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we had a power cut recently, but nothing was damaged, but i'm just wondering, as i have read that you can claim for damage if anything is damaged in a power cut.
so if any of your electronics, say computer or monitor, are damaged due to a power cut, who is liable for the damage? who do you contact? what's the process??

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All right, we had to say it, we were getting tired our Ultimate Tanning Machine having cat-like reflexes with no muscle behind it. After all, what good are four-wheel disc brakes with 190 hp under the loud pedal? So, we did what any respectable wrencher would do. We got on the phone with GM Performance Parts and ordered the hottest, noisiest, beastly small-block available, the ZZ383. While we knew this meant diggin' head first into a major project, it had to be done.
When doing any major mechanical project, planning is crucial. Take it from us non-planners, if you do your homework you won't be stuck watching Speedvision while waiting for your UPS overnight package to arrive.
Right after ordering our lil' small-block we sat down with a pencil and paper and thought of every conceivable necessity, realizing that we probably only thought of half the necessary parts. As the parts started arriving we carefully catalogued each component making the need-list smaller and the have-list bigger.
With 90 percent of the parts accounted for, we began with the dirty work. It's a good idea to head to the Coin-Op car wash before beginning any project of this greasy magnitude. It sounds silly, but you can thank us later. With 40 years of grease removed, we tore out the tired 283, keeping track of every loose part, just in case. Using a residual supply of GMPP restoration paint we scuffed the engine bay and coated in semi-gloss pigment.
It's always a good idea to assemble the accessories before the motor is placed into the vehicle. Consider it, the code of crate motor installation. You're better off figuring out that your new harmonic balancer pulley is wrong before the installation takes place. Lucky for us, our Zoops pulleys fit like a glove along with the rest of our accessories. Once the accessories are assembled, take a tape measure and wrap it around the pulleys to get an estimate for your belt length. When purchasing the belt, it's a good idea to get three for four sizes as fitment is always more complicated than it seems.
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With the carburetor installed and the distributor set, we ran the few necessary wires and prepped ourselves for to hear our 383-equipped beast for the first time. As we had no mufflers and 9.1:1 compression earplugs were definitely in our favor. As you may or may no know, water will do little for an oil fire, so keep a towel and a fire extinguisher handy. As we cranked the key for the first time and pumped the go pedal our small-block roared to life with the soul of a sprint car.


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Between now and the NFL Draft, we will run a series of articles analyzing each team's needs using stats provided by ProFootballFocus.com
New Redskins head coach Mike Shanahan has said he's willing to give Jason Campbell a chance, but we all know Daniel Snyder will be pushing hard for either Jimmy Clausen or Sam Bradford in the draft. For all intents and purposes, Campbell's career in Washington would appear to be over. But do the Redskins really need a new quarterback?
There's no question that Campbell isn't a franchise quarterback. He isn't on the level of Tom Brady or Peyton Manning and never will be. But the stats seam to indicate that Campbell can be a winning quarterback in this league.
Using the stats at ProFootballFocus I tried to go beyond the box score to examine just how effective Campbell was in 2009, independent of those around him.
The first thing I looked at was how much Campbell was hurt by his offensive line. Once Chris Samuels went down with a potential career-ending injury in Week 5, the Redskins suddenly had one of the worst offensive lines in the game. Levi Jones was picked up midseason to play left tackle, but was just a shell of his former self. The result was a battered and bruised quarterback.
Campbell was sacked 42 times, tied for the third most in the league. But that doesn't really tell us how much his linemen impacted his stats. To do this, I looked up which quarterbacks where hit while throwing most often and which ones had the most balls batted down or tipped at the line of scrimmage – the two stats that best quantify the offensive line's impact on the quarterback's stats. As expected, Campbell ranked near the top in each category.
It wasn't just the offensive line that gave Campbell trouble though. His receiver's didn't help much either. If you remove the times Campbell threw the ball away or spiked the ball, he made 483 pass attempts this past season. 30 of those, or 6.2 percent, were dropped. It isn't a horrendous percentage, but still high enough to rank him 18th among quarterbacks that took at least 25 percent of their teams snaps.
To expand upon this, I added the drops to the balls thrown away and spiked and removed them from his pass attempts. I then divided his completions by this new pass attempts number to find his "true completion percentage".
The top 10 in this category reads like a who's who of the game's top quarterbacks… plus Jason Campbell.
I would be remiss if I didn't also throw some blame in the direction of the coaching staff. Over the first 13 games of the season, Campbell threw the ball on 58.4 percent of his snaps – a high, but not out of the ordinary percentage. Over the final three weeks – during which he averaged just 6.2 yards per attempt, down from 7.4 through the first 13 weeks – Campbell threw the ball 69.4 percent of the time. With an offensive line as porous as the Redskins, that's an inexcusable percentage for their coaches to call. Quite simply, they put Campbell in a position to fail.
After looking at these stats I see no reason why Jason Campbell couldn't eventually be a successful quarterback in the NFL. Rather than rebuild with a rookie quarterback, the smarter move may actually be to draft a player such as Russell Okung and attempt to acquire a proven receiver such as Anquan Boldin in the offseason. That said, it sounds as though the end of this book has already been written. Too many bridges have been burnt for Campbell to revive his career in Washington.


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- Adam Burk
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This conversation is closed.
In your opinion, what should the purpose of education be?
Education is a prominent cultural institution used to perpetuate the prevailing values of a society.
Our modern education system has a sordid past largely rooted in industrialism. It's aim is to produce economically viable products--employable citizens. Nearly all our tweaks to the system in the last 100+ years are simply attempts to ensure that the products (graduates) are prepared for the work force.
I want to hear from YOU as I believe this conversation is crucial to lay a foundation to create significant and meaningful change.
Here is my answer:
I believe that education should be an empowering process that allows and guides children to develop their passions, critical thinking, compassion, and orientation towards wisdom for timely action.
In other words, self-cultivation should be the purpose of education. Understanding self-cultivation in terms of being a part of a unified field of relationships is key to the growth of a mature culture of peace. When the natural web of our relationships is used to strengthen our depth of knowledge, the feedback from the environment supports timely adjustments and refinements in our emotional and technical developments.
For this conversation, please focus on the question "in your opinion, what should the purpose of education be?"
We'll talk about the "how" in another conversation.
Closing Statement from Adam Burk
Thank you all for joining this conversation. There are beautiful aspirations here of bringing for the best of humanity through the development of individuals, married with tensions to ensure that society is served and supported and that the basics are not overlooked.
There are currently 365 comments and 365 distinct articulations of "what the purpose of education should be." The process to develop a consensus on this is beyond the scope and purpose of this conversation. However, I do hope that it is understood that this question and its answer are the shapers of education systems and in turn cultures.
And so I invite you to ponder the question Thomas Brucia raised earlier, "Who should decide what the purpose of education is? http://www.ted.com/conversations/8190/who_should_decide_what_the_pur.html
Once we decide who should be making that decision then we can return to my original question and ultimately re-inventing education.
Thank you all again for sharing of your selves.
In peace,
C Medansky
Dec 27 2011: Great conversation and I am very happy for the opportunity to read though all the ideas here.
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I certainly agree that our modern education system derived from perpetuating the values of industrialism; the problem is that while basic literacy prepares workers for a position within the industry it does not concern itself with the special abilities that exist in each child allowing them to develop and contribute to society as is best for them.
Although education and literacy are distinct, the emphasis must always be on education. The elements of literacy should be integrated throughout the day in a social manner through music, theatre, games and in the form of group discussions where the educators' job is to assist students in transitioning from topic to topic and students learn how the various disciplines are tied into the whole picture of reality.
The purpose of education should be to prepare children for life, nourishing the potential in every child so that each may connect and contribute his/her unique ideas and abilities to society.
