Dec 28 2011: And Hi to you,
Not sure you got my point though. The point of me mentioning your profile was to show it was a pointless comment not adding to anything.
I see too many people on here "perplexed" about things.
I just think comments could be more constructive, or not made at all
Best
In your profile you say that you are a good listener but never cease talking, two mutually exclusive activities, and you are a "TED TRANSLATOR". I could easily say that I am perplexed by that but I will not. What's the point?
Dec 26 2011: I don't think you are looking at this in the most productive manner. Failures and failing are ok concepts to have. Without such how do you get successes and success?
The grading system itself could change but it would only be superficial. It is in our nature if not our actual nature to win and lose. Institutional learning is for the masses which by definition fails most people. Learning needs to be made more part of life and the family structure (becasue that is themost common structure of life groups today). Look to how Finland do it and their successes. Young people or their guardians need to get a better understanding of what success means for the kids and work towards a more individualized education. We send kids off to school more happy for the peace and quiet at home than any sense of giving them world preparedness.
There will always be failing along the way but in the end the prize should be success for the individual, whatever that looks like for them
http://www.smithsonianmag.com/people-places/Why-Are-Finlands-Schools-Successful.html
May 22 2011: To move away from time we could look at why we invented it in the first place, it being a concept. Time takes us from the now. Now is the moment of self-realisation. So, time came into being the same time we did, or at least knew we did. To lose time we must lose ourselves.Some people lose themselves in their work or their play or their meditation, when the concept of time dissapears (you lose track of time).
So, to answer the question, we could hve a great time (pun intended) without time but we'd be lost
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Not sure you got my point though. The point of me mentioning your profile was to show it was a pointless comment not adding to anything.
I see too many people on here "perplexed" about things.
I just think comments could be more constructive, or not made at all
Best
A reply on Conversation: Should public schools in the United States eliminate the traditional A to F grading scale? And if so, what assessment do we replace it with?
In your profile you say that you are a good listener but never cease talking, two mutually exclusive activities, and you are a "TED TRANSLATOR". I could easily say that I am perplexed by that but I will not. What's the point?
A comment on Conversation: Should public schools in the United States eliminate the traditional A to F grading scale? And if so, what assessment do we replace it with?
The grading system itself could change but it would only be superficial. It is in our nature if not our actual nature to win and lose. Institutional learning is for the masses which by definition fails most people. Learning needs to be made more part of life and the family structure (becasue that is themost common structure of life groups today). Look to how Finland do it and their successes. Young people or their guardians need to get a better understanding of what success means for the kids and work towards a more individualized education. We send kids off to school more happy for the peace and quiet at home than any sense of giving them world preparedness.
There will always be failing along the way but in the end the prize should be success for the individual, whatever that looks like for them
http://www.smithsonianmag.com/people-places/Why-Are-Finlands-Schools-Successful.html
A comment on Conversation: How could we relate to the world around us without the concept of time?
So, to answer the question, we could hve a great time (pun intended) without time but we'd be lost
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