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by andrewce 16y ago
I think the author tried to justify those figures by way of "Keeping up with the Joneses" and the societal pressures that come with 6-figure salaries, but I agree with you that the numbers are not particularly optimistic. It seems like one
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by andrewce 16y ago
"Presumably not every intelligent person will subjectively find Australia's culture versus the US's culture either a win for Australia or a tossup; some may prefer American culture. Some people may also place utility on things like "living
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by andrewce 16y ago
My non-profit organization sends writers into schools to teach writing/poetry workshops to middle and high school students (we shy away from "dead white guys" and New Critical Theory and toward practicality and accessibility). We made the d
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by andrewce 16y ago
The blog has quite a few photographs and a lot of discussion on how they merged actual models and CGI for "Moon" ( http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1182345/ ). Additionally, there are quite a few questions and answers in this Reddit thread, as
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VFX Designer for "Moon" (2009) G. Rothery Explains the Effects(gavinrothery.posterous.com)
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by andrewce 16y ago
I went to school to become an English teacher, but English courses at the collegiate level were intensely frustrating for the reasons you describe: vacuousness, self-aggrandizement, and a deliberate shift away from clarity and understandabi
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by andrewce 16y ago
There's definitely a time for action. Just not until we decide when that action should be taken. As for forced attrition: 1) I would want to see a comprehensive professional development program put in place for all teachers. Teaching well i
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by andrewce 16y ago
Direct instruction works great for mechanical skills, because there is a 1:1 correspondence between that which is tested and that which is assessed, and because the goals are clear and discrete. If we're talking something like multiplicatio
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by andrewce 16y ago
To add to what you've said: There's so much to be done in the presentation of material, and so much of that needs to be at least somewhat tailored to classes. Even though I only substitute teach now (and teach writing workshops), I still do
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by andrewce 16y ago
I'm okay with value-added metrics, so long as it is not the only tool used to evaluate and assess. 1) Not all things taught appear on a test, or can be easily measured, and 2) Teachers are not the only entities responsible for student growt
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by andrewce 16y ago
It was strange that the article didn't talk about how one of the reasons there is so much more topspin and power in today's game is because the strings are less energetic now than they were before, meaning that players can swing a lot harde
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by andrewce 16y ago
I'll agree quite readily to the notion that there are bad teachers, but before we jump on the "Let's fire 'em!" train, there are some things to consider: 1) A teacher whose students consistently perform below grade level, but who jump 2 or
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by andrewce 16y ago
You'd be surprised/disappointed. When I taught 11th grade English, I started the year by asking students to write a two-page composition (and gave them a concrete, well-defined topic), due the following Monday. They panicked, hardcore: "How
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by andrewce 16y ago
I've found similar methods that work; if something can be made a routine, then the automaticity often takes over and provides the kick in the pants necessary to get started.
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by andrewce 16y ago
Put simply, you can give her the chance by giving her the chance. What types of things is she interested in? Art? Music? Video? Programming? Something else entirely? All of these things domains have relatively inexpensive tools available wh
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by andrewce 16y ago
I don't make much distinction between board and card games. I'm not as well versed in the standard-deck-of-playing-cards games, but my gaming group frequently convenes for Spades (Bridge's not quite as smart younger sibling). A lot more of
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by andrewce 16y ago
The reason there is not as much innovation in education is fairly simple: The people doing the innovating rarely feel the pain points, and the people doing the decision-making rarely feel the pain points. To make this more concrete, those w
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by andrewce 16y ago
It also leads to passive voice, which is sometimes appropriate ("Then three cubic centimeters of goat bile were added to the solution"; ideally, anyone should be able to perform this experiment, and the experimenter is out of the picture en
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by andrewce 16y ago
The reason this rule exists is mostly because using "I" introduces the possibility of subjectivity, and opens up the argumentum ad hominem, both of can sometimes make a sentence weaker. "You're 17 years old; what could you possibly know a
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by andrewce 16y ago
This response comes via the Washington Post, and offers sourced rebuttals/refinements: http://voices.washingtonpost.com/answer-sheet/guest-bloggers... Also: while I've got a world of respect for Bill Gates and his philanthropic efforts, I
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by andrewce 16y ago
I use this work pattern when I'm doing particularly distasteful work, and it generally works well. The only thing I'd advise is that if you're in a state of flow (in which the passage of time just disappears and your focus zeroes in complet
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by andrewce 16y ago
Except that the MCAT measures at least some of the core competencies necessary for being a doctor, and includes a lot of vital information which, if you don't have, make it pretty tough to be a physician. Even then, there are plenty of peop
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by andrewce 16y ago
It's easy to fire "ineffective" teachers (quotations used to show the mutability and variability of the term, rather than sarcasm). Even with the supposed difficulties presented by tenure, so many school districts are struggling for money t
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by andrewce 16y ago
As much as anything else, this advice seems to be more on "how to build a good working relationship with another entity" than it is anything in particular about competing. In fact, it seems straight out of Dale Carnegie, and I'd guess that
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by andrewce 16y ago
"What is the What" is one of the most beautifully written books of the last decade. I wholeheartedly endorse this.
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by andrewce 16y ago
Yes. The Khan Academy is a prime example of how to use technology well for learning, particularly in instances where there is a "right" answer (such as math, at least how it's taught now). The danger from this is that the interactivity is l
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by andrewce 16y ago
Assuming one could adequately define "progress", or at least adequately demonstrate it (there's some interesting work being done with portfolios), such data collection ultimately has to be done on a student-by-student level, rather than a c
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by andrewce 16y ago
Dan Brown is successful because reading "The DaVinci Code" feels a lot like watching the History Channel, which is to say that it feels very educational and high-brow, but ultimately probably isn't. Fortunately for DB, not many people are d
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by andrewce 16y ago
>> I don't really think this scheme is workable, but it provides the right economic incentives to everyone. You're right, from an economics standpoint. However, there's a pretty hefty body of research talking about the effects of in
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by andrewce 16y ago
1) This would severely impair the earning potential of SpEd teachers; many SpEd students either don't work after high school, or get jobs doing dishes (or similar work). My high school (I went to a school for the Deaf) had 100% of its stude

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