E Pines
Dec 27 2011: Excellent points! We spend years teaching the math skills that could be taught as a model of approach in a few days as these will essentially done by computer and calculator anyway. In the meantime, the thinking/cooperative skills -- total integration -- necessary for true success in the new global world that has come upon us, are left to float.
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The industrial age has been passing to the information age, and now to the global/integral age.
In the 13th century Leonardo of Pisa, "Fibonacci," widely introduced Italy and Europe to the Hindu-Arabic numeral system and its wonderful arithmetic. It freed them of the hopeless entanglement and debilitation of commerce and engineering under Roman numerals and abacus.
Who shall come forth for 21st century children so that they may have the tools to untangle the global systemic mess. That they may work as a single vast strategist and tactician with billions of eyes, where all individuals use their unique talents, creativity, and problem solving skills in mutual concern and guarantee that links into a whole truly greater than the sum of the parts. Who will teach them to map and implement the interactive/interdependent strategies of Nature, on the human level, to achieve a world never before known. Who will bring our children to adapt, evolve, survive and thrive -- to start that great new chapter of human history, to fly forth as the butterfly from the overspent, rapidly decaying cocoon?
C Medansky
Dec 28 2011: Who is a good question—we must first of all recognize who or what constitutes education. About the age of seven, a child becomes acutely susceptible to suggestion of the values and ideas implicit in society; therefore, we must rethink our programs and systems of education (including the media) in order to provide an appropriate quality education that will enable all children to fulfill their potential and contribute to building a sustainable and just global society.
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"Education must simultaneously provide maps of a complex world in constant turmoil and the compass that will enable people to find their way in it." (Delors Report, Learning: the Treasure Within)
Mark Hurych
Dec 28 2011: Nourishing the potential, C. Medansky, is a most excellent purpose.
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I wonder whether you would accept that potential as the potential to love, potential to empathize, potential to play, create, to be happy, to spread happiness, to be sensitive to the needs of our planet. I'm speaking about things that occur to me as usually not associated with head thinking or knowledge learning per se, but rather strength of spirit and heart. Even when we include health and safety (and physical agility, strength and endurance) still--emotional power and well-being often seem at the end of the list so to speak.
C Medansky
Dec 28 2011: Thanks Mark! In answer to your question: YES, I positively accept that potential as the potential to love, potential to empathize, potential to play, create, to be happy, to spread happiness, to be sensitive to the needs of our planet, and agree with Jeremy Rifkin (The Empathic Civilization: The Race to Global Consciousness in a World in Crisis) that distributed and collaborative learning experiences that foster critical thinking skills and greater empathic engagement go hand-in-hand with curricula emphasizing the interconnectedness of life and geochemical processes, preparing our children to think and act as part of a global family in a shared biosphere.Dec 29 2011: This is a beautiful thread with so many wonderful responses. Thank you for the question.
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There is nothing more important than education. Lifelong learning is a process we all participate in, knowingly or unknowingly, in each and every moment. We are all interconnected with each other and with nature's systems. This is why I feel that your question, "In your opinion, what should the purpose of education be?" is quintessential. The answer must come from a deep causal root of understanding from which all things stem and intertwine. That said, here is an attempt at an answer.
The purpose of education, on all levels, is for each and every person—both within the collective whole of humanity and individually as a vitally necessary, and fully whole and contributing part—to ultimately reach the full realization of what it means to be human.
By explaining and pointing to this foundational root of understanding, in each and every activity, subject, and direction, that the most basic, common law thread that runs through all of nature is the greatest Human Universal known as The Ethic of Reciprocity, also known as The Golden Rule, each person, and all people together have the best opportunity to fully realize their humanity, as empathic, compassionate humans that care for the needs of others in all areas of society.
Human Universals bind us together as one great global human family. The Human Universal called "The Ethic of Reciprocity," also known as "The Golden Rule," expresses itself throughout the world in varying degrees, through phrases such as, "Do not do to others what you yourself hate," "Do to others what you would want done to you," "Regard your neighbor's gain as your gain, and your neighbor's loss as your own loss," and "Love your neighbor as yourself," to name a few.
If one generation of children were to be educated with this natural law of love and unity as the basis for all decisions, approaches, and mentalities, just imagine the impact.
Zhiying Li
Dec 15 2011: We Chinese ancestor has a saying教是为了不教 which means Education's purpose is just making everyone learn how to self-educate. I can't agree with this more ——in my opinion,I need education to make me understand my situation,understand others feeling,maintain interesting to this world,especially the nature.While even as a top-10 in my schoo llife,I can't get this from our current education system. I only got impatience and comparison,let myself adjust to the society,then lose myself
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Dec 16 2011: Hello Zhiying,
I have spent a lot of time with "The Great Learning" and this greatly informs my thinking and attitude. I agree that "how to self-educate" is a worthy purpose of education.
Dec 27 2011: woe,Adam,thanks for your confirm. Really appreciate your sincere attitude and careful consideration. My pleasure to share my view with u
Steve Wins
Dec 11 2011: In my opinion, the ultimate purpose of education is to help people be the teacher of themselves. I've been working in educational field for three years, and I am always thinking about this question. This is what I found: Education should be the process of helping people realize what they have, what they want, and what they need to do!
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yang hua
Dec 15 2011: I agreeDec 16 2011: Hi Steve,
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I sincerely agree with you. What age students are you working with? Are you finding ways to impart this purpose into your work?
AdamDec 2 2011: We each have differing talents, abilities and interests. If Mozart had gone to a public school today his teachers would have said, "Great kid, so you got an A in music, but you're failing P.E. and English. You can't just play the piano all day!" Well, you get the point. So the purpose of education would partly be to discover and develop the natural talents we each posses. To see each person as an individual, to help them discover their inner passions and to help them grow these inner passions as they develop greater skill in them.
I also see education as a way to teach critical thinking skills and to open our minds to higher order thinking.
Dennis Pratt
Dec 2 2011: Love the Mozart example! It reminded me of a video that conveys your point well!
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On the other hand, can their child be giving up too early? I did bottom of the class in math in 3&4th, in 6th I was top. I struggled again in 7th. By grad school no one could touch me. How does a parent "know" that their child is not a Mozart, or that the "It's just not my thing" is a cop-out?
I agree that 'roundedness' is over-rated. Specialization is how we progress in almost all areas of human endeavor (and may be the principle reason that the one-size-fits-few public schools fail so many children and squander the skills of so many teachers.) After years of observation, I believe my daughter has no proclivity or ability in art; has minimal talent but deep interest in music; and has great interest and talent in science. That her current school forces equal measures of these three seems a mismatch.
http://www.facebook.com/ParentsDecideDec 2 2011: Because we live in a fast-paced world where that pace is accelerating. We cannot know what children will need to know in the future; we cannot even know HOW learning (or work) will be done because technology is transforming that very rapidly. Therefore, the primary purpose of education should be to learn how to learn.
Dec 3 2011: Technology pours forth on its own trajectory and if no major reckoning occurs to create some semblance of universal acknowledge that a unique technological phenomenon has happened which provides grounds for departures in which "ideals" rather than mere "improvements" are possible, it won't matter that technology will continue to spill forth in continuance of its "evolutionary" rather than "revolutionary" procession. I have put all of my professional and motivational eggs in one basket I believe represents such a reckoning. I call it "socio-technological literacy"--a third literacy above the traditional literacy of the ability to read and write, and above "technological literacy" which we generalize to be the ability to "use a computer", a cell phone, a DVR or what have you. This socio-technological literacy above the other two is an understanding of the fact that digital technology from the personal computer forward are no longer "tools" in the sense that tools had been used since the beginning of civilization. These devices and their impact on dialogue cause unique adaptations in the human being. We are changed by such "tools" and it is absolutely imperative to begin formalizing a literacy around developmental dynamics and the facilitation of human potential through media devices which are "unspecific" AS tools.
