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Category Archives: Education
Learning to Love 78rpm Records
I am loving 78’s and you might too. Here are some of the ways I have learned about these things that I knew nothing about a couple of years ago. The Internet Archive is digitizing 5,000 per month and so … Continue reading
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The Myth of the Self-Made Man, or maybe better said: Thank You.
My dear sons, Caslon and Logan– Those that proclaim themelves “Self Made”, I am convinced, are either ignorant or marketers. Ignorant of the many people that help us along, push us along, often without recognition. Or marketers that are purposefully … Continue reading
When I First Realized I was being Lied to…
When I first realized I was being lied to, systematically lied to, and by the government, I felt upset, then felt duped, and it started me thinking– how far does this lying go? It was in the beginning of college … Continue reading
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“Change the World”, “Do No Evil”, what about something else– “Amplify Good” or ?
Maybe we should question mottoes and think of new ones. Steve Jobs would often say he was “Changing the World.” Google’s founders repeated a motto of “Do No Evil.” Mottos may seem trite, but they form part of the … Continue reading
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If the ‘safety-net’ that went from Church to Government now goes to Non-Profits then we have work to do!
From the middle ages through the 1800’s, the “social safety net” in the west used to be offered by “the Church” (which church varied by region). Think about schools, alms for the poor, asylums, hospitals– many or most were administered … Continue reading
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High Stakes Testing– is Failing
Diane Ravitch’s book The Death and Life of the Great American School System: How Testing and Choice Are Undermining Education was a thoughtful antidote to the highly touted movie Waiting for “Superman” . A clue that that movie was a … Continue reading
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