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rv9jim(at)juno.com
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 Posted: Thu Apr 13, 2006 7:08 am Post subject: School Stuff |
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Hi Brian,
Now that is the kind of teacher we all need. Realism and down to
earth examples of technology will mean that history will be remembered.
There are so few teachers who make it interesting. Thank goodness for
private schools. I taught for one semester in high school. Got out of
the garbage heap real quick and went on to a real job. I taught "shop",
electronics, metals and wood to freshman thru seniors.
Jim
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rv9jim(at)juno.com
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| Posted: Thu Apr 13, 2006 7:08 am Post subject: School stuff |
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Careful Mickey, the "Government" school goons may come to your door.
Teaching about our heritage and RIGHTS per the constitution have become a
scarce mention in todays "schools" of indoctrination.
Jim
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brian
Joined: 02 Jan 2006
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Location: Sacramento, California, USA
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| Posted: Thu Apr 13, 2006 7:47 am Post subject: School stuff |
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James H Nelson wrote:
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Careful Mickey, the "Government" school goons may come to your door.
Teaching about our heritage and RIGHTS per the constitution have become a
scarce mention in todays "schools" of indoctrination.
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You know, my experience is that mostly the teachers are just clueless.
They aren't inimical. The really believe that the "party line" is right.
God save us from people with good intentions.
Worse still is that they don't really know their subjects. They don't
know how to show kids the patterns in math and numbers so it becomes
easy to visualize. They don't understand scientific method and that it
is OK to know the what and the how but not the why. And in history they
can talk about the dates things occurred but ask them to talk about the
causes and effects and you just get the "deer in the headlights" look.
I really like the school where I have found myself working because I get
to talk about this kind of stuff. The only mandate I have is to make all
of my classes hands-on, hence charts, plotters, E6Bs, batteries, wire,
compasses, measuring tapes, historic firearms, etc. I am even thinking
of setting up a ham station and staging hidden transmitter hunts (let
them apply their newly-learned triangulation and map reading skills).
And for English (which my just-about-to-graduate-from-college son is
student teaching) the kids are acting Shakespeare (6th graders no less).
They love it. OTOH, it was a scream the other day as they were going
through the cast of characters for "Twelfth Night" and one girl asked,
"what's a eunuch?" The ensuing response had me all but rolling on the
floor. He hemmed and hawed a bit with the kids getting more and more
confused. Finally he says, "It's like what they do to a male dog, you
know, 'snip snip'," while making scissors-motions with his fingers. The
kids got it. Eyes went wide and there was a chorus of "Ohhh!" and
"Ewwww!" The headmistress and I had to turn around so the kids couldn't
see the tears of laughter streaming down our faces.
And we still didn't get any complaints from parents. Go figure.
Time to start taking them for Young Eagles rides and letting them do
some flight planning for flights we can actually fly. I also have to
plan a field trip for them to Norcal TRACON.
Sorry for getting so far afield. Back to electrical systems.
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rlnelson5
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Location: Inver grove Hgts Minnesota
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| Posted: Thu Apr 13, 2006 1:33 pm Post subject: Re: School Stuff |
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I think it goes more to how committed to excellence is your local school district. I live in Dist. 196 in the South metro of St Paul/Mpls. MN The district was named a District of Excellence by both the state of MN and the US Dept of ED. . My sons have gone to a public school through high school and all three schools have the above credentiials. Incidentially in middle school[678] here ,we had a firearms class given for the 6th grade. We brought guns to school and actually went out to a farm on a school bus and had all the kids try a .22, 30/30 ,.30 06, and a shotgun. All ammo ,targets paid for by the school. It isnt like every school is bad in the US.
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rv9jim(at)juno.com
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| Posted: Fri Apr 14, 2006 6:08 am Post subject: School Stuff |
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Wow!
Was that done in this century? In a state that is quite
politically Liberal, I would think that was not likely. Don't let it out
what you do, they will freak out and stop all that nonsense (??).
Jim
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| Posted: Sat Apr 15, 2006 6:00 am Post subject: School stuff |
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At 08:45 AM 4/13/2006 -0700, you wrote:
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No apologies are due. I sincerely hope that
folks who attend to this List understand that the
future of our craft, indeed the future of the country
is dependent upon the ability of honorable citizens
to discover and exploit simple-ideas. This is a
cradle to grave process of education wherein everyone
is constantly presented with opportunities to be teachers
and students.
While specific topics here on the List focus on
things electric, the foundations upon which learning
takes place are illustrated and demonstrated
by many examples from a variety of disciplines. I
appreciate anyone's citations of examples where good
learning takes place. It it contributes to our
collective toolbox.
I've oft suggested that knowledge is the only commodity
that grows in value the more it is exchanged amongst
those who use it in honorable ways. E.g., if one
had a cure for cancer, it stands to reason that the
greatest benefit happens when the greatest numbers
of users have the knowledge.
Bob . . .
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