tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post2366256467452583284..comments2023-10-15T04:23:50.187-04:00Comments on College Misery: "Schools of 2030: no grades, no exams, no teachers?" From the Globe and Mail.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-28855804168377520502013-10-08T11:49:02.132-04:002013-10-08T11:49:02.132-04:00Forgot to add the sarcasm sign thingy. Forgot to add the sarcasm sign thingy. CrayonEaterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10126396989880932207noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-34706637607400687602013-10-08T11:46:03.901-04:002013-10-08T11:46:03.901-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.CrayonEaterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10126396989880932207noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-37121435163877874422013-10-08T11:44:51.298-04:002013-10-08T11:44:51.298-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.CrayonEaterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10126396989880932207noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-76874523968395197112013-10-08T11:44:30.810-04:002013-10-08T11:44:30.810-04:00If someone would be willing to give me a class ful...If someone would be willing to give me a class full of students who would thrive under such a system, I'd be delighted to have them. Heck, I'd even take the few over the current limit the administration keeps trying to foist on us. However, even allowing for the stifling effect of most K-12 education (which I entirely admit), I'm not seeing a lot of students who could handle this Contingent Cassandrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08161652083031423415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-46897940514171766662013-10-08T10:45:41.443-04:002013-10-08T10:45:41.443-04:00Anti-grav is right Frod. Although I loved 'Th...Anti-grav is right Frod. Although I loved 'The Jetsons' as a kid, I did remember that George and another guy collided, and the saucers stayed aloft while they yelled at each other. They didn't have the classic cartoon reaction of plummeting after they noticed there was nothing holding them up..Garyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00331203839723194193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-88242923682363180712013-10-08T08:36:58.858-04:002013-10-08T08:36:58.858-04:00The amount of time that students spend in school s...<i>The amount of time that students spend in school shouldn’t depend on their age but instead, on their ability to perform.</i><br /><br />By that criterion, some of my college students belong back in the 6th Grade.introvert.profhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09042783611716432247noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-5540532189651764932013-10-08T08:35:08.409-04:002013-10-08T08:35:08.409-04:00The Onion's all over this one.The Onion's <a href="http://www.theonion.com/video/mean-automakers-dash-nations-hope-for-flying-cars,14182/" rel="nofollow">all over this one.</a>introvert.profhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09042783611716432247noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-68056042905474180392013-10-08T08:33:55.977-04:002013-10-08T08:33:55.977-04:00That doesn't stop our education department fro...That doesn't stop our education department from pushing it as hard and often as they can.introvert.profhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09042783611716432247noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-78980264639662159882013-10-08T01:30:16.877-04:002013-10-08T01:30:16.877-04:00Flying cars are just a bad idea in the first place...Flying cars are just a bad idea in the first place. I certainly hope they don't become common within my lifetime. With the way people drive, I don't want them flying! And of course, unless someone can come up with something truly revolutionary such as anti-gravity, real flying cars will probably be about as loud as a jet engine. It's hard to argue with the Second Law of Thermodynamics.Froderick Frankenstien from Fresnohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11653942918068535424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-32589604110604318752013-10-07T20:26:14.207-04:002013-10-07T20:26:14.207-04:00And where the hell is my flying car!?And where the hell is my flying car!?CrayonEaterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10126396989880932207noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-39211115767262450332013-10-07T20:25:42.139-04:002013-10-07T20:25:42.139-04:00If my current crop of students are "challenge...If my current crop of students are "challenged" when it producing a simple outline of their next major project using a model I provided for them and previewed for them (a task 18 out of 40 failed to do today), I'm guessing not a whole lot of learning will be taking place with this kind of model.The Contemplative Cynichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02088570661592922436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-815048393497861132013-10-07T19:49:20.177-04:002013-10-07T19:49:20.177-04:00Portfolios to replace exams has been tried, more o...Portfolios to replace exams has been tried, more or less, in Britain from 1984 to about 2000. It didn't work.Paddingtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07952088638231881617noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-23037520989968892492013-10-07T19:23:39.481-04:002013-10-07T19:23:39.481-04:00I wish I had the time to dissect that, sentence by...I wish I had the time to dissect that, sentence by sentence. But then I'd have the time to take the dogs for an extra-long walk, to start reading Proust, to make long, slow love to my wife.... I'll just give it a C for its English and its otherwise trite, well-worn, unoriginal thinking. Of course the twerp was once a student school trustee, another increasingly fat edge of an even fatter Doctor BPDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15077311480386412339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-61302475573518817782013-10-07T18:44:42.318-04:002013-10-07T18:44:42.318-04:00Or that Moon base we were supposed to have in 2001...Or that Moon base we were supposed to have in 2001, serviced by Pan Am, of course...Froderick Frankenstien from Fresnohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11653942918068535424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-7876510350314652132013-10-07T18:09:52.846-04:002013-10-07T18:09:52.846-04:00We were told this was the future of education in 1...We were told this was the future of education in 1970. It didn't happen. With any luck, it still won't happen, like the severe food shortages forecast by Paul Ehrlich for 1975, or that nuclear war we were supposed to have in the '80s. It may still cause all manner of harm, and especially, anxiety. But thankfully, schools without grades have become a joke, as shown here:<br /><br />Froderick Frankenstien from Fresnohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11653942918068535424noreply@blogger.com