Maybe I was wrong. Or maybe I was right the first time. Just yesterday I stumbled upon a very interesting and readable article posted in Politico Magazine that talks about the publishing world’s transition from print to digital. I’m not going to try to interpret it for you, but basically it cites an extensive survey appearing in Journalism Practice that suggests the demise of print is not so inevitable (or at least it wasn’t at one time), and the future of online publishing is not so crystal clear. The article is a year old, but I don’t think much has changed in a year. If the subject interests you at all, check out “What if the Newspaper Industry Made a Colossal Mistake?”
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Obsessive testing is indeed detrimental to thinking, however I believe it is the politicians, rather than the teachers, who are dedicated to testing. Real educators still know and believe that children like to learn. Unfortunately, frustration with the “system” is driving many of them out and their replacements are far too willing to follow the script they are given.
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Glad to hear from Jerry in FL, was wondering if you were OK, Jerry. And how are your cats? Don’t you have Elvis and Cilla — am I remembering right?
Snowing in Minnesota, emb reports — brrrrrr. Thanks for warning us, Professor.
Old Bear, thank you so much for telling everyone that I had posted on the “Sleeping Beauty” page. I had thoughtlessly written on the wrong one when Jimmy had already put up a new o
ne. And thank you for the nice things you wrote about my house.
Please look back, anybody who is interested, for my house painting stories and computer adventures, to the Sleeping Beauty site. I hate to think of their going unread when it took me quite a while to type them (I am not an expert typist and make a lot of mistakes.)
Can anyone tell me how I could re-post comments if I type them in the wrong place again? (I sure will try not to).
I believe that over the centuries teachers discovered which methods to use according to the students’ ages and mental maturity. That’s why math drills among the young resulted in older students who were ready for more complex topics and able to do math in their heads and/or on paper. They not only learned how to use algebra, geometry, and trig to pass tests, they learned how to use them in real-world situations.
Our brains don’t start out as miniature, fully-wired adult brains, they grow to that state. I think too many education theories ignore that. A brilliant young teacher I know tried to defend to me how common core teaches math but stumbled when I asked her just how many elementary school kids in her classroom really “got” the explanations? She admitted that a few could recite the explanations back to her, but it was clear they didn’t understand it very well. Certainly none of them understood math principles as well as she did 20 years ago!
As a private math tutor I’ve discovered that the way I learned those topics 50+ years ago make more sense to the kids I’m helping than what they’re being taught in today’s classrooms.
emb, that wasn’t a real shark in a real tank.
As for bears, they’re used to going wherever they want whenever they want.
The bears were no surprise at all, but I’m annoyed that the shark was fake. Why did they bother?
Peace,
It was a “practical joke” as explained in the article:
A sign above the tank says “touch at your own risk,” but the man seems unperturbed by that…
And so he was pranked. Do I approve of such “humor”? No. I’d never set up a prank like that, but then I have a real heart problem. Younger, crueler folk can and do worse than that one.
Charlotte in NH
on 26 Oct 2017 at 10:47 pm #
Can anyone tell me how I could re-post comments if I type them in the wrong place again? (I sure will try not to).
Charlotte, the trick is to highlight the text you want to copy (likely with your mouse) then press Ctrl+C to copy it (like I did from your post). Then to paste it, put your cursor in the new location and press Ctrl+V.
As long as I am here…
I like to eat at Chick-Fil-A and a couple of the local stores keep copies of the Cincinnati Enquirer (which sadly does not feature A&J) each day for the customers to share. As my boys were growing up we were sure to make reading the comics and doing the puzzle page a sought-after priority. Now that the boys are teens and twenties I am eating alone more often, so once I finish reading the comic page I try to interest some child near me into reading it next. I have yet to have any take me up on it.
TruckerRon:
The little I’ve seen with Common Core math has been enough to convince me it’s a travesty.
TMI
Cookbooks still work better in the print form, but I suppose that I could put a tablet on a stand and follow along. If my fingers get dirty, I might have to clean it from time to time.
I also enjoy coffee table books. The pictures can come out great in the digital format, but the books usually make them larger.
How do you get away with the implied themes of some of your comics?
Are these the ones, Charlotte?
“on 23 Oct 2017 at 10:10 pm #
Debbe, Jackie, and Ghost — you are so sweet to ask about me and wish me well. I have been a bit unfocussed lately, my iPad and hp desktop have both been hateful. Annoying and distracting, also they don’t get along with each other.
In better news, I had “CertaPro” paint my large three story house (with five dormer windows) and wouldn’t you expect endless aggravation with this? Not at all, the crew did a great job, they didn’t bother me at all and the house looks very nice. They cleaned up all around, perfectly; and the price seemed reasonable for the work they put into it.
Charlotte in NH on 23 Oct 2017 at 10:36 pm #
Also, the weather has been warm and pleasant the last few weeks (sorry Villagers, many of you have had storms). Looks as though none of you live in the places in California with the awful fires? It’s horrible to read about the people who lost everything, and to see the pictures.
Conditions have been perfect in NH for house painting! We would not expect it at this time of year; strange.
On Sunday some of my daughters came over, with a very large pizza from a place just up the street. We enjoyed it!
When you have time to write, I want to know how you liked Faust. I heard a recording of Verdi’s Otello on the radio that was awfully good; the voices and the orchestra were to die for.”