> The nature of comedy is such that it gets old quickly, and innovation is everything.
Tell that to the people who watch Anchorman every night and have seen Monty Python and the Holy Grail so many times that they have literally memorized the script.
"Computers are incredibly fast, accurate and stupid; humans are incredibly slow, inaccurate and brilliant; together they are powerful beyond imagination." --Albert Einstein
The problem with school as we know it? It crushes the natural curiosity of every child nearly without exception.
Contrast the passionate learning and exploration of a child before kindergarten with the stereotypical apathy of a student in high school. Three guesses what happened between point A and B.
Public schools are not public. Our public libraries and public roads are for our convenience --- to be used as they help use pursue our goals. They don't need a truancy officer.
It's helpful, but not necessary to lead a horse to water, and it's wrong to take away recess when she won't drink. Horses will go to extreme lengths to reach the water with or without help because water is fundamental to their existence.
So-called "student government" is a sham. Democracy is empowerment. Student goverment is bureaucracy. Our schools are Un-American.
"At Sudbury Valley School, students learn to think for themselves, and learn to use Information Age tools to unearth the knowledge they need from multiple sources. They develop the ability to make clear logical arguments, and deal with complex ethical issues. Through self-initiated activities, they pick up the basics; as they direct their lives, they take responsibility for outcomes, set priorities, allocate resources, and work with others in a vibrant community. Children ages 4-19 explore the world freely, at their own pace and in their own unique ways."
oh, and Apple does not have a search by content feature.
Pull the File menu down to Find or press Command-F. In the window that appears there is a menu of criteria you can base your search on: Name, date modified, date created, kind, label, size, etc. Choose Search for items whose Content includes ______. Search by content has been around since before Mac OS X.
Say a letter of the alphabet for each X. For the example given:
A B C D E F.
Now just remember that it ended on F. Now repeat the alphabet, writing an X for each letter, until you get to the letter F.
You could do the same thing with a song or a speech instead of the alphabet if words repeating didn't confuse you. It is sort of like imaginary fingers you can count on.
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> The nature of comedy is such that it gets old quickly, and innovation is everything.
Tell that to the people who watch Anchorman every night and have seen Monty Python and the Holy Grail so many times that they have literally memorized the script.
Imagine using real cash to buy poker chips. Outrageous!
A software license monoculture is even more dangerous than an operating system monoculture.
"Computers are incredibly fast, accurate and stupid; humans are incredibly slow, inaccurate and brilliant; together they are powerful beyond imagination." --Albert Einstein
The problem with school as we know it? It crushes the natural curiosity of every child nearly without exception.
Contrast the passionate learning and exploration of a child before kindergarten with the stereotypical apathy of a student in high school. Three guesses what happened between point A and B.
Public schools are not public. Our public libraries and public roads are for our convenience --- to be used as they help use pursue our goals. They don't need a truancy officer.
It's helpful, but not necessary to lead a horse to water, and it's wrong to take away recess when she won't drink. Horses will go to extreme lengths to reach the water with or without help because water is fundamental to their existence.
So-called "student government" is a sham. Democracy is empowerment. Student goverment is bureaucracy. Our schools are Un-American.
Introducing the solution: http://www.sudval.org/
"At Sudbury Valley School, students learn to think for themselves, and learn to use Information Age tools to unearth the knowledge they need from multiple sources. They develop the ability to make clear logical arguments, and deal with complex ethical issues. Through self-initiated activities, they pick up the basics; as they direct their lives, they take responsibility for outcomes, set priorities, allocate resources, and work with others in a vibrant community. Children ages 4-19 explore the world freely, at their own pace and in their own unique ways."
Lawrence Lessig and Jonathan Zittrain on Jurisdiction Part 1 of 5
Pull the File menu down to Find or press Command-F. In the window that appears there is a menu of criteria you can base your search on: Name, date modified, date created, kind, label, size, etc. Choose Search for items whose Content includes ______. Search by content has been around since before Mac OS X.
Have a nice day.
That is *not* a policy page. Look at the boldface phrases:
The text below is historical.
There are currently no plans for Advertising on Wikipedia.
And not in boldface:
This is a preliminary essay, intended to give you food for thought.
Say a letter of the alphabet for each X. For the example given:
A B C D E F.
Now just remember that it ended on F. Now repeat the alphabet, writing an X for each letter, until you get to the letter F.
You could do the same thing with a song or a speech instead of the alphabet if words repeating didn't confuse you. It is sort of like imaginary fingers you can count on.