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For the last month of my pregnancy, I went to the nail salon weekly to pamper my fingers and toes.
In the delivery room, my nails looked so fabulous that the nurses kept complimenting me on them. And, it was nice to have manicured nails for all of the photo ops that came with having a new babe.
To see which expectant star is doing the same,
Jessica Alba pampered herself at Beverly Hills Nail Design and stopped by Champagne restaurant for some take–out. If I had one morsel of advice for the expectant mama, it would be to sit and enjoy meals out while she can!
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2-year-old Brooklyn Marie Gould sits patiently at the Child & Youth Pediatric Day Clinic in Mountain Home on Thursday. Brooklyn, who has the genetic disease spinal muscular atrophy, has overcome great odds.
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Like most ebook reader screen manufacturers, LG has kept its eye on the flexible e-paper pie. Now, however, the firm recently announced that its 6 inch high resolution EPD (E-Paper Display) is finally in full production, and should be in ebook readers shipped to Europe within a few months time.
LG's new plastic EPD, is said to be the world's first flexible screen in mass production. It proudly takes the shape of a plastic screen that is only 0.027 inches (0.7 millimeters) thick – That's about 2/3 of the thickness of the standard glass EPD screens currently out there. At 0.49 oz (14 grams) in weight, the new display is less than half the weight of the current glass made alternatives. However, the flexibility of the screen is what makes the plastic E-paper display so revolutionary. This flexible screen can bent as much as 40 degrees from the plane of the display, and can survive blows from a small hammer! it can even be repeatedly dropped from a height of 4.92 ft (1.5 meters) – Talk about rugged!
"With the world's first plastic EPD, LG Display has proved its reputation once again for its innovation and leadership with a product we believe will significantly help popularize the eBook reader market," said Mr. Sang, leader of Operations for LG's Mobile Display/OLED division. "Based on our success in mass-producing plastic E-Paper Displays, we are excited as we look to apply concepts from this experience to future innovation like the plastic OLED and flexible displays."
LG says it managed to adapt conventional LCD manufacturing processes to the production of the new e-paper display by decreasing the process temperature of the LCD process to a level that the EPD could tolerate. The new display will be shipped to Chinese device manufacturers who hope to produce and ship new products to Europe as soon as, according to LGs press release, "the beginning of next month."
The new eBook reader launched by Onyx is bound to stun with its impressive features. The device is making its way into the United States rather slowly, but people from across Europe and Asia can lay their hands on this beauty quite easily.
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Police believe speed may have been a factor in a fatal moped crash Friday in Wahiawa.
The crash happened about 6:50 p.m. near Kilani Avenue and Mala Street.
Police said a 21-year-old man riding the moped was taken in critical condition to Wahiawa General Hospital after his moped collided with a 1996 Ford pickup. The man died at the hospital.
A 21-year-old woman who was driving the pickup was unhurt.
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Together with key representatives from the GA pilot training community the UK Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has started work on a new training syllabus for private pilots. The project aims to help ensure future pilots are better prepared for flying safely in the UK.
The current syllabus for the private pilot licence (PPL) for aeroplanes is used by flying schools to train pilots and help them to pass both ground and flight test exams. However, both the CAA and GA community have highlighted areas that could be improved (such as more information on the use of transponders, GPS, and the airspace system) and also information that, although in the syllabus, most PPLs will never need to know (e.g. purely theoretical or academic information without practical application).
The CAA will liaise with colleagues in the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) and other EU National Aviation Authorities to develop the new syllabus, which will continue to fully meet the requirements of the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO).
Mike Barnard, the CAA's GA programme manager, said: "This work is part of a larger project to take a fresh look at the oversight of GA and to seek ways in which we can both enhance safety and reduce regulatory burden. We want to empower GA to take on much more of the responsibility for the sector's safety and for the CAA to get involved only where there is a need for oversight that no other organisation can undertake"
Jeremy Pratt of Airplan Flight Equipment, one of the GA representatives helping to draw together the new syllabus, said: "This is a great opportunity to get a training syllabus that removes some of the items that we all know a PPL holder will never need to know or use, and replaces these with really important safety knowledge that a pilot needs to have but currently may not be well covered in the current syllabus."
