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| | Subject: | And, yes, another one | | Time: | 12:11 pm |
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| Traumatising children to normalise their identities
It was popular with single mothers in the 30's, gay teenagers in the sixties, but dammit, we still need to torture our kids so they turn out as normal as us.
Frankly, if the definition of normal is "prepared to abuse children so they become normal", really, I can do without normal kids. | comments: Leave a comment  |
| | Subject: | Please note this is NOT satire | | Time: | 12:06 pm |
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| Man Jailed After Daughter Fails To Get GED
Though, I think it may be one of the stories Ed Balls takes to bed with him; teenage mother fails her exams, father, who she wasn't living with at the time, gets sent to jail two years later.
I have no further words, sorry. | comments: Leave a comment  |
| | Subject: | Only connect | | Time: | 10:42 am |
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| Reading an article by the man who wrote the book I got a review of about a show and a dvd of a mentalist, the latter of which is produced by an old friend...
And another old friend directed a VERY good TV show I saw at the weekend.
And another old friend was at a convention launching his new comics and getting new writing gigs.
Which is to say; I appear to be only a node or two away from the networks I aspire to being in.
But also, there is little more humiliating than the success of one's peers.
And finally: available for summer season, panto season, wedding, bar mitzvahs and funerals. | comments: Leave a comment  |
| | Tags: | home ed, rants, sarcasm | | Current Location: | ch5 3xt | | Subject: | Hey, look what someone's realising... | | Time: | 10:25 am | | Current Mood: | chipper |
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| From the Idler, via the Qi blog:
In the QI edition of The Idler, Lloyd and Mitchinson present a five-point manifesto for educational reform. One: play not work Schools should be resource centres, not prisons. Teachers should be returned to their original roles as facili-tators, not bureaucrats or drillmasters. The more "work" resembles play – telling stories, making things – the more interested kids will become. Two: follow the chain of curiosity Ask a kid what he wants to learn, and he's unlikely to say: "a broad-based curriculum that offers the core skills". Real learning is obsessive. It happens through watching, listening and practising something that really interests you. Encourage children to follow their own curiosity right to the end of the chain, and they will acquire the skills they need to get there. Three: you decide The QI School isn't compulsory and there are no exams: only projects or goals you set yourself with the teacher acting as a mentor. This could be making a film or building a chair. From age seven onwards, our core subjects might be: philosophy, storytelling, music, technology, nature and games. Four: no theory without practice If you're lost in wonder looking at, say, a lettuce, you will want to have a go at growing it, too. Five: you never leave There is no reason why school has to stop dead at 17 or 18. The QI school would be the ultimate "lifelong learning" venue – a mini-university where skills and knowledge would be pooled and young and old could indulge their curiosity.
Yes, it does sound awfully familiar, almost like, some sort of autonomous, student led education, if only someone had thought of it before.... , | comments: Leave a comment  |
| | Subject: | LIttle Brother now available for Download... plus spoily Iron Man whinges. | | Time: | 01:24 pm |
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| Form here: http://craphound.com/littlebrother/
And yes, I could direct you to the download page, but you'd miss some of TEH AWSUM on the welcome page.
IF you download 1) Let Cory know what you think of it and b) Let ME know. Because I like the chat.
try to get this into the hands of everyone who has even a passing interest in civil liberties, technology, the war on nouns... or really good young adult fiction.
There's a spoily discussion about it on making light, if you want to join in. Or you can abuse me for my bad taste here.
And yes, I saw Iron Man, which was a damn good superhero movie, but still made me uncomfortable by making out that...
... It's okay to sell arms to the US military ONLY ... the DHS (which SHIELD is now the secret identity of) are likely to be trying to stop the international arms trade. And are the good guys. ... our dusky brethren are allowed to be victims, but not active agents of change. ... Stane doesn't need a reason to want Stark dead. Yes, it's all in the subtext, but, come on, come out and SAY IT, Obadiah.
But as for some folks complaining about, frex, Pepper's relationship with TS? Please. We are not supposed to think this is a worthy or functional relationship. These are damaged people.
And as for the casting, 90% hot damn right on (Jeff Bridges as Stane, in Starks house, playing Salieri??!?!?). Rhodey was a bit weak though. He's no WarMachine.
Yes, I know who Rhodey becomes. I got the reference in the film. Behold, I am King Geek. | comments: Leave a comment  |
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