fewer than half of those graduating actually appeared to collect their faux diploma and have their photo snapped with the university president. Unoccupied chairs far outnumbered family and friends in the audience. I suspected as much. I noticed no significant increase in vehicle traffic. My bookstore/coffee shop haunt…
Bookstores are my favorite places to hang-out. Before bookstores became popular, I grew-up in a library. The neighborhood library was three blocks from my Kansas City, Missouri, home. In the summertime, I would spend days and weekends in the library, sitting at a table, reading reference books. Science, mostly, but pretty much any kind of…
Australia Includes Sign Language in National Curriculum. Australia is getting “it.” Australia is recognizing the importance of having a multilingual society. Thus, Australia’s legislature has passed a new national language curriculum that includes Sign Language plus 14 other languages. According to the new plan, first and second graders would be exposed to a new language…
Red Clay building Chinese program | The News Journal | delawareonline.com. I am a big fan of educators developing relationships above and beyond the normal day-in/day-out learning models. Americans need to be more receptive to all sort of learning experiences. Whether these new learning experiences come from nearby businesses showing students new business trends, or…
I’m not a big fan of government supporting or trying to legislate some issues of morality. I’m also not a fan of special interest groups that attempt to use government not to protect their own interests but prevent others from expressing their own beliefs. I couch my beliefs this way: the way you conduct yourself…
Look around the global. Think of countries that are economically successful. Here, I will help you out: South Korea, Germany, Finland, Norway, Sweden, Italy, Singapore, Japan, Taiwan, The Netherlands. There are more examples. This enough to make my point. What do all of these countries have in common? Education. All of these countries stress the…
Democracy works best when the constituency is well-informed and well-educated. When populations are well-informed and well-educated, issues and concerns could be discussed in thoughtful and contemplative ways. As the United States is a Representative Democracy, we elect similarly-minded individuals to represent our views within the Senate and the House of Representatives. How do we know…
Written by David Matthews; from Penguin Press ©2011 Stefan Templeton, the object of the author’s research, did more in his life to 9 years old than I’ve done in all of mine, I think. Born of a Black father and a Norwegian mother, Stefan was already a well-versed world traveler by 9. His upbringing is…
To be honest, I do not have very good critical thinking skills. I do know my critical thinking skills are poor. Knowing this, I spend a lot of time thinking and examining problems, and trying to figure out the context of the issue. People wonder why I don’t trust what they say; it could be…
Over the last 24hrs, er…, make that 36 hours now, I’ve overheard two conversations, and read an article all dealing with the same thing: rewarding students. Parents are mad, as well they should be. But not mad enough to do anything about it, complaining, writing a letter to the school district, or a letter to…
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