Through this reckoning--this realization that we are changing from tool operators to beings partially changed by our new tool use, begins to establish a direction for deliberation in technology design. What is it about ourselves that we can no address and enhance since our tools give us freedom from physical time and space? The answer is, we can address every aspect of reason and development and create unconventional progress synergies that make for micro-economies that fall outside of what has been addressed in Industrial age business. This is how we define the line between the Industrial Revolution and the Information Technology Revolution in earnest.Dec 4 2011: The primary purpose of education should be to learn how to learn.
This deserves deeper investigation. To learn how to learn is inherently dangerous and disruptive. The process spoils authority while raising the most "unworthy" into positions of power. And yet, it is our best hope.Nov 30 2011: A "good" education--one that contributes to the positive development of a human being--is always rooted in relationships. In fact, the things we most value in a democracy--participation, community, contribution--are also about relationships. I believe the purpose of education should always be creating good citizens: people who will be productive, but also good family members and neighbors, informed and engaged community members, civic-minded participants in making the immediate world a better place. The skill set for good citizenship, and the curriculum to lead youth in those positive directions does not, of course, align with what we're actually teaching in schools.
Dec 3 2011: Well-put Nancy. We should remind ourselves what makes us smile in life, and educate towards that.
@ClassroomSoothDec 16 2011: The question is "what should the purpose of education be" (obviously any ideas in this regard would be the writer's opinion....).
Shouldn't it be "Who should decide what the purpose of education should be"?
Next: "Who should have the right to disagree with the person(s) who has decided what the purpose of education should be?"
Finally: "What should the person who disagrees do about that fact?"
Dec 16 2011: however the question is what should the purpose of education be: it is rooted to challenge the educational systems that have been built for us by this who. A look into the history of education and what its relevance was back then is crucial to see what entailed this decision making process to set up a curriculum fit for the society.
As the world is changing rapidly , so should the past reasoning behind the present educational systems be challenged. In a world that needs to be saved from historys´ effects like war, global warming, poverty, hyper consumption etc ...Todays´ education (both classroom and beyond the classroom) has to be able to shape concerned individuals who can learn from human history and be more innovative than the box allows them, to be. "Education is not to reform students…or to make them expert technicians. It is to unsettle their minds, widen their horizons, inflame their intellects, teach them to think straight." Robert Maynard Hutchins, U of Chicago president 1929-51.Dec 16 2011: Thomas, this is an excellent set of questions that certainly do need to be asked. Thanks for raising them. We've heard some answers in this thread already such as parents should be the ones to decide.
What are your thoughts?
Dec 19 2011: education connects people with societies/organizations. Each organization or society has a set of 'symmetries' that people need to possess in order to function within them. Education teaches people these symmetries. When schools fail to teach people the right symmetries to work with their target societies, people appear to drop out of school (because they are naturally attracted to educational systems that will provide them those required symmetries).Dec 23 2011: To be precise, the purpose of education should be to become a good human being.We should not be educated just for the purpose of workforce but making all possible attempts to make this world a better place to live!!
Dec 28 2011: Hi Ridhima Manglani
If the purpose of education is to guide humanity toward a better future (I'm paraphrasing your answer), what would this collection of good human beings look like? How would we live? What would be important to us? I know you answered on an individual basis, but I ask on the collective level.
Thank you for your participation here.
V Raj
Dec 23 2011: "OF THE MANY PROBLEMS WE FACE TODAY, SOME ARE NATURAL CALAMITIES AND MUST BE ACCEPTED AND FACED WITH EQUANIMITY. OTHERS, HOWEVER, ARE OF OUR OWN MAKING, CREATED BY MISUNDERSTANDING, AND CAN BE CORRECTED. ONE SUCH TYPE ARISES FROM THE CONFLICT OF IDEOLOGIES, POLITICAL OR RELIGIOUS, WHEN PEOPLE FIGHT EACH OTHER FOR PETTY ENDS, LOSING SIGHT OF THE BASIC HUMANITY THAT BINDS US ALL TOGETHER AS A SINGLE HUMAN FAMILY".
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EDUCATION is the best way forward and I feel that one of the most important things Present Day Education needs to do is to teach People to Be Humble.... More Giving & Less Egoistic... More Understanding!
Maybe then someday we would stop fighting over My Space - My Country - My Religion & would actually be in a position to achieve the Universal Goal of One World - One Famliy!
deb burks
Dec 18 2011: The goal of education should be to challenge each person to maximize their own individual potential.
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A story: I used to tutor a high school girl who did poorly in the 3 R's, but she could draw a horse in 10 minutes in pencil that looked as if it would leap from the page. She drew my portrait and the likeness was stunning. This child felt like a failure and harbored a poor self esteem; why? Is there not a place in schools for recognition of talents other than those found on the standard achievement test?
Dec 21 2011: Deb, your story reminds me of those Sir Ken Robinson tells to highlight how we are damaging our children's creativity and esteem. My good friend, Kirsten Olson, wrote about this in detail in "Wounded By School." http://www.kirstenolson.org/wounded.php
Through her research she really honors the experience so many have had like the girl you speak of and creates a space for us to begin having honest conversations about education and reclaiming it.
Thanks for being here.
Liuyun Hu
Dec 13 2011: I still remember the first day I went to school when I was four. I couldn't wait to go to school so I put on my schoolbag at five o'clock in the morning and wait for my grandpa to send me there.School is so exciting to me at first. But I don't remember since when I didn't dare to answer questions in class because I was afraid to be scolded by teachers when I made mistakes. I don't remember since when school was not exciting any more, but pressure of not getting into a good college, or not getting a good job. And I don't know what I want to be, basically because what I want to be is not what I can be—wanting to be a musician but studying physics in school.
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So I guess education is about providing the resources to release people's potential. Just here is enough. Teachers should not tell us what we need to be in the future. We need to find by ourselves. What make us tick? What do we love to do? What do we love to do even nobody pay me? They are the answers we need to explore by ourselves because we've been privileged to have education. So many people around the world barely have access to education. We cannot afford to abuse education as a tool to kill our intuitive aspiration for knowledge. When we say we hate school, it doesn't mean we hate learning, but we hate it that the school kind of turn the situation into this.
Dec 23 2011: Give "Totto Chan: The Little Girl at the Window" a read. A little story about being expelled from the first grade ..... that incorporates the philosophy of Pestalozzi and Dewey.
Dec 24 2011: Thanks for reminding me of that book! Actually I know it's pretty popular here but I took it as a Children's book because of its name :-pDec 6 2011: 100 years ago, the industrial model of school worked, and it worked for a reason- the work that the average student could expect, ( if they pursued their schooling) was monotonous and, if not simple, at the least, consistent. In our modern world, life happens at a different pace, and what you do at work isn't necessarily going to be the same thing every day. Indeed, even the concept of reliable employment looks like a shaky prospect right now. That being said, what graduates need, is a broad based education which focuses on the individual. If you teach a man how to think rationally, how to understand the world around him, he has a much better chance to succeed than if you teach a man how to solve a particular set of problems- all conveniently broken into different classes, punctuated by the ringing of a school bell.Nov 30 2011: In my opinion, you have captured the essence of what the purpose of education can be. It is here that we need to start. It's way too easy to get caught up in the details of the "how" and miss the "why" are we educate. The purpose and goal are foremost. Without a clear vision of what education means to us we will never achieve our goal.
Let's all imagine what outcome we want to see. Bringing out the best in each individual. Learning from our past and other great minds, learning where we came from, where we could be going. Understanding how we humans think, feel, and act. Understanding our emotions, our physiology, our history.
