Paul Pavlik (pavlik@telusplanet.net)
Mon, 12 Apr 1999 14:48:10 -0600
Date: Mon, 12 Apr 1999 14:48:10 -0600 From: Paul Pavlik <pavlik@telusplanet.net> Subject: Re: On Polarization
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> No, no... but I do recommend we
> resume the trajectory we were on as a society that showed such education was
> making its way into harlem and such disadvantaged communities before
> progressive ideas decided something wonderful was just over the horizon.
>
> John Spiers
> MA Ed Admin
>
Come up North here, as I recommend, to see the implosion of when
Southern Wisdom meets the Northern Realities. My message is that ed is
not just ed. It is also a tool of administrators, politicians, etc. It
carries with it culture. Some may find that cultural baggage wrong,
inappropriate, too WWM centric, or just plain boring.
Here in the North, if the 'Teachings of Don Juan', and 'The Cry of the
Eagle', 'The Last Stand of the Lubicon Cree' are more interesting or
appropriate, why are they not used? Figure out that one, and I think all
of us will be closer to the answers we seek.
Part of your statement tho, hit a rich vein - remember the old textbooks
that were used back then?
My physics book - a used, 1935 University Text - that I read on the
ocean beach by myself, when I was 15 yrs old.
After reading the used text book, I scored 100 points higher than any of
my other classmates on the Penna wide physics scholarship test. They had
1 1/2 yr of physics enrichment course, including labs, discovery, a
Univ. physics Prof. to teach them. And they ALL got much higher grades
than I did in highschool!
Recently, I rewrote most of my science curriculum so I could present it
to my First Nations' class (de-emphasizing text and pushing memory
devices, etc).
Yup - the 1935 book was the best source. All my texts from 3 different
universities could not hold a match to this gem.
Math/Algebra/Calculus/AnlGeometry ??? The text my father used in Pratt
Institute NYC in the late 1920's is about 1/2 inch thick. In them days,
it was learn, get out quick, and earn. Of course they did not have the
need for overblown texts that had to make up for teachers who did not
know their subjects well enough. I read this one, too, on my own (but
without as much enthusiasm).
--Paul <Pavlik@telusplanet.net> -looking for a few ducks to fly over-
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