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According to Apple's "Using 4K displays and Ultra HD TVs with Mac computers" support page, the latest OS X 10.9.3 version can pump out a 30 Hz picture over single-stream transport (SST) to Dell's UP2414Q and UP3214Q displays, as well as Panasonic's TC-L65WT600. This function was previously limited to Sharp's PN-K321 and the ASUS PQ321Q.
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Wayne State University's department of Criminal Justice is hosting a career fair on Tuesday.
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Hemoglobin is a protein in red blood cells that carries oxygen. A blood test can tell how much hemoglobin you have in your blood.
See also: Hemoglobin electrophoresis
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Blood is typically drawn from a vein, usually from the inside of the elbow or the back of the hand. The site is cleaned with germ-killing medicine (antiseptic). The health care provider wraps an elastic band around the upper arm to apply pressure to the area and make the vein swell with blood.
Next, the health care provider gently inserts a needle into the vein. The blood collects into an airtight vial or tube attached to the needle. The elastic band is removed from your arm.
Once the blood has been collected, the needle is removed, and the puncture site is covered to stop any bleeding.
In infants or young children, a sharp tool called a lancet may be used to puncture the skin and make it bleed. The blood collects into a small glass tube called a pipette, or onto a slide or test strip. A bandage may be placed over the area if there is any bleeding.
No special preparation is necessary.
When the needle is inserted to draw blood, some people feel moderate pain, while others feel only a prick or stinging sensation. Afterward, there may be some throbbing.
Normal results vary, but in general are:
Note: gm/dL = grams per deciliter
Note: Normal value ranges may vary slightly among different laboratories. Talk to your doctor about the meaning of your specific test results.
Lower-than-normal hemoglobin may be due to:
Higher-than-normal hemoglobin may be due to:
Additional conditions under which the test may be performed:
Veins and arteries vary in size from one patient to another and from one side of the body to the other. Obtaining a blood sample from some people may be more difficult than from others.
Other risks associated with having blood drawn are slight but may include:
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The other half was cut into fries using a waffle cut slicer. Hint work with frozen pound cake, this makes the shaping much easier.
Finish with icing and throw the fries around. Brenna and her cake! (it is bigger than she is!)
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MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) -- For Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley, 2013 was the year his administration's numbers headed in the right direction and set up a strong re-election campaign for 2014.
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Dick Cheney, last week in California
One of the stranger stories of recent times is the accidental shooting, on a hunting expedition in 2006, of Texas lawyer Harry Whittington by Vice President Dick Cheney. As everyone must know, Cheney aimed and fired his shotgun at quail on the wing and stray buckshot sprayed Whittington, who was standing nearby, in his face and chest. His injuries were serious, but not life-threatening, and Whittington recovered.
By all accounts, this was a tragic accident with a happy ending. Whittington, who is 82 years old and still carries some shot fragments in his body, seems to have made a full recovery. There is no evidence that alcohol was involved, or that either Whittington or Cheney was negligent or in violation of hunt protocol—although then-White House press secretary Scott McClellan did mistakenly suggest that Whittington might have been at fault for not announcing his proximity to Cheney. In any event, Whittington's behavior has never suggested anything remotely approaching a grievance against the man who (accidentally) wounded him. Indeed, on his release from the hospital at the time, he told reporters that "my family and I are deeply sorry for all that Vice President Cheney and his family have had to go through this week."
