In kindergarten, we were asked if anyone wanted to sing a song. I volunteered. The songs I knew were ones my father had sung in the Army in World War II. So, I picked one of my favorites, and sang: a boy stood on a burning deck, his feet were full of blisters he tore his pants on a rusty nail and now he wears his sister’s oh, it ain’t gonna rain no more no more, it ain’t gonna rain no more, so how in the heck can I wash my neck if it ain’t gonna rain no more? A skinny old lady once took a bath, she never told a soul, she forgot to put the stopper in, and she fell right through the hole oh, it ain’t gonna rain no more no more… The teacher was very angry at me, but I never knew why. I was a natural performer. I was, in effect, telling school about the kind of kid I was. Later that year, the boys were asked to play by themselves. I organized a block building crew and we built a city. I still run a block building crew, only now they are building software for education. I was a natural performer, I was also an organizer. And of course I am still both of those. I was telling the school how to deal with me, but no one was listening. This same story plays out in schools every day. Watch and listen, and kids will tell you who they are. The school must adapt to them.
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https://lnkd.in/gQdrH9pD we are in serious trouble; everyone must know algebra; I have no idea why; reading is important of course, but reading tests are idiotic #education #algebra
Oregon governor signs bill suspending math, reading proficiency requirements for HS graduates
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glad to hear that Gov Cuomo had "sexual harassment training " my comment on that idea below: https://lnkd.in/eT45fn-8
Sexual Harassment Training? You must be kidding me
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https://lnkd.in/gHx7Xpv the most depressing book I have ever read I abhor the testing industry, but it is worse than I thought #testing
Making the Grades: My Misadventures in the Standardized Testing Industry
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Look at the bullets below and make the argument for the opposite. And if you can't, or if you admit that your arguments aren't especially moving, then ask the question: Why grades? This slide from Jesse Stommel's webinar last week sums it up. Grading is something we do because we need to rank and sort, and because it's become an ingrained efficiency in our system, not because it does anything to make deep and powerful learning happen for kids. So, let's stop it, ok? Learn how on Wednesday and Friday this week. https://lnkd.in/eAiCzqN #learning #leadership #education #assessment #grading
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the police need more training really? is training the answer to everything? we need anti-racism training said Starbucks (and after that training, a black man sitting around and not ordering coffee wouldn't make the staff worry?) My company builds training. But, I would refuse to train officers to not put their knee on someone's neck. Why? Because its baloney. Chauvin never expresses human emotion in any picture I have seen. He is cold and unconcerned. Can you train him to be different? Maybe his parents could have when he was small. Too late now. Everything is fixed by "training." Not hiring cold fish to be policemen would be an idea. I got asked by a fast food company to train their people to be nicer to customers. I said "no." I told them to hire nicer people. Building a course to train people is a fine idea. (It is my business after all.) But lately we have gotten the idea that all of society's ills can be fixed through training. Most policemen #training #hiring want to berate you for speeding or for not following the rules. (In the '60s, I was beaten up by the San Francisco police because they told me to sit down and I didn't. While I was being beaten up, 5 other cops offered to help beat me up, even though I was just lying there holding my head.)
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Everybody who is incapable of learning has taken to teaching. Oscar Wilde Life is too short to learn German Oscar Wilde Education is an admirable thing, but it is well to remember from time to time that nothing that is worth knowing can be taught. Oscar Wilde History is a lie commonly agreed upon. Oscar Wilde The one duty we owe to history is to rewrite it. Oscar Wilde #education
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In Quebec, the kids on this bus are "scholars." Really? or they are etudients (studiers.) Our ideas about education are as outdated as these words. Yet we still ask kids to study. Studying only has to do with learning if you trying to memorize, which is a ridiculous idea. The old ideas are winning: https://lnkd.in/gWr7WtC In Alberta the "new curriculum" was just announced. It is the same as the old curriculum. I have been asked by the government of Alberta to advise on this and have gone there many times to talk with them. Apparently I have had no effect at all. Shocker. If we still think that school is about creating scholars, we are all in trouble.
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you mean IBM was lying? told you so https://lnkd.in/gBp9HpT https://lnkd.in/gzHeCiS
Fraudulent claims made by IBM about Watson and AI | Roger Schank
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an argument for opening schools? from a student on the Today show this morning; "Yes. I'm in my junior year. I'm planning to take the SATs. I'm doing college searches. And right now, I'm not learning. I'm not retaining any information." because school is all about getting kids to retain information; very sad; actually she could learn anywhere anytime if that was what she really cared about; but we create school so that kids can pass tests and get into college; and we are willing to risk lives in order to do that .... time to re-think what school is for (except for the free day care part, which is certainly the real issue) we could provide free day care without pretending it is education
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Roger Schank You forget to mention you are a natural storyteller (different than a performer) and you are still doing that!