Watch This Video, There Will Be a Test at the End…

Posted on September 26, 2008 by u2isgr8

Is there room for humor in education?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8dAujuqCo7s

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Cultivating Wisdom and Virtue Physically

Posted on September 12, 2008 by u2isgr8

 In considering the role of physical exercise in schools, we have to keep our eye on goal.  We state that education is the cultivation of wisdom and virtue, and so if we are arguing for some form of physical training to be included in education, then it must come within the pale of this goal.  [...]

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The Way It Ought to Work

Posted on September 5, 2008 by u2isgr8

So last year we were having some trouble with Math.  By trouble I mainly mean that we had lost our “light” in math.  We were running kids through the ropes, but there was no joy.  I have my suspicions why that was, but that is not the point of this blog.  There was a problem [...]

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