Which speaks to the strangeness of the story: While it was plainly evident that the shooting of Whittington was not deliberate, and involved neither malice nor malfeasance nor incompetence, the 2006 White House press corps couldn't let go of it. Were Cheney and Whittington old hunting companions, or casual political acquaintances? What had Cheney ingested on that day, and when did he ingest it? Why was there an hours-long delay between the incident and any announcement to the media? Was there a second gunman on the grassy knoll adjacent to the motorcade?
The White House released all available information, and Cheney himself was interviewed on Fox News to explain the sequence of events and take responsibility ("I am the guy who pulled the trigger") but that wasn't enough: The press, as often happens, was convinced that scandal existed where it clearly did not, and that something—anything—would turn up to throw Dick Cheney in the worst possible light. That can only explain the recent decision of the Washington Post to dispatch a reporter named Paul Farhi to Austin to interview Harry Whittington and write a "Style" front-page story that consumed one-and-a-half pages of newsprint in the paper's October 14 edition.
Farhi made two discoveries: that Whittington's wounds may have been more serious than reported at the time, and that a lead pellet which pierced his larynx has, for medical reasons, never been removed. Other-wise, readers learned nothing new whatsoever—including the fact that Whittington remains reluctant to discuss the episode and its aftermath, bears no evident ill will against Cheney (with whom he remains in contact), and that he may well have been more traumatized by the hysterical press coverage than the injury.
So devoid of substance is the story that Farhi is obliged to introduce an element of meaningless suspense: Did Cheney ever apologize in private to Whittington for the accident? Cheney, of course, won't say—and neither will Whittington. From which the Post can only conclude that . . . what?
The Scrapbook doesn't know—and, in truth, cannot imagine what the Post was thinking, apart from resurrecting a nonstory from the Bush administration when inquiring minds might be wondering why it isn't concentrating its energies—and conferring a page-and-a-half of ever-diminishing news space—on, say, the present administration.
The Scrapbook does know, however, that accidents happen, and tragedies don't always have political ramifications. Everyone is aware that Laura Bush drove through an intersection, at age 17 in 1963, and hit another car, killing a high school friend. Is there any particular reason to obsess on what was clearly a painful incident in Mrs. Bush's admirable life? When Adlai Stevenson was running for president in 1952 it was revealed that, as a boy, he had accidentally shot and killed a 16-year-old girl while demonstrating the manual of arms with a loaded rifle. He did not know that the rifle was loaded, he was 12 years old, and the episode, which haunted Stevenson the rest of his life, was not a subject on which his opponent Dwight D. Eisenhower or the 1952 press corps chose to dwell in public.
In fact, the Post's extensive coverage over the past four years of the Cheney-Whittington episode stands in curious contrast to its relative lack of interest in the shotgun death, in 1963, of Philip Graham, the Post's publisher and husband of its proprietary heiress, Katharine Graham. Philip Graham was deeply disturbed, had been hospitalized during psychotic episodes, and evidently committed suicide. But there was an enormous legal battle after his death over the status of his will—contested by his widow—which, of course, set the course for the Post's subsequent history, and affected not a few prominent lives and careers.
Now that Paul Farhi is between assignments, how about the full investigative treatment?
The Culture of Complaint
The Scrapbook has been dipping into the new collection Daniel Patrick Moynihan: A Portrait in Letters of an American Visionary (Public-Affairs) and can highly recommend it. A tip of our homburg to editor Steven R. Weisman for including this letter of complaint from the late senator to Brooks Brothers, dated November 24, 1980:
The Scrapbook has written such a letter now and then and must acknowledge that Moynihan's is a classic of the form: light-hearted as well as aggrieved, testifying to the general excellence of the company's products (this one regrettable lapse aside), and intimating that as a client of long-standing who buys in bulk, he should deserve some loyalty in return. We like to think a suitably abashed Brooks Brothers executive apologized and credited his account at least for the amount of the socks, if not more. Alas, as with almost all such collections of correspondence, the letter in reply is lost to history.
