You make a good point. Although I would contend that if.08% of the working population is happy being a geographer then one might assume that.08% of the students that take a high school course on geography are happy doing so.
I agree that I have to engage the students to encourage them to study. Absolutely. That said, I am not the morning's entertainment, and while I do not think you are going so far as to say that a lot of people do.
I disagree with your other 50%. The other 50% of the problem is parents who steadfastly refuse to guide their children expecting the school system to become defacto parents, all the responsibility but none of the authority. Teachers (myself included) for the most part desperately want the kids to do better. But when little Johnny has a diet disproportionately consisting of Sugar, does not get enough sleep, doesn't study as much as others, and I can go on and on. When a parent isn't doing their job, the teachers job is infinitely more difficult. The problem with American education is American culture.
Offer more content? Does anyone seriously believe that they're sitting on a blockbuster script with amazing actors signed up for it but they're not going to release it because.032% of the viewing population MIGHT stream it over an analog pipe? If piracy were truly blocking content from distribution then I'd love to see the evidence.
Please show me the 2006 big budget spectacular that was not shown to audiences. Okay, if you can't do that then please show me the "sure fire formula hit movie" script that is being shunned because of the analog hole.
Okay, if you can't do that then please tell me about the wonderful idea that everyone agrees will make millions but will never be created because someone somewhere might have analog streaming capability.
Are you bitter for not getting a gold star? Seriously, I can guarantee three things. The results that I produce are very high (documentation available), the amount I receive is very low per student (documentation available), and I can guarantee I'm doing something about the problems.
Now let's compare this with your contribution to the solution...... please feel free to post your teaching credentials, or your volunteerism in the schools.
If possible please provide something anything beyond "I was a student once..." Being a student qualifies you to know about teaching much the same way being a patient qualifies you to be a physician. You need to do better than that. I'd be interested in seeing it. I'm giving you the benefit of the doubt.
Just an observation. I am a public school teacher, and our school receives funding based on enrollment as of October 1st every school year. No student, no funding. Thanks for playing.
I have to call BS on this.... In 300 years there isn't a chance that anything you write will make much sense. Shakespeare died right about 400 years ago. Here is a sample of that in Romeo and Juliet (without modernization) Quarto 1 from 1597.
The Prologue.
0.2 Tvvo houshold Frends alike in dignitie,
0.3 (In faire Verona, where we lay our Scene)
0.4 From ciuill broyles broke into enmitie,
0.5 VVhose ciuill warre makes ciuill hands vncleane.
0.6 From forth the fatall loynes of these two foes,
0.7 A paire of starre-crost Louers tooke their life:
0.8 VVhose misaduentures, piteous ouerthrowes,
0.10 (Through the continuing of their Fathers strife,
0.12 And death-markt passage of their Parents rage)
0.14 Is now the two howres traffique of our Stage.
0.15 The which if you with patient eares attend,
0.16 VVhat here we want wee'l studie to amend.
Doesn't look like an easy read does it. In another 300 years the ways we express ourselves will be equally archaic. Whether we want them to or not, or posterity will have a difficult time trying to figure out what the heck we were talking about without significant modernization just like we have to do with Shakespeare.
IMHO the kids liked using their cell phones in my classroom just because they thought it was fun to break the rules. I decided to make the phones work for me. I use twitter, and other SMS stools as a way of communicating to my students outside of the classroom. The students got points for following me on twitter, and often I would put out bonus point questions etc. I realized that an arms race wasn't going to make my job easier so if I couldn't get rid of the cell phone menace I'd do my damnedest to make it a tool for getting things done.
It turned out pretty well last year and I plan on making better use of it this year. Sure if the kids were being obnoxious about texting in class I'd call them out on it but I did find that when they thought of the phone as a tool I had fewer problems.
You're talented, and I strongly suspect that you turned out okay. Isn't it reasonable to assume that your talent would have existed anyway?
I guess I should have been clearer. I'm not saying that effort should be rewarded for its own sake. Effort should be demanded, and then rewarded.
I do take exception to your lumping idiots and people that are good at hard work. Where do you think other countries get their high math scores? Do you honestly think that they have a gene pool that only supports I.Q.s above 130? They work hard. Not everyone is talented but everyone is expected to work hard and they are getting results.
Look, to someone sufficiently talented anything appears to be easy. The truth is for the 98% of the teenagers I teach they actually struggle with basic content in some areas and may excel in a few too. I'm a very results focused teacher. If my student isn't getting it the answer isn't to dumb down the class or kick them out, the only acceptable answer is to make the work harder until they do get it. The people that are born smart will learn regardless of how many people around them don't find it as easy. Your post just makes you sound arrogant.
I am a teacher, albeit not a a math teacher but teaching in general has a lot of problems in the U.S. The largest problem that I see in America is that we have a system of education that is largely based on talent. We recognize it, reward it, and care for it like a price flower. Effort on the other hand is culturally unappreciated and that cultural attitude is reflected in education. The talented students have the opportunity to shine, and they always have.
