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Welcome to the world of "unschooling" -- an educational movement where kids, not parents, not teachers, decide what they will learn that day.This is great... if you've got a Nailah. But, of course, your child is a Nailah? Right?
"I don't want to sound pompous, but I think I am learning a little bit more, because I can just do everything at my own pace," said Nailah Ellis, a 10-year-old from Marietta, Georgia, who has been unschooled for most of her life.
Nailah's day starts about 11 a.m., her typical wake-up time. She studies Chinese, reading, writing, piano and martial arts. But there's no set schedule. She works on what she wants, when she wants. She'll even watch some TV -- science documentaries are a favorite -- until her day comes to an end about 2 a.m.
An extension of home-schooling, "unschooling" is when parents give their children total freedom to learn and explore whatever they choose.
February 3, 2006
The "unschooling" movement.
57 comments:
- Freeman Hunt said...
This is good because it prepares children for adult life where there are no "requirements," and you can do whatever you want and at your own pace. Oh. . .
This seems born out of the late 20th century idea that children really know best and just need room to blossom and grow more than they need guidance.
- JohnF said...
This is sort of a wild offshoot of the fundamental ideas of Montessori education, which allows children more freedom than conventional schools to learn for themselves rather than have knowledge thrust upon them. More freedom, but hardly total freedom as in this example.
I don't think there is any question that knowledge discovered by oneself sticks better, and can be used better, than knowledge forced upon one, though these are obviously questions of degree.
- Goesh said...
What kid wouldn't want this? It will help them get good jobs where they can do what they want, when they want at work, at their own speed of course. Lovely, lovely...
- Sloanasaurus said...
This is the dumbest thing I have ever heard.
You don't know squat when your 10 years old, and don't know much more by the time your 18.
I hated reading when I was 10. So I am glad someone forced me to do it.
- knoxgirl said...
I don't believe little Nailah--or, rather, what her parents told little Nailah to say. It reminds me of that potty-training story: another movement created to give certain parents a reason to feel superior.
What's next? "He's only twenty weeks old, but I'm teaching my fetus Spanish and tai chi..."
- PatCA said...
So I guess she'll grow up to be the piano player in a Chinese restaurant? If they allow her to stick to her own schedule, that is.
- Freeman Hunt said...
"There is nothing like the texture of kids having contact with each other, making friends and relating to different adults in a school setting," said David Tokofsky, a longtime educator and member of the Los Angeles Unified School District Board of Education.
That's more of a dig at homeschooling than at specifically unschooling.
- reader_iam said...
One picky point: Tokofsky's quote regarding the "socialization" issue shows that he is lumping homeschooling and unschooling together, since it could apply to both forms. Generally speaking, though, I think the socialization objection is overstated, since whether that issue is one depends on a number of factors.
Here's a brief, overview FAQ on basic unschooling philosophy. Of particular interest might be the entry on "math" and the last entry on "structure."
I won't go into this at length here (and am supposed to be traveling this morning). But I will say I've looked rather deeply into the whole homeschool area, and it is not off the table regarding my own son, depending on how the next couple of years go.
Because my son is NOT Nialah, I would not "unschool" him in general, though there are key areas I'd consider it, when older, and there are subsets of areas I'd consider sooner.
I've researched this topic fairly heavily, btw, and first started doing so before I met my husband, much less had a child, much less THIS one.
- Scott Ferguson said...
This is nothing new. British educational theorist A.S. Neill did this on an institutional level with his Summerhill School back in the 1960s.
- Cat said...
Patca - I nearly spit my coffee. Funny.
Wasn't John Walker Lindh "unschooled."
If Naila is really this disciplined good for her, but as the others alluded, the kid will have a hard time adjusting to college, jobs...unless she has a trust fund, it will be hard for her to "unwork" her life as an adult.
- Pastor_Jeff said...
Rousseau must be laughing at us from the grave:
"You mean they still think I was serious?"
- Freeman Hunt said...
