Reaction to Sir Ken Robinson

What an excellent speech. His thoughts and ideas made perfect sense to me and echoed some of my own thoughts and thoughts of others I have read as well. There is so much research out there to back up the poor job education is doing in preparing students; it is mind-numbing, really, how so many children of different demographics fail to receive an adequate education. Sir Robinson touches on this in his example of the highly successful ballerina and choreographer who could not sit still in class as a kid; children have to be able to relate to the material they are presented in order for them to learn and also have to be accommodated for each individual learning style. Children must be able to bring their unique talents to the classroom and have them nurtured, not discouraged. The goal of every teacher should be to adapt the curriculum to the student, not adapt the student to the curriculum.

reaction to winkle wakes

"You learn how to do your job on the job, not at school," is a phrase that is heard often when discussing this sort of issue. For the most part this is true and I believe that most people would agree. This argument is so much more valid now that the education system is struggling to catch up with technologies that are in everyday use. I say struggling to catch up, but what if this is intentional? What if school isn't about education, but more about deciding who is fit to carry on or who society deems as fit to carry on. When standardized test scores directly correlate with students' parents' education level, something doesn't quite add up. This is all pretty much a mute point though, when everybody's only concern about education is whether prayer in schools should be allowed or if we should teach science or bible science. Education needs a serious overhaul and I think it starts with adapting to a more worldly focused curriculum; it must be relevant to today's needs as a citizen both nationally and globally. Technology has given us the ability to connect with people all over the world and education should play a huge roll in making sure the connections are positive.

response to did you know video

What does it all mean? It means that for the rest of my life, I will always be trying to catch up with technology. Its is impossible to stay ahead of the curve when it is impossible to even see the curve, much less see in what direction the curve is heading. I already feel like an old man, distrustful of this technology explosion, claiming how much better things were in my day, which was 2004. Why not be distrustful though? Advances in technology are supposed to make everything easier, right? Well, how are things supposed to be easier when as soon as I have my head wrapped around something after struggling with it for a while, that something is now out-dated and there is something else that is better? I guess that is what we want though. It's what we are going to get, regardless, if we keep placing such high demand for the fastest or most capacity or other technology terms I'm not completely familiar with. The question that comes up the most when thinking about technology comes from the World War Two era and then again from "Jurassic Park": it's not a matter of whether we could make all these advances, it's a matter of whether we should. When you think about it, what is the ultimate goal? The goal has to be to make life easier for all humans; but where is the dividing line between having an easy life and becoming obsolete? Technology's goal is to be able to reproduce the power of the sun and develop a micro computing system that is as advanced or more advanced than the human brain; when this is accomplished, what else is there left for humans to do?

colin quina

Hello all. My full name is William Colin Quina, but I go by Colin. I am 27 years old and am at South working on my second degree. I already earned a diploma in English with a Philosophy minor back in 2005 and after working a couple of jobs I didn't necessarily love for the last four years, I decided that an Education degree and the opportunity to teach and coach in highschool is what I want to do. I love sports and being active. I swam and played baseball in college. I work at a local gym, Jason's Fitness. When I am not doing something active, I'm probably reading a book, surfing the internet for interesting articles and what not, or just hanging out with friends. My absolute favorite thing is cycling on my road bike, which I discovered shortly after my swimming carreer had ended. A good day for me is at least two hours on the bike and at least two hours reading; I really don't need much more than that.