Would our culture demand effort from our students instead of recognizing talent we'd be much further along.
I'm not suggesting that talent should go un-nurtured but, at least from an educators point of view, the effort of the students should be the focus of rewards.
I have to wonder how stable it is with multiple apps open.
My understanding is that the applications (initially anyway) are all CSS, HTML, and Javascript. The Pre isn't multi-tasking several apps, but running webkit in multiple threads. Stability shouldn't be a problem.
You are absolutely correct. I am a teacher and I assure you that the apple doesn't fall far from the tree and there is precious little I can do about it.
I disagree with the statement that desktop linux is more difficult to work in and get things done. I'm a public school teacher in a Windows only school district. My particular position gives me a lot of freedoms and the choice to use Ubuntu as my full time desktop solution.
I find that, at least for me personally, Windows is much more difficult to get actual work done in. I cut my teeth using Windows, and have the certifications and the faded t-shirts to prove it. I guess to each his own but from compiz-fusion window scaling, the ability to edit PDF files, to the damn middle click to copy and paste quickly I can get a lot done much faster and at no additional expense to the taxpayer when I do it.
I am a teacher with a lab of about 20 workstations running Ubuntu 8.10.
I installed Webmin on the workstations and my computer and use the clustering features. I use likewise-open for AD authentication and Webmin for everything else.
You can create a policy template by configuring one workstation and copying the gconf.xml.mandatory to the administrators workstation. All you have to do then is use the cluster file copy in Webmin to push your xml file to your clustered workstations. It works for me anyway.
I also recommend Cluster SSH for some tasks that require a shell. CSSH works just like SSH but allows you to send a single command to every machine in the the group simultaneously.
Slashdot Mirror
AT&T, please extend your service about 10 more miles south.
So you WANT to be an AT&T customer? You don't hear that every day.
You make a good point. Although I would contend that if .08% of the working population is happy being a geographer then one might assume that .08% of the students that take a high school course on geography are happy doing so.
I agree that I have to engage the students to encourage them to study. Absolutely. That said, I am not the morning's entertainment, and while I do not think you are going so far as to say that a lot of people do.
I disagree with your other 50%. The other 50% of the problem is parents who steadfastly refuse to guide their children expecting the school system to become defacto parents, all the responsibility but none of the authority. Teachers (myself included) for the most part desperately want the kids to do better. But when little Johnny has a diet disproportionately consisting of Sugar, does not get enough sleep, doesn't study as much as others, and I can go on and on. When a parent isn't doing their job, the teachers job is infinitely more difficult. The problem with American education is American culture.
Offer more content? Does anyone seriously believe that they're sitting on a blockbuster script with amazing actors signed up for it but they're not going to release it because .032% of the viewing population MIGHT stream it over an analog pipe? If piracy were truly blocking content from distribution then I'd love to see the evidence.
Please show me the 2006 big budget spectacular that was not shown to audiences. Okay, if you can't do that then please show me the "sure fire formula hit movie" script that is being shunned because of the analog hole.
Okay, if you can't do that then please tell me about the wonderful idea that everyone agrees will make millions but will never be created because someone somewhere might have analog streaming capability.
"You can't fix stupid" - Ron White.
Enough said.
Are you bitter for not getting a gold star? Seriously, I can guarantee three things. The results that I produce are very high (documentation available), the amount I receive is very low per student (documentation available), and I can guarantee I'm doing something about the problems.
Now let's compare this with your contribution to the solution...... please feel free to post your teaching credentials, or your volunteerism in the schools.
If possible please provide something anything beyond "I was a student once..." Being a student qualifies you to know about teaching much the same way being a patient qualifies you to be a physician. You need to do better than that. I'd be interested in seeing it. I'm giving you the benefit of the doubt.
Just an observation. I am a public school teacher, and our school receives funding based on enrollment as of October 1st every school year. No student, no funding. Thanks for playing.
I agree it's expensive but there's no reason to think one (or one like it) couldn't be found on ebay or other place.
KVM over IP might be what you're looking for.
KVM over IP Network Card
I've never done business with this company. I just googled and took the first link.
I have to call BS on this.... In 300 years there isn't a chance that anything you write will make much sense. Shakespeare died right about 400 years ago. Here is a sample of that in Romeo and Juliet (without modernization) Quarto 1 from 1597.