To me education is a lifelong pursuit, therefore it really never ends. And knowing that even embryos learn in the womb it's hard to say when it starts. We humans come into world ready and eager to learn. It's hard to stop them from it. (But somehow our current system does). I would like for everyone to know they are natural learners who can and do learn all the time.
Dec 2 2011: Darleen, thanks for joining the conversation. Obviously I am right with you. If we start talking about the how, without the why, we are simply not having the same conversation together. We must explore our values and articulate this "why" together before we start shouting about the how.
"Bringing out the best in each individual" is something I am really interested in and look forward to talking more about.Nov 30 2011: I think the fundamental change in education should be to make what has been previously neglected entirely, SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT, primary and knowledge development secondary to that. This can become the "horse" of motivation that pulls the "cart" of understanding and knowledge, whereas, centering only on knowledge is mostly motivation by "threat of consequence". "Competition" has been nearly a religion in America--"cooperation" seen as foreign or even socialistic or communistic. But cooperation and competition are not only not mutually exclusive, society gets no where without both. And by having a "competition-only" foundation, western education perpetuates the 1% and 99% split where the real purpose is to raise a few winners to manage or control the massive numbers of "losers" as just dumb units to boss.
No one should be reduced to "loser" as a child and carry some social stigma around with them. Conversely, no one who manages to pull 100 on a test should get a life-time pass to see themselves as superior. There's a dynamic now understood called neuroplasticity in which we all grow the capacity we need to overcome the challenges we face. But it also atrophies when we don't face new challenges. This is what really governs differences in people over a life time, not what was "learned" in school.
Traditionalists will say: " we've made class sizes smaller, put computers in the class room, what more IS THERE to do than we've already done?" The answer is in the students themselves--they become facilitators of the best in each other by working within a new social development model in which all act as learners, motivators, presenters, mentors. Nature and chemistry will out the ones who truly are exceptional both at the subject and leading others. Understanding of neuroplasticity makes for new remedies for others so that fundamentally we cease accepting failure as part of the process. The purpose of education? Development, not knowledge.
Dec 2 2011: James, thanks for joining the conversation. Elsewhere I have written that education should be for the development of profoundly sane personalities or sage human development. This, for me, encompasses social development, but also includes intra-personal, summed up in the idea of character development.
We have applied our impressive knowledge within limited understanding such that we have now fundamentally altered the planet's primary life systems and are slowly (and more rapidly) destroying the planet.
A focus on development over knowledge for knowledge's sake would be a safeguard against such human folly.
Dec 2 2011: Hi Adam, education reform can not come from within because all in power are products of the same system which governs their logic. Many reformers on the outside are also products of the same system and simply argue for "better" ways of producing similar objectives. The truth is that inside the industrialization of education has been a profound error which has made for an institutionalization of dysfunction. I urge that no reform proceed on any other ground than correcting this dysfunction first--the assumption that guides the very idea of "classes" and "testing" i.e. that human beings have relatively static levels of intellectual capacity determined by birth/genetics and that learning is a moral/ethical matter of discipline.
The dynamic known as "neuroplasticity" means that each individual human being grows the capacity he or she needs to accommodate the challenges they face. "Grading" as it has been done is wrong and needs to be thrown out in favor of a "development matrix". Further, the herding of kids into classes by age/year ties millions of fates to the luck of the draw as to whom else shares that fate and what "teacher" they draw. This does more to limit and confine young intellects than facilitate and motivate. Education is part of the problem of social ills and no wonder society treats young people in education as untrustworthy of playing a functioning part of producing economy. We instead look at education as a sterile expense. That's a gross dysfunction that can be turned around with opportunity to positively impact economy.
Educators are not qualified to judge "saneness" or "sageness"--perhaps some are better than the authoritarianism which has shaped them and can stretch themselves to help a few who "seem" to be exceptional. But generations are still being limited by errant "processing" which often "kills creativity" because it surely does nothing for identity except create false measurements of intellect.
Sanket Gupta
Nov 30 2011: The purpose of education is to go where every child can start thinking critically, and not just being a dummy of the entire system. Where every student enjoys the process of learning.
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Where every person is not the slave of money, materialism and status, but focussed instead on value creation in the society.
It seems to be idealistic, but as Viktor Frankl says in the following video, its only if we put humans above what they actually are, can we, in the long run, bring out what they potentially can be.
Mihai Popeti
Dec 28 2011: The main purpose for education is increasing the degrees of freedom on various levels.
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Freedom of thought - Supplying cognitive instruments / tools, powerful metaphors, learning to master grammar and algorithmic thought
Freedom of affect - Allowing to feel oneself, to develop an empathic theory of mind, to be able to "deeply" connect to the world: rather then just "think about it" - "feel a part of it". Feel freely about love, death, loneliness and meaninglesness (the 4 existential categories proposed by Yalom)
Freedom of expression - Ability to learn languages: foreign languages, programming languages, mathematical descriptions of reality, Ability to use one's voice in speach and tone-shaping, Graphic and literary forms of expression
Freedom of communion - Team skills, Problem solving and negociating skills, basic political and social concepts applied.
- I think the whole concept of education should be about enabling children to do whatever they want to do - to make them understand that learning is not something they "have to" but something they want to in order to do whatever makes them happy. I don't think a reform in education will do it. Old forms of education have their merits and sometimes when dilluted with a bit of freedom concepts have shovn worse results than the original - which only goes to show that sometimes a full-hearted choice or the other is better than any compromise.Dec 27 2011: This is a great theme, I think. To keep it simple, I believe that education should be about giving children the tools they need to make a positive change in the world. We should start being so much more creative when it comes to teaching and we should focus on showing kids around the world that everyone deserves to be happy and have the same human rights and opportunities. Education should focus on making better human beings. That's the only way we can have a better world. Let's help kids grow up to be knowledgeable people but also great inspiring courageous people that want to make a positive change in our world.
Oky Adrian
Dec 22 2011: In my humble opinion, education is for all. We all, whether as a young man or an old man, still need education as well. The purpose of education can be a tool to open our mind, our faith, our belief, our skills in everything that we haven't yet known into the things we know. And also to make our current knowledge sharpen. Education is not only practiced in school, but also in everywhere (home, ourselves).
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Mary T
Dec 22 2011: To instill a life long love of self directed learning.Dec 22 2011: Education is growth. The basic tenets of education are time-tested, but the tutoring process needs a change. Education should empower free will.
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Dec 22 2011: We lost free will back in 53'.
Louis Lafair
Dec 18 2011: I'm currently a high school student, and in my experience, this is a vital question that students themselves often overlook because of the emphasis on grades and college. Education is supposed to prepare us for the future, but with the rapid acceleration of technology and our changing world, we can hardly expect to predict what the future holds or where it will take us. What education can and should do is teach us to learn, adapt, analyze, and ponder; the only way we can face the challenges of tomorrow is by developing a lifelong love of learning, so that, when the time comes, we can acquire whatever skills may be necessary to pursue whichever path we choose. Education must instill in us the desire and curiosity to explore these challenges. Education shouldn't be viewed as an isolated entity, but should instead open our eyes to learning as a lifelong pursuit.Dec 16 2011: In short I think the purpose of education should be teaching people to learn and enjoy learning.