Coincidentally, we note that a survey of 2,000 Britons publicized in the Daily Mail of October 8 found that "over-50s" tend to "write an average of 2.9 letters of complaint per year, rising to 3.5 for the over-60s, compared to just 1.8 by those in their 20s." Our guess is that the numbers are lower, if similarly distributed by age, in the United States.
The letter of complaint, in short, may be a dying form. Instead we have the rise of the retailers' pre-emptive strike: the extremely annoying "customer feedback" forms that the cash-register clerks foist on us with increasing frequency, not to mention automated email requests following our online purchases insisting that we take a couple of minutes out of our busy day to fill out a survey describing our "customer experience," because "your satisfaction is our highest priority." The Scrapbook would like to know who we can complain to about this trend.
Great Moments in Academese
An abstract from the European Journal of Social Psychology:
The Scrapbook's translation: Some European sociologists prove that a belief in human uniqueness—and by extension, we suppose, any affirmation that might be found in Judaism, Christianity, or Islam that man is not an animal—is really part of a "strategy of moral disengagement" aimed at absolving oneself of the crime of eating meat. Vegetarians feel that animals are quite human, whereas the morally inferior omnivores draw a false distinction between humans and nonhumans—for the sole reason (it turns out) that they are greedy pigs.
Sentences We Didn't Finish
"Kishore Mahbubani, the dean of the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy at the National University of Singapore, is over for tea and I am telling him about what I consider to be the most exciting, moon-shot-quality, high-aspiration initiative proposed by President Obama . . . " (Thomas L. Friedman, New York Times, October 13).
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The ruling by Allegheny County Common Pleas Judge Lester Nauhaus rips a key plank from the defense, which contends Melvin, 56, and her sister, Janine Orie, 58, didn't commit the crime of theft of services when Melvin ran for the Supreme Court in 2003 and 2009 while serving as a Superior Court judge.
The sisters are charged with conspiring to misuse Melvin's state-funded staff to do campaign work, and with conspiring with a third sister, former state Sen. Jane Orie, 51, to similarly misuse the lawmaker's state-paid staff to campaign for Melvin, too.
The defense plans to call three summary witnesses Wednesday to testify about the efficiency of Melvin's Superior Court staff when she was running for the state's highest court. Nauhaus will allow the witnesses to testify about how much it cost to run Melvin's chambers in the relevant years but refused a request to let the witnesses tell the jury how many cases Melvin and her staff handled annually on the lower court compared to other judges.
Defense attorney Patrick Casey argued that the caseload evidence was relevant because it would show that Melvin had no reason to believe her staff was doing the illegal political work instead of the judicial tasks for which they were being paid.
The judge told Casey that Melvin could testify if she wanted the jury to understand perceptions about whether her staff was keeping up with the judicial work and, therefore, that she had no idea they were doing the political work, too. Casey noted Melvin has a constitutional right not to testify, though he has yet to say whether she will take the stand.
The judge ruled the efficiency of Melvin's staff is irrelevant because the theft of services charge at the center of the case doesn't require the prosecution to prove that the Superior Court, the state or taxpayers suffered a loss. All the law requires, Nauhaus said, is for Deputy District Attorney Lawrence Claus to prove that Melvin's state-funded staff —or Jane Orie's—did campaign work for Melvin when they weren't being paid to do that by the state.
"The essential issue of the case is this: If you have control over the work of others and if you use that work of others for your own benefit, that's theft of services," Nauhaus said.
Casey argued the statistics on the number of cases the staff handled "is evidence that proves the services were not diverted."
Janine Orie's attorney, James DePasquale, said the evidence also strengthens his "common-sense" defense, namely, how could Melvin's staff do the political work they're accused of and still complete their assigned judicial work.
Nauhaus wasn't moved, saying, "You can get statistics to tell you anything you want them to, Mr. Casey. You know that, I know that."
Casey told the judge he didn't believe he was being allowed to give Melvin a fair trial—an accusation that drew an immediate rebuke.
