tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8125940219291633674.post1007149671701043711..comments2023-10-16T08:25:47.205-05:00Comments on PARSLEY'S PICS: "Is Our Children Learning (Again?)"Leslie Parsleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13743778482517634823noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8125940219291633674.post-22970261520153991882011-09-09T11:07:26.834-05:002011-09-09T11:07:26.834-05:00What a wonderful post, Leslie. I remember years a...What a wonderful post, Leslie. I remember years ago talking to my older teenage babysitter--she was a senior in h.s.--about someone not facing his problems. I said something like "He's in that river in Egypt." She gave me a blank look that was an indication that she didn't know what I meant. I said "You know, denial? The Nile?" Still nothing. Then I said the Shaw Kenawehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08637273000409613497noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8125940219291633674.post-10076887217790300662011-09-08T13:24:37.535-05:002011-09-08T13:24:37.535-05:00Mr. Anderson,
Speaking of the need to use "...Mr. Anderson, <br /><br />Speaking of the need to use "reputable" information sources, after the artificially manufactured budget crisis and the subsequent downgrade, conservatives everywhere claimed the S & P said they downgraded us because of rabid spending. <br /><br />I pointed to the PDF that the S & P released where they said that it was because of brinksmanship, and John Mystehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16263634313238599515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8125940219291633674.post-30880211265467649132011-09-08T12:58:32.981-05:002011-09-08T12:58:32.981-05:00I think kids in elementary school should be introd...I think kids in elementary school should be introduced to computers, with emphasis on how to use them as a resource to look things up. But only with training and constant reminders about finding and using reputable information sources. Mostly, I think kids in the early grades should learn the basics of arithmetic, reading and writing, art and music, etc., using books, paper and pencils, just as S.W. Andersonhttp://ohpblog.ohpinion.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8125940219291633674.post-65514153258345586632011-09-08T10:43:15.253-05:002011-09-08T10:43:15.253-05:00@John: Kids have to "learn" how to use t...@John: Kids have to "learn" how to use the computer? In general, I find most kids can teach the teachers.<br /><br />I'm not against using computers in the classroom or as a teaching aide at all. But they should be the means to an end and not the end in itself. As Southern Beale says, it's how the technology is used and, imho, it should not be used as a substitute for teaching Leslie Parsleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13743778482517634823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8125940219291633674.post-88909475507549156582011-09-07T19:00:58.877-05:002011-09-07T19:00:58.877-05:00People have more to learn now, like the use of com...People have more to learn now, like the use of computers, so if our brains can only hold so much, we can expect some things to decline. <br /><br />Socrates purportedly believed that the reason people forget data is because they record data, which notifies the mind that it can relax.<br /><br />Psychologists today often agree with this assessment. We remember what we must. Math, for example, is John Mystehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16263634313238599515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8125940219291633674.post-82611577485661385592011-09-07T16:49:59.938-05:002011-09-07T16:49:59.938-05:00@Infidel: I'm not dismissing all new theories ...@Infidel: I'm not dismissing all new theories that come down the pike but I sure want to see some long range studies before they're adopted. A whole generation of kids got totally messed up with "New Math." But I don't blame teachers for this kind of thing as much as I do school boards and some, not all, administrators. Fads come in and just as quickly die out, and because Leslie Parsleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13743778482517634823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8125940219291633674.post-68543550116210956022011-09-07T06:01:05.979-05:002011-09-07T06:01:05.979-05:00I was on the verge of an inspired rant but decided...I was on the verge of an inspired rant but decided to spare my poor blood pressure and just say that I'm disenchanted with our schools.Kay Dennisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02646717192332313215noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8125940219291633674.post-91314751406099243212011-09-07T05:55:50.199-05:002011-09-07T05:55:50.199-05:00There needs to be a much higher standard for intro...There needs to be a much higher standard for introducing fads into the classroom. We don't introduce new medicines for mass-scale use on humans until there's been extensive testing to prove that (a) they work and (b) they don't cause unacceptable side effects.<br /><br />Want to start a policy of teaching Shakespeare by having the kids write Facebook pages about it? Fine, but first Infidel753https://www.blogger.com/profile/10965786814334886696noreply@blogger.com