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Dec 17 2011: Love you reply.Things are so simple. I don't know why people try to philosophize simple thingsDec 16 2011: I'd certainly place a far greater emphasis on creative based learning and customised learning methods that seek to understand where a child's interest and potential talents may lie and then putting them with students whose interests and skills are of a similar nature. Developing such a curriculum is not easy, but digital technology can be utilised to deliver learning structures and specific types and styles of curriculum that are geared to those students who show and shared common interests and responses to specific learning styles. Avoiding a one size fits all approach is necessary in our education system particularly when students are under the age of 12. Simple things like workshops/lessons beyond the school environment provide exposure to the 'real world', and an environment beyond the classroom. Multimedia is a great way to facilitate and track learning behaviours and interests as are group based activities and creative play/game activities where memory and strategy is involved. Identifying a student's strengths and interests and then following those interests and any new interests whilst attempting to utilise technology and activities and group interaction makes learning 'feel' both natural and rewarding. I'm a big believer is using computer/technology workshops with digital cameras/video cameras to encourage film/story telling. Plays and pantomimes also push news kinds of creative thinking with relevance to narrative, technical insight, perception, creative self assessment and the sense of accomplishment when something is conceptualised, developed, executed and then finally completed. The longer you can keep young students engaged in the learning process and to provide for their natural sense of curiosity by making each learning project something that is new, fresh, empowering and yet relevant to the real world and their own world, the easier it is to set different minds and personalities towards the path of self-orientated learning and self discovery.
Chaka Akbar
Dec 14 2011: Independence and empowerment. Education should empower people to be explorers, and to be self-motivated, life-long learners, in all fields of knowledge.
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Betty Bee
Dec 13 2011: I believe education plays a critical part in our life. During the early education, we need develop our nature: curiosity, playfulness, emotional engagement, sympathy, empathy as well as love. However, when I grew up in China, the early education system would focus on competition of grades rather than individualism or teaming. As a result, when we grow up with single one child build-in mentality and lack of teaming virtue; we would choose a area we can get a better grades instead of following our heart. It has became the primary barrier to enter into professional life and personal life.
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When I came here to North America in Canada and Silicon Valley for advanced education, the different between the two countries are very different. Canada has a good and affordable public university system. In the contrast, most of top universities are private school in U.S. It is the first time I deeply felt what is meritocracy. U.S is a typical meritocracy country, it is revealed in universities and professional world or even in personal life. People are very proud of what they have accomplished or which school they went to. None of those achievement can tell who they are in a real life.
Education is one dimension of you. Here is a example, we don't want to team up with someone looks good on resume, but unethical in real life. Can education help us to be more ethical?
In my opinion, education should be one channel to help us to be a better person.
Dec 16 2011: Hi Betty,
You speak to the many troubles in our current models. From divorcing ourselves from our passions in order to focus on obtaining rewards such as grades to the profound role privilege plays in education.
Imagine if education helped us to be more ethical! In my opinion our major global ails can be traced back to ethical/moral failings of individuals.
Jan Bartscht
Dec 12 2011: PS. It is worth noting the *current* (unintended) purpose of the education system; to teach the most amount of students the standard amount of knowledge for the least amount of money.
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Seen through this lense, the modern education system is remarkably successful.... !
Jan Bartscht
Dec 12 2011: An education system must enable an individual to discover, develop and deploy their ability to create a better future for themselves, their loved ones and their community.
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The key point is to enable individuals to use their creative ability (in whatever shape it manifests itself) to create a better world. Taking that as a starting point, it rapidly becomes clear that one of the key things education should do is to enable people to discuss 'what is a better world' and 'how should we build this better world'. Developing people's ability to communicate and collaborate should lie at the heart of any 21st Century education system.
However, it is NOT enough to merely stimulate critical thinking. One of the great challenges we face with the current education system is its fundamental failure to develop ethical reasoning and empathy. The linear, reductionist approach taking to education means that today most young people, myself included, are in the strange position of knowing everything but understanding very little!
To conclude, I suggest education must (like all things!) return to its past to re-create itself in the future. We must return to the idea of a 'whole education', body, mind and heart. In a rapidly changing world, knowledge is quickly gained but also quickly becomes redundant. Surely wisdom (good judgement), a strong ethical capacity and good health in body and mind are at least as important as Pythagoras' theorem?....
Keith Tsui
Dec 10 2011: To further your answer, I believe education should also cultivate one's awareness on ethical behaviours and service to the community.
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I think my view is quite similar to the following quote:
"The aim [of education] must be the training of independently acting and thinking individuals who, however, see in the service to the community their highest life problem."
—Albert Einstein
Just being able to think critically may not be enough. They should be responsible for their action and try their best to contribute to the community.Dec 10 2011: The purpose of education in my opinion is to nurture, facilitate and develop critical thinking and intellectual curiosity in students. Both, seen as skills, can help them to pursue their own goals and interests, but the most important thing, to think by themselves.Dec 6 2011: Simply, to promote curiosity, passion & life long learners in an organic educational environment
Dec 3 2011: I agree with Adam that the purpose of Education should be to empower and enable. I think most of the students today are smart enough to figure out what suits the best for themselves.They are self learners. Just like in 'use of technology' , no one teaches that as a part of curriculum , however they are able to figure it out and use it. And that is how they get common sense too. Its not taught as a subject.
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The educational institutions dont have exclusivity on knowledge anymore, it is available all over the internet. I think the schools instead of working out as factories for batch producing qualified people, should more or less emerge as an incubator or providing an ecosystem for self awareness, discovery and learning. The teachers in that respect may not view themselves as providers of knowledge and wisdom or whatever objective they believe the education system is for.However they may look upon themselves as mentors, guides and facilitators for fulfillment of that objective.
Mr Khan
Dec 2 2011: For awhile now, I've held the belief that our early education is an ideological indoctrination process and it must be altered. However, the truth is that some indoctrination will always be part of the system. May it be your choice of a philosopher/philosophy imposed on your child or your approach to education of preferring thought experiments over theorems. At the end of the day, these are all systems of evaluations. Tools we design which in turn will design us.
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So what should the purpose of education be?
To me, education must be a way of expression, and should not become the expression itself. Creativity, to me, is a form of that expression. Its our different ways of expression that gave us cultures, languages, foods, and ideas. Take that out and we will all be eating McDonald.Dec 2 2011: it shoul be to train children and young people in the art to survive living together with people with the goal to improve.Dec 2 2011: First of all, thanks for the great question. It is often asked but not often enough. It should be asked everyday.
In my opinion, the answer is quite basic.
One purpose of education is to provide us with great tools. The tools include among others: 1) the ability to communicate ideas clearly. 2) The ability to problem solve 3) Acquiring a reasonable knowledge of various traditional school subjects such as reading, writing (forms of communication), science, art, economics, etc.
Another is to show us various ways to use these tools all the while leaving open the possibility that there are many other modes not yet discovered.
The above should be the purpose of Education.
I agree with you question without limit and greatly appreciate your spirit. I disagree somewhat with your viewpoint and the space alloted herein is not great enough to dive in as deeply as I would like to.
Our education system, still hugely modeled on a 200 year old English system in some perverted form, has its roots in the great Greek education system of antiquity. That system that spawned Aristotle, Plato, Archimedes, Euclid and many other great thinkers. It was reserved for the wealthy, young and old. It lay the foundation for the Roman Empire. The problem is that the English never got it right, for the masses anyhow. And over the years, we kept some of the mechanical elements such as pens and paper but lost the "why". The system is not well today
I don't find it likely that the sordid past you describe is correct or important to your great question. Education is not rooted in industrialism per se. In fact just a small percentage of the world's population is so employed.
Learning and knowledge should be used for the purpose of living a good life. Employment is a substantial part of this good life. Education should serve this part of life well as it should serve other areas as well.