"Mr. Casey, I have bent over backward to give your client a fair trial," Nauhaus said. "I am offended by it."
Melvin and Janine Orie are also charged with conspiring with Jane Orie to misuse her state-funded legislative staff on Melvin's campaigns.
The former lawmaker was acquitted last year of charges she used her staff to campaign for Melvin but was convicted and sentenced to 2 1/2 to 10 years in prison for using her staff on her own campaigns.


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The computerized GED test will have the same test content currently offered on paper. However, it will provide an array of new benefits for Lincoln County residents. Some of the initial benefits include one-stop online registration and scheduling, flexible testing appointments for test-takers, instant test scores on four of five content areas, and enhanced test security.
"Adults will find it easier to schedule a computerized GED test because the testing schedule will be more flexible," Omness said. Previously, adults could only take the test at the times offered by the institutions. While GED testing will be more accessible, Omness said, adults still are encouraged to enroll in adult education classes to ensure they are prepared to succeed on the test. GED tests will continue to be available on paper through December 2013, but all GED testing will be computerized beginning in 2014.
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Feb 05, 2011 12:33:47
Does anyone know what would happen to winter oats if I planted them now? I'm having an awful time trying to find just Spring Oats - the only thing I can find is horse
which is a mix of Spring and Winter oats.
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Feb 05, 2011 15:58:48
Hey Alison,
This would be a great question for some old-timers in your neck of the woods, do you know of any old farmers hang outs
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Feb 05, 2011 22:51:46
Not many folk know about oats here - well they know of them but that's as far as it goes - because they are seen only as fit for animals. They are horrified or bemused when I say that we humans actually want to eat them!
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Apr 13, 2011 19:28:45
Here in CT I routinely purchase whole oats--horse feed--and use them as a cover crop. I routinely have good crops to work out. I use two bags, about 100lbs of oats, per acre. I use them as a nurse crop sometimes and use them seeded with clover. They only seem susceptible to certain rusts.
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I've planted winter oats several times in the summer (cover crop) and they worked just fine. Our summers are wet, and uually about 90 degrees +.
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Apr 14, 2011 23:51:28
Well I'm gonna give it a go then. If we get no oats then at least the goats or pigs can munch down the crop and we save on feed that way (though obviously not on human feed unless I send the children out to eat grass :evil
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Alison, on which scale did you grow your oats? And what was the harvest and how do you process them?
I think of a succession of potatoes (summer) and oats (winter) and some other crop like dry beans, corn, pumpkin and broad beans.
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Apr 19, 2011 19:42:14
I believe the oat variety that you have is considered "hulless." I tried those a couple of times with mixed results. The birds in the area rather liked the oats. I was able to get some however. Depending on where you are, oats may be a better early spring crop. Here in CT, which is a zone 6, oats will not winter over and will winterkill (temperatures here are -10 to 0 F during the winter) and they leave a good crop of roots and stems that not only hold the soil but also are easy to work if that is what you want a bit later. I generally use them as a cheap (but effective) cover crop either seeded as a hay crop, or as a green manure crop or as a "nurse crop" with clover. In the first two cases, the seed is broadcast and then worked in (more seed) and in the last case, the seed is worked in with the clover (less seed). After the oats are cut, the clover or other legume(s) will gallop forward. I will typically use a mix of clover and grasses though the choices are about as varied as only your imagination.
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Apr 19, 2011 23:18:33
philipm1, yes I'd heard that the birds like the hull-less-ness of them too. I have no experience yet of growing them so I don't know to what extent this would be true here. Good to know that you got some at least.
ediblecities, I'll be planting up about half an acre. Processing a non-hulless oat might be tricky as the hull has to come off and isn't as easy as wheat etc. I've been experimenting and wondered if I soaked them a bit, then rolled them through an oat roller, then winnowed them... who knows. My hand-operated oat roller hasn't arrived yet but I've done some VERY small scale squashing of individual seeds with a
and the hull the seems to separate enough.
