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Tag Archives: standardized tests
Words, words, words
“Sticks and stones may break my bones but words can never harm me.” “The pen is mightier than the sword.” One might debate the relative truth of these quotes, but not if you are a student in the NYC public … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Homeschooling, Learning, Life Learning, School, Unschooling
Tagged Banned words, department of education, Dept of Ed, education, forbidden words, great works of literature, hamlet, homeschooling, learning, life learning, nyc department of education, school, standardized tests, unschooling, violence
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More on Stop Stealing Dreams…
Yesterday I started reading Seth Godin’s manifesto (or “rant” as he calls it) on education, “Stop Stealing Dreams”. The link to it is here. So far, and I’m only a few pages in, my two favorite quotes are: Culture … Continue reading
Posted in Creativity, Education, Learning, Life Learning, Unschooling
Tagged Better Than College, Blake Boles, cooperation not isolation, dale stephens, education, education of millionaires, etsy shop, excel spreadsheets, learning, life learning, michael ellsberg, outliers, Outside the Box, Seth Godin, standardized tests, stop stealing dreams, theatre intern, uncollege, unschooling
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The long arm of ridiculousness
I blame the New York Giants (sorry Eli). If there hadn’t been a story on the front page of USAToday about the upcoming game between the Giants and the 49-ers I never would have picked up the paper. Which … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Learning, Life Learning, School, Unschooling
Tagged bathroom breaks, cheating, huffington post, learning, life learning, New York Giants, ridiculousness, San Francisco 49-ers, standardized tests, symptoms, unschooling, USA Today
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The benefits of diversity
Anybody who studies genetics will tell you that when the gene pool of a given population becomes too uniform, stagnant or (dare I say it?) standardized, the results are not favorable. The health of the population suffers, as does … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Learning, Life Learning, School, Unschooling
Tagged animals, cartoon, diversity, dna, dystopian future, education, farmers, gene pool, genetics, health, independent thought, learning, life learning, pretties, school, scott westerfeld, standardized tests, uglies, unschooling
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The insidious nature of testing, and overcoming school brain induced anxiety
Maya took her standardized tests today. The anxiety level when she got to questions about which she was unsure was almost palpable. My anxiety over her frustration mounted, and my school brain started screaming horrible things at me related to … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Life Learning, School, Unschooling
Tagged education, life learning, school brain, standardized tests, unschooling
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