Education is not the domain of children although it seems many adults view it so.Dec 2 2011: It seems there are crises everywhere! Crises in the environment, in the economy, in the way that our cities are organised. Not least, or indeed last, there are crises in education. In the UK we are at the cusp of a year when the biggest changes in the funding of our educational system has prompted a nationwide debate on the role of education & its value at the higher level. In 2012 graduate fees will hit £9,000 per annum in exchange for a system with its origins in a monastic tradition, methods familiar to a 19 century classroom and with absolutely no guarantee of employment at the end of this rite of passage. But is employment the 'reward' of education? In my view, education is a connector between people. It's the promise of a level playing field, the ability to explore (and master) previously unconquered territories and the skills to exchange ideas & dreams with others. Much education takes place informally outside the walls of our centres of education at home, in the community, in the workplace. However, the most timely issue is in reflection on the role & value of our institutions whose methods have prepared its the minds of graduates for service to industry, protect knowledge as a form of capital and create an elitist culture that ensures that privilege is preserved. These traditions do not connect, but separate us from each other. The widespread crises are a symptom of change - catalysed a generation ago by the advent of the internet - a great connector of people. Telecommunications have changed the way that we experience the world from being hierarchical, industrial and object centred to complex, fluid and engaged in systems. These changes are affecting everything that we do and education is no exception. Institutions need to seize this opportunity to connect us through new kinds of educational experiences and reach beyond the ivory towers to global audiences so we can address the Grand Challenges of this epoch together with mutual understanding & equality.
Dec 2 2011: Rachel, I agree with much of what you say here. We are in a time of great crises, yet education sorely lacks in being part of the solution. I recall talking with you about the loss of imagination in people today. What role do you think education plays in either strengthening or defeating out imaginations?
And would you say that in at least part your belief of what the purpose of education should be, is to support a culture of equality and exploration? That's my condensation of some of what you wrote.Dec 1 2011: Hi Adam (fellow mainer)
To fully realize, fully emanate the unique gifts in in each individual ; to turn each individual outward to the world in serviice in collaboration where those unique gifts are needed and have a place.
what makes each of us come alive is what the world most needs.
that shoud be the work of education
Dec 2 2011: Glad we could have this conversation fellow Mainer! You live in a very special part of the state.
You articulate a beautiful purpose of education. Absolutely beautiful. Thank you.Nov 30 2011: To have an ever CURIOUS mind life long..............
Scott Schuck
Nov 29 2011: The purpose of education is best based on and driven by the Learner's Purpose. Most of the failures of current education start with the over-emphasis on teaching the "curriculum" to the neglect of the learner's purpose. The satisfaction and fulfillment of any human is the result of their personal search for and the finding and following of their own passion. In the process they also become an ideal citizen of the larger community.Dec 28 2011: To impart wisdom as well as knowledge.Dec 28 2011: Thank you all for joining this conversation. There are beautiful aspirations here of bringing for the best of humanity through the development of individuals, married with tensions to ensure that society is served and supported and that the basics are not overlooked.
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There are currently 365 comments and 365 distinct articulations of "what the purpose of education should be." The process to develop a consensus on this is beyond the scope and purpose of this conversation. However, I do hope that it is understood that this question and its answer are the shapers of education systems and in turn cultures.
And so I invite you to ponder the question Thomas Brucia raised earlier, "Who should decide what the purpose of education is? http://www.ted.com/conversations/8190/who_should_decide_what_the_pur.html
Once we decide who should be making that decision then we can return to my original question and ultimately re-inventing education.
Thank you all again for sharing of your selves.
In peace,
AdamDec 28 2011: Well I believe education should be focused on bettering ourselves and our own interests. We should have more classes that focus on asking "What would you like to learn today?" rather than saying "Here is what we are learning today." As Ken Robinson said in his speech, our education system teaches us subjects like Mathematics, Science, etc because it assumes these are general necessities for everyday life but this is not necessarily the case. If an artist wants to learn about art, he/she should be able to learn art and if a dancer wants to learn more about dance, he/she should be able to learn dance. People don't really get the opportunity to learn what they REALLY want until maybe college -- in both middle school and high school you have requisite classes you MUST complete and high school has become more of a pass by in our lives that serves as, rather than an educational experience, our transcript for getting into a college we want -- and even college has its limitations with class sizes being too full, pre-requisite classes to take a certain class, etc.
The main problem with this form of learning is that it is heavily dependent on the student. In our current education system, we simply feed people knowledge that society has deemed "important" or "necessary." In this idealistic world, the student will have to know what he/she wants to learn and in a lot of cases, people don't know what they want to learn or what they want to do. It requires a lot of self-motivation and self-discovery because people can and should be able to always change what they want to learn, what they want to be, etc. Of course, this skepticism should be saved for the "how" conversation you mentioned.
Dec 28 2011: From experience with many children, the kids are not as open minded as you'd think. They do need big pushes to do new things especially if they have problems with trust. once they see something in action a few times they will start to ask questions and interact. I think a better question would be "What would you like to learn more of?" I do like the idea you have. I agree about asking them. I, myself, wasn't interested ,and didn't strive until college when I got the option of what I was learning.Dec 28 2011: The core "purpose of education" has remained unchanged and by definition it has rightfully focused on developing the individual with the right set of values, throwing in the right dose of knowledge, develop and hone skills with various tools and techniques needed to make a successful living and good human being. The definition can absorb any decent amount of interpretations on the various intricacies involved. It would be more intriguing to understand what needs to change in the process of education with time.Even sub four year olds are comfortable enough navigating through ipads finding their way to their favorite games..Very soon they will be in facebook, and would be making meaningful searches in youtube etc, being exposed to information through true multi media (touch ,sound and visuals)..There is a new way/thought process these little minds invent to find their way through..unguided by any schooling system..where the grandma wisdom has no more takers..
The education system has more or less remained lethargic ,out of sync and unprepared with these fascinating and accessible changes happening around for these kids, which also bring a disturbing sense of apprehensions when it comes to the content they have access to as they swim through them freely, unguided and unchallenged.. The conventional education is sluggish owing to its "logistics". However a non transformation is reason to for worry.
The transformation has to happen not only in the content but also in delivery and reach. There is large population of kids who does not have access these changes and rely on the conventional sources for their daily dose of information and connect. This is a huge divide and can make them just gape at the acts of their "advanced" counterparts with just wonder in their eyes as they grow up..not worthy of competition in a non level playground..
Oscar García
Dec 28 2011: the purpose of education should be developing the naturals skills and talents every human has in order to use them to build up a better world and society not only to teaching persons how to generate wealth.
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I'am comming from using a road shoe where the cleats wear down quickly,and they are hard to walk on. Only have a couple hundred miles of use on these, but am very satisfied.They look like there made to last. Still getting used to clipping in. It seems a bit more difficult locating the cleat into the pedal. I'm sure in time it will become second nature.
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Great Clip, easy install, easy to adjust, firm feeling yet do not feel like I am lock down. Was able to unclip quickly to avoid an accident.
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Great pedals.This is my 4th pair since 2004. My bikes wear out before my pedals do.
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This is my second set of these pedals (the first didn't fail, I got another bike). I use them on my mountain bikes and they have always performed great. They are easy to clean and with a little lube occasionally, they are basically bulletproof. They are easy to adjust and can be set so that your foot will come out quickly if that unexpected root reaches out and grabs you on the trail!Nashbar's price makes these a no-brainer!