I reckon if I get no crop then the plant itself will still make good pig forage
I'm waiting for a spot of rain as we have dust here at the moment having not had any rain for 7 weeks! Very unusual here at this time of year.
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Apr 20, 2011 11:04:42
This is my second year growing hulless oats. they are awesome, and if you get them out early enough with mulch cover the birds won't bother them. On the harvest side you just have to pay attention to how ripe the heads are, and honestly Im not an expert but if they arent 100% dry according to commercial standards you can still harvest them and process them. I got a good 10lbs of flour from a small patch 3ft x 8ft.
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|In vivo visualization of endolyphatic hydrops in patients with Meniere's disease: correlation with audiovestibular function.
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|Our objective is to determine whether the degree of endolymphatic hydrops as it is detected in vivo in patients with definite Meniere's disease correlates with audiovestibular function. In this prospective study, 37 patients with definite Meniere's disease according to AAO-HNS criteria were included. Intratympanic contrast enhanced temporal bone MRI was performed using a 3D FLAIR protocol. The degree of endolymphatic hydrops in the cochlea and the vestibulum was graded on a Likert scale (0-3). The degree of hydrops was then analyzed with respect to its correlation with audiometric hearing levels, electrocochleographic SP/AP ratios, interaural amplitude ratios of vestibular evoked myogenic potentials and degree of horizontal semicircular canal paresis on caloric irrigation. There was a significant correlation between the degree of hydrops on the one hand and the averaged hearing level at 0.25-1 and 0.5-3 kHz and the vestibular evoked myogenic potential interaural amplitude ratio on the other hand. A trend toward a correlation was noticed between the hydrops and the caloric response, no correlation was noticed between the hydrops and the SP/AP ratio. The degree of endolymphatic hydrops correlates with a progressive loss of auditory and sacculus function in patients with Meniere`s disease.
|Robert Gürkov; Wilhem Flatz; Julia Louza; Michael Strupp; Eike Krause
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Monday, April 27, 2009
How Then to Educate Our Children?
This weekend, a homeschooling mother shared this YouTube video on a homeschooling discussion group along with the statement that 'school is obsolete', meaning, America's progressive education system must not be what will help our children. I watched the video, and was reminded that I'd seen this video in 2008.
This blog post is an expansion of my response to the group.
For those who found the video interesting, this same topic was touched upon lightly by Sir Ken Robinson in his online lectures recorded 2008 and prior, and moreso he discusses it in his book tour for his new book "The Element".
After viewing the video and hearing those stats the question is what should our youth be preparing for? If we choose to homeschool them then what does that mean for how we should guide them and instruct them?
Rather than use the statistics in this video to bash schools and their educational content, and say, "in our homeschool we will not choose to teach what the schools teach", I would love to hear what some of you think we as homeschooling parents could be or should be doing instead. If we know this information, what choices do we choose to make in order to prepare our children for an unknown and ever-changing job market?
If the future requires adult workers to work with things that have not been invented yet then how would one prepare? Or shall we focus on some foundational elements of developing our children as a person, character traits and a good work ethic?
Does a liberal arts education (such as a classical home education) truly prepare people to work in all industries (such as working with computers and the Internet and new technologies)?
I guess the question is 'what does getting an education mean' and what does it mean to be 'an educated person'. The answer would differ for those people to whom schooling or being educated means vocational training or 'preparation for the workplace' than someone with other ideas of what it means to 'be an educated person'.
As to the question of a large scale education reform in public education in America it seems to me, even before watching that video and hearing those statistics, that such an endeavor is impossible due to the size and scope of America's public schools and the large number of people, organizations (including a huge union) that stand in the way of change. A complete overhaul of the system seems impossible.