Generally speaking, though, I think the socialization objection is overstated, since whether that issue is one depends on a number of factors.
I agree. That's why I didn't like that quote from Tokofsky. I'm more a fan of the idea of classical education (or at least the more secular subset of it) than unschooling education.
Scott, that makes sense. It seems like a 1960's-ish thing.
- Freeman Hunt said...
That made me laugh out loud. I'm going to go tell my boss that I'm on the "unworking" plan now. I'm supposed to be launching a new website, updating some ad campaigns, and putting out a new catalog, but I think I'll paint a mural in the lobby instead. After that I'll head over to the breakroom to work on mastering Asian fusion cuisine. Then maybe this afternoon I'll lead the marketing department on a hike in the mountains.
Or I guess I could just read blogs. . .
- reader_iam said...
Freeman Hunt: Sorry, you posted while I was trying to find the bookmarked faq link and writing my comment. I hadn't seen it yet.
The world of homeschooling curriculums is fascinating. The ones to which I am attracted are also those to which you alluding, I suspect.
- miklos rosza said...
Doesn't everyone need something to rebel against, at some point, presumably in their teenage years?
- CB said...
I think that, like most "movements," this is a fringe phenomenon that hardly deserves the name. But it does bring up a question for me: why on earth does it take THIRTEEN YEARS to impart the most basic knowledge and skills necessary for adulthood and entry-level employment? I read (I think on Megan McArdle's blog Asymmetrical Information) that the main purpose of education historically has actually been to keep children out of the workforce rather than to prepare them for it. If so, maybe unschooling isn't so crazy after all.
- SippicanCottage said...
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- wildaboutharrie said...
My friend taught at a charter school that used this type of model. It was a last resort for kids who just would not go to school. For some, this freedom works well (that is, for the Nailah's, yes, but also for some of the burnouts). It just depends.
I would NOT have done well in an unschool. But I was one of those annoying kids who always wanted to know if "this is going to be on the test". I've met myself many a time as a teacher...shudder...
- Henry said...
We had unschooling in my high school. It was called "AV Lab." Other kids took "Yearbook." The more advanced kids practiced their unschooling methods in classes called "English" and "Social Studies."
Okay, the idea of "unschooling" is pretty silly, but most of the time that kids spend in school is totally wasted.
I know home schooled kids who polish off their school work by lunchtime because it really doesn't take that much time to stay on top of a typical school curriculum. That gives them lots of time to pursue their unschooling.
- Josh Kinniard said...
More education ideas dealing with school "privatization" specifically, here.
- Steve Donohue said...
One problem with this- that I suppose is a more general critique of homeschooling as well- is that those interests and educational prejudices of the parents almost certainly will be impressed upon the children. One advantage of going to a *good* school is that you have the chance to be exposed to a lot early in life and you get the chance to pick and choose.
I'm not sure that, at 10, I would have appreciated that freedom. Looking back, I would like to say that if given the chance, I would have gone to a conservatory in Vienna and learned how to conduct/play horn. But I know that at that age I would have half-assed just about anything presented to me.
And also this factor- let's say that I was truly interested in learning the cello and wanted to take it up at 6. One of my parents had better be pretty proficient at the cello in order to be teaching me, because 1 hour a week for lessons isn't going to cut it, and it's going to cost a lot to hire a professional musician to live with you as a tutor.
- XWL said...
effin' hippies
(that is all)
Of course as someone who was indifferent towards actual assignments for much of elementary school and pursued my own interests most of the time, I sort of created my own 'unschooled' bubble within the structure of the public school I attended.
- smilerz said...
just wrote an essay on his unschooled children.
I think that it probably takes a special child - or special parents - to successfully pull it off. But if it works for those people then I don't see what the hullabaloo is all about.
- Icepick said...
Steve Donohue wrote: And also this factor- let's say that I was truly interested in learning the cello and wanted to take it up at 6. One of my parents had better be pretty proficient at the cello in order to be teaching me, because 1 hour a week for lessons isn't going to cut it, and it's going to cost a lot to hire a professional musician to live with you as a tutor.