The Prologue. 0.2 Tvvo houshold Frends alike in dignitie,
0.3 (In faire Verona, where we lay our Scene)
0.4 From ciuill broyles broke into enmitie,
0.5 VVhose ciuill warre makes ciuill hands vncleane.
0.6 From forth the fatall loynes of these two foes,
0.7 A paire of starre-crost Louers tooke their life:
0.8 VVhose misaduentures, piteous ouerthrowes,
0.10 (Through the continuing of their Fathers strife,
0.12 And death-markt passage of their Parents rage)
0.14 Is now the two howres traffique of our Stage.
0.15 The which if you with patient eares attend,
0.16 VVhat here we want wee'l studie to amend.
Doesn't look like an easy read does it. In another 300 years the ways we express ourselves will be equally archaic. Whether we want them to or not, or posterity will have a difficult time trying to figure out what the heck we were talking about without significant modernization just like we have to do with Shakespeare.
I have a G1, and if Android is an example of what Google can do for an OS then I don't think anyone really needs to worry.
IMHO the kids liked using their cell phones in my classroom just because they thought it was fun to break the rules. I decided to make the phones work for me. I use twitter, and other SMS stools as a way of communicating to my students outside of the classroom. The students got points for following me on twitter, and often I would put out bonus point questions etc. I realized that an arms race wasn't going to make my job easier so if I couldn't get rid of the cell phone menace I'd do my damnedest to make it a tool for getting things done.
It turned out pretty well last year and I plan on making better use of it this year. Sure if the kids were being obnoxious about texting in class I'd call them out on it but I did find that when they thought of the phone as a tool I had fewer problems.
I swear no one actually read what I wrote. Effort shouldn't be rewarded. It should be demanded. The results of successful effort should be rewarded.
You're talented, and I strongly suspect that you turned out okay. Isn't it reasonable to assume that your talent would have existed anyway?
I guess I should have been clearer. I'm not saying that effort should be rewarded for its own sake. Effort should be demanded, and then rewarded.
I do take exception to your lumping idiots and people that are good at hard work. Where do you think other countries get their high math scores? Do you honestly think that they have a gene pool that only supports I.Q.s above 130? They work hard. Not everyone is talented but everyone is expected to work hard and they are getting results.
Look, to someone sufficiently talented anything appears to be easy. The truth is for the 98% of the teenagers I teach they actually struggle with basic content in some areas and may excel in a few too. I'm a very results focused teacher. If my student isn't getting it the answer isn't to dumb down the class or kick them out, the only acceptable answer is to make the work harder until they do get it. The people that are born smart will learn regardless of how many people around them don't find it as easy. Your post just makes you sound arrogant.
I am a teacher, albeit not a a math teacher but teaching in general has a lot of problems in the U.S. The largest problem that I see in America is that we have a system of education that is largely based on talent. We recognize it, reward it, and care for it like a price flower. Effort on the other hand is culturally unappreciated and that cultural attitude is reflected in education. The talented students have the opportunity to shine, and they always have.
Would our culture demand effort from our students instead of recognizing talent we'd be much further along.
I'm not suggesting that talent should go un-nurtured but, at least from an educators point of view, the effort of the students should be the focus of rewards.
Clearly.
I have to wonder how stable it is with multiple apps open.
My understanding is that the applications (initially anyway) are all CSS, HTML, and Javascript. The Pre isn't multi-tasking several apps, but running webkit in multiple threads. Stability shouldn't be a problem.
SCO_SV 38 0
Sco_SV has 38 users? Why haven't we seen a SCO doubles market share article?
The plot of Star Trek 12 needs to have tribbles. Lot's of tribbles.
You are absolutely correct. I am a teacher and I assure you that the apple doesn't fall far from the tree and there is precious little I can do about it.
Enough Said
I disagree with the statement that desktop linux is more difficult to work in and get things done. I'm a public school teacher in a Windows only school district. My particular position gives me a lot of freedoms and the choice to use Ubuntu as my full time desktop solution.
I find that, at least for me personally, Windows is much more difficult to get actual work done in. I cut my teeth using Windows, and have the certifications and the faded t-shirts to prove it. I guess to each his own but from compiz-fusion window scaling, the ability to edit PDF files, to the damn middle click to copy and paste quickly I can get a lot done much faster and at no additional expense to the taxpayer when I do it.
Antivirus Protection
Mental ability peak in the 20s, Memory in 35. However, the ability relying on accumulated experience ( like vocabulary, ... ) peak at 60.
This isn't funny until you read the next line.
Can remember the reference, but it was a recent article.
Is it me or does anyone else see the irony?
I am a teacher with a lab of about 20 workstations running Ubuntu 8.10.
I installed Webmin on the workstations and my computer and use the clustering features. I use likewise-open for AD authentication and Webmin for everything else.
You can create a policy template by configuring one workstation and copying the gconf.xml.mandatory to the administrators workstation. All you have to do then is use the cluster file copy in Webmin to push your xml file to your clustered workstations. It works for me anyway.
I also recommend Cluster SSH for some tasks that require a shell. CSSH works just like SSH but allows you to send a single command to every machine in the the group simultaneously.
Locking Down
Webmin
CSSH