Wednesday, September 21, 2016
Yikes! No, not yikes.
Donorschoose.org sent me thanks for being a 'continuing donor'.
The site does an excellent job of thanking, which is unfortunately (and stupidly!) rare among charity-type websites.
I checked the 'account' section to see just how continuing I am. Over the last year I've contributed to 13 different projects, totalling $900!
Yikes!
No, not Yikes. I know what I'm doing, and I know it's good.
Verbal truth is lethally impossible within the public school system. A capital crime. There's no way a teacher can get away with EXPLICITLY teaching a fact. But good teachers CAN AND DO develop independent thinking by using HANDS-ON projects. DIRECT CONTACT with PHYSICAL REALITY cannot lie.
Reprinting from a couple months ago.....
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NATURE WON'T LET YOU FUCK UP SKILLS.
When you dissect a frog you can't learn that the heart is a cubical piece of aluminum. Even if the book tries to tell you that, you CAN'T BE FOOLED. You're looking at the actual heart, and you can see it's not an aluminum cube.
When you're learning touch typing, the book may tell you that the top row is MVTNHA&3PZ but you can't be fooled. You can look at the keyboard and see QWERTYUIOP.
In gym class the book may try to tell you that your earlobe is stronger than your arms, but reality won't let you believe it. You can lift a weight with your arms, and you can't lift a weight with your earlobe.
This is why we need to preserve PHYSICAL REALITY in schools. Schools are rapidly replacing all physical activities with VR activities. This is DANGEROUS because the experts and curriculum committees are FREE TO FUCK AROUND with software frogs. They can't rebuild actual dead frogs to suit Official Doctrine.
Students who get a large dose of physical reality are harder to fool. Students who get nothing but book learning are ideal tools for tyrants.
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I'm careful and consistent in choosing projects to support. I only put money toward PHYSICAL CONSTRUCTIVE ACTION like soldering or cooking or building. This is the only practical way to subvert the Empire.
This is why we need to preserve PHYSICAL REALITY in schools. Schools are rapidly replacing all physical activities with VR activities. This is DANGEROUS because the experts and curriculum committees are FREE TO FUCK AROUND with software frogs. They can't rebuild actual dead frogs to suit Official Doctrine.
Students who get a large dose of physical reality are harder to fool. Students who get nothing but book learning are ideal tools for tyrants.
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I'm careful and consistent in choosing projects to support. I only put money toward PHYSICAL CONSTRUCTIVE ACTION like soldering or cooking or building. This is the only practical way to subvert the Empire.Labels: Experiential education, Make or break
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