How many schools in the USA have intensive cello programs for 6 year-olds?
- Yevgeny Vilensky said...
I think that this unschooling idea is somewhat silly for the main reason that kids don't know what subjects might be interesting and don't know what books to read in the subjects in which they are interested. If all children were unschooled, then most girls probably wouldn't know how to add and boys would probably only know how to build giant bridges since young girls generally hate math and young boys generally love playing with Legos and other kinds of construction-y things. Of course, it depends on the parents and the children.
On the other hand, most modern schooling in the public schools (and some private schools) is an utter waste of time, especially for even somewhat precocious children. Seriously, why would someone need to spend months on addition?
At most colleges, what is taught in freshman year really should be taught in high school. There's no excuse for basic algebra to be taught on the college level or that people who do not know how to add fractions are allowed to even go to college.
- bearing said...
I looked into unschooling. Decided not even to try. Instead we follow a fairly structured curriculum --- but it only takes up the morning, most days.
Unschooling is a reasonable approach to preschool and kindergarten, and it is a reasonable approach to high school (imo --- I have no high schoolers yet) provided that the student is self-motivated and understands what academic requirements s/he will be faced with when s/he applies to college/apprenticeships/jobs/etc. upon finishing.
I don't think I buy it for elementary school.
On the other hand: You could easily require certain subjects but allow great freedom in how to study them. "This year you will study several topics in American History. Here is a list of subjects. You pick which ones and together we'll choose books and projects you can do." Or: "This year you will need to do some Phys Ed or else go out for a team sport. You pick. Will you join the swim team at the Y? Take tennis lessons? Or will we just go to the gym twice a week to run around the track?"
I mean, one of the great benefits of homeschooling is that you can design your own program. Why not let the student do part of the designing?
- ca said...
Steve Donohue wrote: And also this factor- let's say that I was truly interested in learning the cello and wanted to take it up at 6. One of my parents had better be pretty proficient at the cello in order to be teaching me, because 1 hour a week for lessons isn't going to cut it, and it's going to cost a lot to hire a professional musician to live with you as a tutor.
Um. I was truly interested in learning the piano and wanted to take it up at 6. I don't remember if I was interested or not, but my parents decided I should take violin up at age 4. I had lessons for 30 min. a week (although they got longer as I got older), and neither of my parents has any musical training. I got pretty good at both of them, you know, to the point where I was winning state competitions and things for violin.
The point is that a 30-min. lesson once a week teaches you what to practice the rest of the week. You don't actually need a professional there all the time when you are trying to get your fingers to do scales properly, or practicing a bowing technique over and over and over again until you get it right. You do need someone there to make sure you practice, unless you're Nailah (I wasn't), and to remind you what the teacher said ("No, it's NOT okay for you to stick out your elbow like that, remember?") but that doesn't take a whole lot of training. There can also be a LOT of ear training done by playing tapes (well, when I was a kid they were tapes) of excellent musicians over and over again.
Go Suzuki!
- Sigivald said...
So, I guess she won't know any math by the time she's 18, at this rate?
That's okay. It's not like it's important or anything; even if you don't happen to want to learn it when you're 10.
- David53 said...
"There is nothing like the texture of kids having contact with each other, making friends and relating to different adults in a school setting," said David Tokofsky, a longtime educator and member of the Los Angeles Unified School District Board of Education.
This speaks volumes to me, LAUSD school board member is against it, then I'm for it.
- Synova said...
In general... kids aren't the best source to explain what they do "at school" and often parents aren't either because some of the things that they do they don't think to mention. For many "unschoolers" it's not that they don't do school, it's that they do school every single moment of every day. There are not requirements, but there is definately approval showered upon the child anytime she is engaged in "educational" activities.