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Used them to replace/upgrade the spd pedals I was previously riding. Everything odd going well with the pedals after the first few rides. The new pedals set all the way loose hld better than my old ones on the tightest setting
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I only ride a road bike, but have long preferred small light weight spd mountain bike pedals, so shoes are more comfortable for walking off bike. These may be great for mountain bike use as intended, but I'm not the one to comment. I am very happy with the pedals, and immediately noticed an improvement in ease of entry and area of shoe contact vs my old, clunkier Shimano's of similar type. Only slight negative was no marking of right or left on these pedals, which my old ones had. Didn't take long to figure out, but you had to know what to look for: ie the spring to the rear of the top of the pedal. And the lack of a bulky nut for a pedal wrench saves weight and looks sleek, but you have to have the wide 8mm Allen wrench to install or remove the pedals from the opposite side of the crank. Don't know how easy removal will be without the extra leverage after they've been auto-torqued in by active use.Overall, these are great pedals, and I like all the improvements over my old ones. I can't see any reason to spend so much more on the highest grade Shimano PD-M980's. I doubt that the 33 grams weight reduction would make a noticeable difference to anyone.
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Polaroid returns with the PIC-1000
Polaroid has confirmed that it will be releasing a new Polaroid instant camera later this year after a campaign to not let the film format die revealed fresh consumer interest and we've got photos of what it will look like.
The new camera, which features a cute looking fascia, will come in three colours - silver, black and faux wood and offer fans of the outdated film format the chance to relive the glory days once again.
Features are still being worked on, but expect a virtually similar experience to the cameras the company used to make with a drop down door to reveal the film tray.
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Rokbed™ v3 is more than just a case; it's a system. The new v3 includes never before seen features such as an integrated lock mechanism, anti slip grip, detachable lanyard and an optional magnet insert. Made from tough polycarbonate that is reinforced in critical areas the Rokbed™ v3 is also one of the most protective iPhone 4/4s cases on the market today, protecting your phone from six directions. Compatible with all iPhone carriers.
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I do allot of off roading, this mount holds up in bumpy rides. Easy set up, and fully functional!! Thanks Rokform
(Posted on 10/16/14)
It took me four other cases until I found my perfect case......the Rokform clear case! I love the look! It protects the edges and will not go sliding across a surface when placed face up and it is made in the USA. Yesterday I accidentally dropped it onto the sidewalk, bounced off the corner and not even a scratch on the case, let alone the phone. I am sold.
(Posted on 7/28/14)
Writing reviews aren't my thing, but this case seriously merits one. I bought it last year for mounting on my bike. Works beautifully with a magnetic mount in the truck too. It has been dropped a couple hundred times onto all sorts of surfaces at varying distances with no phone damage.
Today I dropped it in a parking garage. A small sports car ran over my iPhone in it's Rockform case, screen side to pavement. Unbelievable. The iPhone survived intact. No joke. The screen protector was toast, the short piece at the bottom of the case was pushed a little askew, and the case has some gritty abrasions. But the phone is fine. Not even a cracked screen. Dusted off the Rockform and it is still perfectly usable.
I'm keeping this case, battle scars and all. Your mileage may vary, but I'm a believer. When I replace my 4S with a newer model, nothing else but a Rockform case will do.
(Posted on 6/23/14)
I have had my case for almost 2 years and just love it!! After having several different cases, I was sure my phone would outlast any case I could purchase, but that has not been the case with this. I purchased the pink one for my white phone and have had a lot of compliments. I am thrilled to say it has been made in the US. AND, it has been dropped about a thousand times, on concrete, ceramic tile, etc. and my phone hasn't even noticed. Thank you Rok Form!
(Posted on 5/27/14)
This case is first and foremost rugged, secondly it has some truly amazing features
Such as a in case magnet/no slip rubber, thirdly the mounting features are well thought out with a what
Would work best for our customer mind set having said all that I will continue to use, brag And show off your product
Every chance I get! Thanks Rokform well done!
(Posted on 4/12/14)
I got my rokform for my iPhone 4s over 2 years ago. It has been on my phone the whole time. I use the waist clip to attach it to my waistband on my running shorts or put in a pocket on my cycling jersey (I'll go for the bike adapter this year). I have dropped it countless times and it has been on hundreds of runs over 1500 total miles. Sure it has a few little dings, but it is a 9 out of 10. This is a durable enclosure and it works better than any other that I have tried. I would buy this again, but it won't break so I'll have no need to. My nex phone will immediately get a Rokform enclosure.
(Posted on 3/25/14)
This case has been through the ringer! Almost 2 years of being dropped, kicked, tossed and handled by my 2 yr old and never once did my wife's phone blink. It's quite rough around the edges now and she's getting a new one. I can't say enough. The only thing I wish Rokform had was a waterproof case cause that is the one weakness. The only thing to slow down my wife's phone was a drop into a puddle. Rok on!
(Posted on 1/15/14)
I've had the smoke-colored V3 for a year and a half now. As much as I baby my 4S to keep it safe even with a case on it, I have still accidentally dropped it a few times.
The V3 has protected my phone from being dropped on concrete floors and asphalt - two surfaces that most people are around a lot and are likely to drop their phones on. While the case has some scuff marks from being dropped, my iPhone 4S has no external or internal damage.
I also recommend getting the screen protectors - they've been great.
(Posted on 12/20/13)
Well, I ordered this case for my iPhone 4 in June of 2012. Used this case until upgrading to an iPhone 5s. I have no complaints about this case. It has worked exactly as expected and protected the phone from several drops. Customer service is one of those great areas with Rokform. I did break the bottom part of the case on one of the drops. I emailed Rokform and provided my order information and they promptly shipped out a replacement bottom with no questions or issues. This was after owning the case for over a year.
I ordered my case with the magnet option. Every time I use the magnet to hold my phone somewhere, I get all kinds of questions/interest in the case. I love being able to stick the phone on my dash of my 71 Scout (as its metal) and use it as a GPS or accurate speedometer.
Again, Thanks again for making an awesome case and having Blazing customer service.
P.S. With this kind of an experience, of course I purchased another Rokform for my iPhone 5s!
(Posted on 12/18/13)
I've had this case for quite a while and have loved it for its slim silhouette and the way it allows the beauty of the iPhone to be see through the back of the case. I've dropped my phone numerous times, mostly from about waist level, and the case has always protected it. Yesterday, I leaned over a balcony with my phone in my chef coat pocket. The phone fell to the floor below onto a concrete surface. Neither the back nor the front screen was damaged at all! However, the impact was so great, the digitizer inside was damaged. Now, I'm back to look for another case for my new gold iPhone 5s. These cases are awesome!
(Posted on 9/28/13)
I have broken more iPhones than I would like to admit. I have tried every case that claims they are the best, from Incase to Otterbox. This is the first one to actually protect my phone. Without a hesitation, this is the best case I have ever had. So good in fact, I purchased a new one for my work phone. The only thing that was slightly flawed is that the skinny piece that goes across the bottom right under the 'home' button broke. I have not replaced it because it has not caused any problems for me, but I hear great things about the customer service (See Jeff's review).
If you want to get a case for your phone, get this one. You will not regret it.
Nice job Rokform!
(Posted on 8/22/13)
I bought a white case for my daughters iPhone 4S, after 6 mo the bottom piece got a crack in it and eventually broke. I called and a very friendly customer service lady answered the phone. I told her what happened and she didn't even question me! Just a friendly what is your name, address, and color and I will get a replacement out today! Now that's customer service! Something you don't see very often any more. Thanks Rokform!
(Posted on 8/5/13)
i have had 15+ cases/covers for my iphone 4s over the last couple of years. finally found "my" perfect case. i am seriously in love with this thing.
no, really guys, i'd marry it if i could.
oh yeah, and the fact that it is MADE IN THE USA is just icing on the cake.
customer service is outstanding.
keep up the great work ROKFORM.
(Posted on 6/8/13)
been using my v3 case for a week now. very impressive piece of work! have accidently dropped my phone twice. thank goodness for the v3. not a scratch.scuff or mark of any kind. love that its made in the U.S.A. got the magnet insert. going to order the sport clip next. great job rokform!
