I think this blog probably has a few readers involved in education and academia, so you might be interested in my web-friend Tiki Martin's new blog Room 107, about her experiences providing 'alternative education' for those students that struggle to fit in with mainstream schooling.
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I'd like to read more about alternative education that would help TV-infected students of urban matters understand that safety is NOT a true problem. Let me know. :p
Thank you for the exposure!
I've been wondering if perhaps my posts should focus on more positive things occasionally. I've been thinking a bit lately about how people (including me) tend to be entertained by the negative.
@gnome:
I'm glad I don't watch TV--at least I don't have to worry that my perceptions are influenced by that.
Interesting that it comes off as urban. I live in a town of 30,000 in the middle of nowhere.
And safety is a problem when you're in the classroom breaking up a fight, or when your students are afraid to walk home because their brother was put in the hospital and they're next on the list.
Jeez, I guess I'm feeling a bit touchy today.
@Tiki: I wouldn't force positivity into places where it's not welcome, but I think that everything needs a little light and dark to make it compelling.
And I wouldn't be too quick to snap at Gnome, as I think he might be referring, obliquely, to himself. ;-)
Got it. Sigh. I feel about as smart as a lake full of hammers or something like that.
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