As for future workplace situations or college... we don't really have to guess about this. Children brought up in self-directed learning environments tend toward self-employment. And if anyone thinks this enables laziness you've never been your own boss. Those students who go to college tend to do very well because they have always been responsible for their own learning and do not expect to have their hand held.
School is not the only place to learn good work place skills, but learning to work when you don't have to seems a better thing than someone who only works when they are forced to.
Voluntarily read a book that wasn't assigned by a teacher? Are you out of your mind?
- Elizabeth said...
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- sonicfrog said...
Have they alreddy forgoten the hole english / math debakle??? Jeez, when wil they evr lern!
- Mrs. Biswas said...
I unschooled both my kids for junior high and high school. They are both in college now and doing fine; if fact they are much more disciplined and goal-oriented than I was at that age (ah, the seventies...)
The public schools are really bad where I live (SF east bay), and private schools cost $15k - $25k a year. I didn't have many choices.
- Mrs. Biswas said...
Oh yeah, shoulda said:
In California 49% of kids entering college have to re-take english and/or math classes because of their poor performance on entrance assessments tests. One of my kids had to take a math class and the other one didn't have to take anything.
So I guess it helps to to grow up in a house with lots of books and maps and computers and fairly well-educated parents.
I wouldn't recommend unschooling, or even home schooling for families that lack those things. And unschooling for elementary school would surely be a disaster.
- sonicfrog said...
If Rousseau is laughing from his grave, what is Dewey doing? :-)
- Steve Donohue said...
I realize that many schools don't have music programs at that age, but many do. Yes, it's good to get lessons, but it's even better to get a musical training, and going to music classes and such with people who are trained in that helps quite a bit. I tutor at a public school in Champaign that both has music lessons for the youngsters and music-appreciation classes. I think that that is an area of particularity (it could be art or something else as well) that you lose with homeschooling. Besides from the fact that you don't know what you like until you see it presented to you.
That's not a knock on homeschooling or even unschooling. Parents who homeschool just must beware to surround the children with a lot of different things to see which ones stick. I know that I would never have gotten my love of music from my mother, God bless her, because I never would have realized it even existed in a form outside of Phil Collins and Paula Abdul (I am, after all, a child of the 80s and 90s.)
- Amy P said...
Based on the school experience of a young in-law, I would argue that the homeschooling environment is actually much more appropriate for a serious young musician who must devote several hours a day just to music practice. A standard school day, ending 3ish and followed by a couple hours of homework just doesn't1 allow enough time for those hours of practice. Studying at home frees up a lot of time for practice, as well as for those weekly visits to ones private music teacher, who may be a four hour drive away. (Even in a major metropolitan area, there aren't necessarily that many good teachers available.) I would suggest a similar model for many other students: several hours of intensive academic work at home, followed by more social and less academic enrichment activities (sports, drama, etc.) in the afternoon. And no homework in the evening!
- Slac said...
This is great... if you've got a Nailah. But, of course, your child is a Nailah? Right?
Ann, I seriously want to know what you mean by that.
Every child, indeed, every person on this Earth deserves the right to consent to what they learn, when they learn, and how they learn.
- reader_iam said...
Kindermusik, ages 0 to 7.
Music ed is not that impressive these days, and is in many cases essentially non-existent in schools.
Even in my day, it was pretty superficial until you got to higher grades. It's generally degraded since.
My parents were musicians, so none of that mattered in terms of my brother and me. But I don't recall most of my friends getting all that terrific of a background through formal schooling. (I could--but won't--recite my parents' rant about the state of Music Ed as far back as the mid '70s.)
- reader_iam said...
I mention Kindermusik because where it's available, it really covers a lot of basis. My kindergartner has been in it since 18 months (the infant classes weren't available here yet at the time) and will "graduate" this spring (the teacher accelerated him a couple of times).
When we met with his music teacher at his private school last fall, she said he had basically already covered the entire curriculum through grade 4 or 5, except for actually taking music lessons, which we would, and will, pay for privately, anyway, since I want to pick the teacher.