The only changes in American schooling that seem to work are small changes that utilize small numbers of people and wind up (sadly) helping small numbers of students relative to the overall population. It seems to me the best strides in education reform have been the creation of magnet schools which have specific specializations. I note that often admission to those schools is competitive and usually requires lottery systems in an attempt to be fair with admissions. And some charter schools seem to work well while other charter schools have failed, so they seem not to be the answer either.
Related Posts
My long book review of "The Element" by Sir Ken Robinson
My blog post of thoughts after hearing Sir Ken Robinson lecture in January 2009
For Further Reading
The Element by Sir Ken Robinson
Real Education by Charles Murray
Weapons of Mass Instruction by John Taylor Gatto
A Different Kind of Teacher by John Taylor Gatto
Instead of Education by John Holt
Technorati Tags: education, education reform, vocational training, liberal arts, progressive education.
7 comments:
- Barbara Frank said...
You ask some interesting questions that every parent, homeschooling or not, ought to be thinking about....I have a half-written book on this subject that I need to finish, but life keeps getting in the way.
Great post!
- Tuesday, April 28, 2009 at 12:18:00 PM CDT
- Kerry said...
Wow - that was an amazing 5 minutes. Thank you for posting that very thought-provoking video.
I'm shocked that Shakespeare had 5 times fewer words than we do today, and still was one of, if not the, most brilliant writers in history. Interestingly (as you may know), he invented a whole slew of words (like puke and upstairs)...which certainly proves that necessity is the mother of invention!
So, how then do we educate our children? I believe this really shouldn't be a hard question - it should be obvious, but our modern education system has muddied the waters.
We should educate them the weay they are meant to be educated...and that is to know how to LEARN, thus they will be prepared to learn anything they need to. Then we should give them the time and tools to be creative, thus preparing their minds for the creativite thinking and problem-solving they'll need. And finally, their education must include the fostering of a love of truth, goodness and beauty. Without a love of these, the future, despite the most amazing advances in technology, medicine or science, will be very bleak indeed.
- Tuesday, April 28, 2009 at 3:45:00 PM CDT
- Kerry said...
ooops, I meant to subscribe to the comments! I want to follow this comversation!
- Tuesday, April 28, 2009 at 3:45:00 PM CDT
- LivingByLearning said...
You're touching on a subject that You've opened up a can of worms with this post! I've been thinking about ever since I read Thomas Friedman's The World Is Flat.
What does our rapidly changing world mean for our children, and how do we prepare them to succeed?
Well, I don't have a crystal ball, but I've responded with a greater emphasis on the classics as well as on technology. I've also ensured that my children are developing leadership skills through service learning.
I have a lot to say about this topic, more than I can put into a comment. I'll just have to follow this up with a blog post!
- Tuesday, April 28, 2009 at 9:14:00 PM CDT
- Mrs. C said...
My older son will be a sophomore next year and you wouldn't believe the AP classes and engineering stuff they offer there that *no way* I have the money/resources to do myself. I like that they're expanding those classes to include more students.
On the other hand, he remarks that my 8 and 7 year old are learning math he mastered in the FIFTH grade. So we are focusing more on the book learning. I am technologically... not very bright, but I figure in 10 more years the technology will change again and there ya go, they can learn all that stuff then.
- Wednesday, April 29, 2009 at 11:52:00 AM CDT
- christinemm said...
I decided to share my plans in a blog post. These ideas have been years in formation and have been tweaked over the years, but I don't think I've ever written them down in one place let alone blogged it.
See the blog post:
Please keep sharing your thoughts.
- Wednesday, April 29, 2009 at 12:20:00 PM CDT
- LivingByLearning said...
Well, this is such an important question, that I went from posting a comment, to writing a blog post, and now I'm writing a series of blog posts!
I posted the first in this series today:
How Should We Educate 21st Century Students? http://spedr.com/1oihg
Thanks for providing the impetus!
- Saturday, May 2, 2009 at 10:36:00 AM CDT