(Posted on 4/27/13)
Amazing case! I was surprisingly pleased when I got both of my cases. Extremely strong, well made, and beautiful. Car attachment fit perfectly and I didn't have to buy and extra attachment for navigation. After buying about 30 other cases, I'm a Rokform'er for life! Recommended!
(Posted on 4/22/13)
v3 case is awesome! Add the sport clip and magnet set and the functionality of this case goes through the roof. Great product!
Great case. Just wish they had rubber inserts for the side similar to the one on the back.
Just got the V3 case yesterday. Very impressed love it. I really like the magnet kit I can stick my phone just about any where when I'm working around the house or garage and I don't have to worry about it. Great product will be getting one of the clips next.
Just got my case, this thing is badass! Heard about you guys on Lex and Terry on XM165. Now I know why they talk so much about your product!
Thank you for the lanyard. Most of all I am loving my case! It allows me to show of my white iphone while giving it the highest level of protection!!! Ii have told all my friends and family to look into these when they are looking for new cases!!! TY
I was recently given an iPhone 4S for my job. I figured since they were spending the money on the phone,I should look for a case to protect it. After researching cases, bumpers and protectors, I found your site and reviews, and bought your Rokbed v3. All I can say is "Amazing!" This is a great case!
The comments from co-workers are great and, after dropping the phone onto the concrete floor in our warehouse, my manager was happily suprised to see there was no damage to either the phone or the case. My manager commented to me that when he upgrades from his Blackberry to the iPhone, he's getting one of your
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During last week's meeting of the Gulf County School Board, board members, principals and Superintendent of Schools Jim Norton honored excellence on last year's Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test from three schools.
FCAT honors from Port St. Joe Elementary School
Level 5 (Reading)
Grade 3 – Julia Bohannon, Corbin Ingalls, Loren Martin, Clint Moore, Jack Randall, Keaston Shepard, Hannah Tomlinson;
Grade 4 – Gregory Julius, Alyssa Martina, Jacob Sander, Sara Whitfield;
Grade 5 – Caleb Butts, Devin Crews, Hannah Fulk, Chandler Godwin, Kenneth Haddock, Lexi Holland, Jacob Kennedy, Ana Lacivita, Isaac McCall, Bryce Thomas, Jacob Tracy, Ashleigh Wright;
Grade 6 – Braden Baumgardner, Ashton Childress, Lexi Combs, Cheyanna Crum, Grace Cryderman, Lauren Hall, Caleb Kyle, LaShavion McCloud, Kate McLemore, Marcella Phelps, Hannah Pool, Elizabeth Sapp, Amber Turman.
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Grade 3 – Julia Bohannon, Weston Edwards, Blake Gay, Bryson Lee, Gabrielle Nicodemus, Jack Randall, Philip Riley, Leroy Yarrell;
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Grade 6 – Christopher Brant, Lexi Combs, Grace Cryderman, Lauren Hall, Kate McLemore, Elizabeth Sapp.
Level 5 (Science)
Grade 5 – Hannah Fulk, Delaney Ingalls, Ana Lacivita, Joshua Richards, Jacob Tracy.
* Note – Jacob Sander, Hannah Fulk and Grace Cryderman all had a perfect score in reading; Jacob Kennedy and Lexi Combs had perfect scores in math.
FCAT honors from Port St. Joe Jr./Sr. High School
Level 5 (Reading)
Grade 7 – Rachel Bass, Chloe Burke, Marques Cutler, Lauren Davis, Levi Finley, Chloe Focht, Daniel Golden, Brantley Lake, Dell Pickett, Sarah Taylor, Kristin Thursby;
Grade 8 – Jeremy Ard, Julian Bowman, Maddie Flanagan, Callie Fleshren, Reanna Frabel, Dalton Gilley, Thomas Haddock, Delilah Harrison, Katie Nobles, Valerie Odium, Will Ramsey, Caroline Rish, Kathleen Rish, Tyler Whatley;
Grade 9 – Dallas Bird, Aaron Brown, Cole Cryderman, Caitlin Godwin, Jonathan Hormuth, Megan Hubbard, Janel Kerigan, Maura Mahan, Martin Mertz, Christopher Tully, Sarah Whitney;
Grade 10 – Kristen Burkett, Homer Davis, Bryce Godwin, Morgan Kennington, Allie Stripling, Anastasia Thomason.
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Grade 7 – Chloe Burke, Chloe Focht, Christopher Maestri, Alex Naus, Dell Pickett, Ethan Sander, Sarah Taylor, Kristin Thursby;
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Level 5 (Science)
Grade 8 – Callie Fleshren, Thomas Haddock, Christian Hall, Katie Nobles.
Level 6 (Writing)
Grade 10 – Anastasia Thomason, Dantasia Welch.
* Note – Levi Finley, Reanna Frabel, Caroline Rish, Tyler Whatley, Megan Hubbard each had a perfect score in reading. A Level 6 in writing in considered perfect.
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*55% Cotton, 35% Polyester, 10% Rayon
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Lookout Books Awarded $9,000 from NC Arts Council
Monday, November 26, 2012
Lookout Books, the literary book imprint of the University of North Carolina Wilmington Department of Creative Writing, has been awarded $9,000 from the N.C. Arts Council to support spring 2013 reading tours for poet John Rybicki and memoirist Ben Miller.
John Rybicki's poetry collection When All the World Is Old (April 2012) forms a compelling memorial to his wife, the late poet Julie Moulds. For his unique tour, Lookout will partner with leading medical and cancer support centers, including the Levine Cancer Institute in Charlotte, to host readings and healing arts workshops.
Ben Miller's forthcoming memoir, River Bend Chronicle: The Junkification of a Boyhood Idyll amid the Curious Glory of Urban Iowa (March 2013), depicts his eccentric family as they search for identity in a Midwestern city increasingly consumed by strip malls and big-box stores. The expansive debut is interspersed with Robert Campagna's vintage photographs of urban Iowa in the '70s. The tour will feature workshops and readings focused on place-based writing, as well as accompanying photo exhibitions.
"We're grateful to the N.C. Arts Council for the important work they do to help us extend our reach and to cultivate the state's rich literary heritage," said Emily Louise Smith, publisher at Lookout Books. "Last year a grant from the Arts Council allowed Lookout to serve more than 750 students, teachers, book club members and readers who attended events featuring authors Edith Pearlman and Steve Almond. Thousands more tuned in to hear them interviewed on The State of Things, Charlotte Talks, and WHQR's Midday Interview, or participated in a live discussion on The Hinge Literary Center's blog."
"In these challenging economic times it is important to remember that for every grant dollar invested by the state leverages an additional $17 from businesses, foundations and local government," Wayne Martin, executive director of the N.C. Arts Council, said. "Partnerships between nonprofit organizations and the local community make a big difference in our state. Arts councils, arts organizations, and other nonprofits are catalysts that reenergize downtowns, attract visitors, and build community pride."
Lookout Books grew out of collaboration between The Publishing Laboratory, UNC Wilmington's teaching press, which offers creative writing students the opportunity to learn the publishing process by apprenticeship, and Ecotone, the department's award-winning national literary magazine. The imprint's debut title, Binocular Vision: New & Selected Stories by Edith Pearlman, landed on the cover of the New York Times Book Review and went on to win the National Book Critics Circle Award in fiction and Foreword Book of the Year.
Though the press will present two very different author tours, both offer tremendous opportunities for students to learn book promotion and tour planning and to cultivate community partnerships. By bringing some of their best interns along, Lookout is able to support their professional development and afford them occasions to share their budding expertise.
The N.C. Arts Council works to make North Carolina The Creative State where a robust arts industry produces a creative economy, vibrant communities, children prepared for the 21st century, and lives filled with discovery and learning. The Arts
Council is an agency of the N.C. Department of Cultural Resources.