here is my favorite Onion article ever...still in their archives.
http://www.theonion.com/articles/nations-experts-give-up,682/
enjoy!
Paul
On Fri, May 30, 2014 at 10:39 AM, Jim - TFJ <jim@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
<mailto:jim@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
LOL,
I couldn't tell you how many times that our district has voted for
bonds that would reduce classroom sizes to about 20.
They're still at about 30+ students per class.
But if we would just pass this next bond to reduce class room
sizes, that
will fix it!
Jim G.
/rant off.
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*Subject:* [roc-chat] Re: Space Camp for today's kids
Very busy today with work, but felt compelled to jump back in on
this one.
I'm no opponent of reality. In fact, sometimes I dish out too
much myself - even for adults. :-)
However, if you're a parent with kids in school, you've probably
seen what I'm talking about. You get a note from your kid's
teacher saying that today they had the opportunity
to learn how a 'No' on some educational proposition or reduction
on teacher salaries will effect their education, and you say, WTF
is this?
So, yeah, I'm not a big fan of things that smell like secret
agendas. To me, it's right in there with special 'student'
programs that when you take a closer look are just things that
adults wanted to do and just used kids to get funding or approval,
or whatever.
Richard Dierking
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Date: Fri, 30 May 2014 12:57:34 -0400
Subject: [roc-chat] Re: Space Camp for today's kids
From: airplaniac2002@xxxxxxxxx <mailto:airplaniac2002@xxxxxxxxx>
To: roc-chat@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:roc-chat@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Isn't it America's finest news source? Says so right at the top. C=
On May 30, 2014 12:51 PM, "Gregory Lyzenga" <lyzenga@xxxxxxxxx
<mailto:lyzenga@xxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
On May 30, 2014, at 9:45 AM, R Dierking <applerocketry@xxxxxxxxxxx
<mailto:applerocketry@xxxxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
Thank you for posting the link David.
This is controversial for sure. For the age of the kids
involved, I don't think this kind of 'simulation' enriches
their experience. I've seen schools and teachers give
'lessons' that seem to me to be more an expression of their
own frustration than a beneficial learning experience for the
kids. Kind of like using children as messengers to their parents.
For example, since we know that space exploration is
dangerous, should one of the children be 'killed' in an
accident during the program? They could pick one of the
astronaut kids, suddenly remove them from the program and send
them home saying, "see, it's dangerous, so now your dead."
Then, all the other kids could grieve, and maybe it could be
their fault. Wow, what a rewarding experience that would be! :-/
I just don't think that slamming the kids at a young age is
valuable. SLI and USLI teams learn about budgets and
red-tape. Even TARC teams learn about budget restraints
through the process of building, launching, and perhaps travel
expenses. Sometimes dreams come before cold reality and the
dreams push us through the BS. These kids need to develop the
momentum of their dreams - the speed bumps will come.
Or, perhaps I'm being too protective of the children in the
space camp program?
Richard Dierking
Uh, Richard… You do know what “The Onion” is, don’t you???
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