tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6701557141086131669.post1441609986379172856..comments2023-09-27T11:13:44.435-04:00Comments on The Polygon: Getting Over The Industrial AgePatriciahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17885426575922045330noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6701557141086131669.post-37658683159780415642013-02-11T22:45:08.466-05:002013-02-11T22:45:08.466-05:00Gene, that's an interesting quote from John Ad...Gene, that's an interesting quote from John Adams. It's said, that it takes 3 generations to raise an artist. So that's right on the money.<br />I was a substitute teacher for ten years. I am certified to teach art, but could not get a position. Once art teachers retire, the studios are turned into science labs. I know a thing or two about testing. That is a moneymaker for whatever corporations the schools buy the tests from. ("no child left behind", teaching to test) I have known many fine teachers. But you are right about the administrators. They have no understanding of what goes on in a classroom or children. Period. I think privatizing education is the Fright Wings goal. Art, music, theater, poetry, is all frivolous to them. There is no understanding of the fact that artists are problem solvers. Creating is empowering for students, who have very little power in their day to day experience. Science and tech is important, however, DaVinci wrote, "Study the science of art, study the art of science. Patriciahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17885426575922045330noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6701557141086131669.post-38389301627101087812013-02-11T16:50:16.997-05:002013-02-11T16:50:16.997-05:00Patricia,
Long lost is the John Adams ideal, “I m...Patricia,<br /><br />Long lost is the John Adams ideal, “I must study Politicks and War that my sons may have liberty to study Mathematicks and Philosophy. My sons ought to study mathematicks and philosophy, geography, natural history, naval architecture, navigation, commerce, and agriculture, in order to give their children a right to study painting, poetry, musick, architecture, statuary, tapestry, and porcelaine.” John Adams, Letter to Abigail Adams, May 12, 1780. (From Yale Book of Quotations)<br /><br />In order to let students learn what they whilst, the enforcing of political ideals and other drivel, <a href="http://tfninsider.org/2011/07/11/barbara-cargills-anti-science-agenda/" rel="nofollow">Barbara Cargill and the Texas School Board</a>.<br /><br />There's too many administrators (most of whom never taught) and too many tests for students to learn other than what is cemented into the NCLB bs. But, with the amounts of money to be gained from transferring education to Charter Services and the societal impact many right-wingers feel they can make Education is going to be their target for Domination of the Nation.Grung_e_Genehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01894879088472559055noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6701557141086131669.post-72601899715515265192013-02-10T17:42:50.574-05:002013-02-10T17:42:50.574-05:00Kirk, you may monopolize my comment section anytim...Kirk, you may monopolize my comment section anytime. <br />It makes me really angry to hear your circumstances. Everyone should have access to the internet. In one article I read, the internet was compared to electricity and basically F.D.R. had to bust up the monopolies so everyone could have electricity. This has to happen with the cable/internet monopolies. I only have internet. I do not have cable BS TV. First I am subsidizing shows I don't even watch (sports) Second, marketing. I am tired of all the BS commercials. Not to mention there are no more journalistic standards on the news anymore. That's why the internet is so important, it's information anyone can and should be able to access. I'm pissed off about your financial situation because of what this economy has become and this country is "too broke" to create jobs, to educate our kids with affordable tuition. But nooo, we can't have that. Corporations need to charge outrageous sums for slow and substandard service. I am going to be interested to hear what the President is going to have to say on Tues. It;s supposed to be about jobs. We'll see, I'm not too hopeful. I hope you get to the library and comment again soon. Patriciahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17885426575922045330noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6701557141086131669.post-50140224462476478992013-02-10T16:12:51.966-05:002013-02-10T16:12:51.966-05:00Me again! Sorry to monopolize your comment section...Me again! Sorry to monopolize your comment section, but you've touched on a lot of subjects that interest me.<br /><br />Remember in my first comment how I apologized about my possible misspelling of "Montessori"? Turns out I spelled it right, but wonder why I just didn't look it up since I'm online and have a keyboard right at my fingertips? Well, I didn't think I had time to look it up because the following showed up on my screen: "You have one minute left on this computer." You see, I'm part of that one third who has no access to the internet. Home internet, at any rate. I use the computer at the library, and when my time is up, I have to sign in all over again (as I just did.) I don't make that much money and can't afford to go online at home. Well, I could afford it if I just got the internet and nothing else, but everytime I call up the cable company, some bozo always tries to talk me into one of those package deals where you also get cable, phone service, your walls painted, whatever, and all that I can't afford, so it always ends with me hanging the phone up on them in mid-sentence.Kirkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02155991693956178030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6701557141086131669.post-15352862567607400632013-02-10T15:42:24.950-05:002013-02-10T15:42:24.950-05:00Well, we still all use consumer products churned o...Well, we still all use consumer products churned out by factories, so there's still an Industrial Age going on SOMEWHERE. Probably in Third-World countries. Once they develop their own post-industrial societies, it will be interesting to see exactly how out stores get stocked.<br /><br />I've often wondered if my childhood addiction to comics and TV might have been channeled into art and drama had my teachers only took notice. I can't blame them for not noticing, really. I was on the tail end of Baby Boom Generation, and they had a whole classroom of kids to worry about. My niece and nephew are enrolled in Montessori schools (sorry if I spelled that wrong) where the instruction is more personalized. That makes more sense to me, though I wonder if it can be replicated on the same mass scale as the current system.Kirkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02155991693956178030noreply@blogger.com