For serious music ed, I can't see relying on the schools (public or private) anyway. But I concede that I come at it from a different perspective.
- reader_iam said...
"Basis" = "bases"
- Ronald Reagan said...
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- Kev said...
reader_iam--I'm a music educator, and I can tell you that, at least in some parts of the country, there are plenty of good things going on. (I'm in Texas, which is known as a state with strong school music programs.) I can't speak for anything that goes on before sixth grade, as I'm a private saxophone instructor at the middle- and high school levels, but I do know that any kid who comes to me with an elementary school choir background is almost always well-prepared to start an instrument; that goes double for those who have had piano beforehand.
We have a pretty good setup in my area of the state; the private instructors can teach the students during their band, orchestra or choir class once a week, which is good for a number of reasons: There are almost no attendance problems (save for the occasional field trip or assembly), since the students are already at school; being there during the day allows for great lines of communication between the private instructors and the directors; and it's actually possible to make a full-time job out of private instruction (I teach about 70 students a week and a couple of college classes elsewhere). That also means that teachers tend to stick around a while; we have a number of 20+-year veterans in my district, whereas in the place where I grew up (which didn't allow lessons during the day), I had a different teacher every year in high school.
My area is obviously band, so I haven't seen as many choir or orchestra performances, but everything that I've witnessed at our state music educators' convention was of very high quality. Sometimes it seems a little high on the competitive side (during state competition years, which only happen biennially, people have been known to joke that music has become a full-contact sport), but the competition seems to breed excellence more than anything.
I know that music ed isn't as strong in many other parts of the country, so I'm sorry to hear that your parents' experience may not have been so good.
- XWL said...
'All your basis are belong to us'?
(and who says Wiki isn't worthwhile?)
(I'm practicing advanced combinatorial commentography, they don't teach that in any classrooms!)
- Bruce Hayden said...
I don't see unschooling working that well for a lot of kids, and it definately wouldn't have worked for me. For one thing, I would have had an excellent science and math background, and not literature or history whatsoever. It isn't that I didn't (or don't) read, but rather that I never like standard literature. Rather, I consumed massive amounts of fantasy and science fiction, with some action stories and historical biographies.
My big problem has always been too much focus, instead of too little. So, whenever I was given any real freedom, I jumped in totally, to the exclusion of everything else, for weeks, if not months, on end.
One thing that I do like about home schooling is that kids can proceed at their own speed. For some, including I think many here (from the comments over time), that probably meant at a much higher speed than is found at most, if not all, public schools. For many others, it may be slower. In any case though, hopefully it means teaching at the optimal rate for a given student, instead of at some arbitrary rate set by, for example, a school district.
Finally, the good private schools that I know tend to do a very good job at forcing the kids to learn a broad range of things - much broader than you will typically find at a public school. And, not surprisingly, they don't really teach to exams, but rather try to impart a broad "liberal arts" education.
What must be remembered about private schools is that if they fail at teaching what the parents expect to be taught, and fail to get their kids into the colleges they expect, they will go out of business.
Contrast this with public schools, where there are many other pressures, and, as a result, learning what should be learned is often not accomplished.
(I was reminded today of this structural problem with public education when I attended the funeral today of Dr. Cal Frasier, longtime Commissioner of Education for the State of CO. One of his prouder moments was when he convinced president Reagan to point out in a major education speech that it isn't the teachers themselves, but the system that is at fault for failing to educate our kids).
wv: tpona - "The Politics of Nonviolent Action" (TPONA) by Gene Sharp.
- Slac said...
Ann, do children deserve the right to consent to what and how they learn or don't they?
I would very much like a reply. Please consider the implications. If yes, then every child has a right to "unschooling." If not, then we present a suspicious proposition that children should be educated against their will.
Should people be educated against their will?
It is one thing to break the law and force a criminal into a correctional facility. It is another to do the same to an innocent human being, who just happens to be young.
Your terse reply in your post does a severe injustice to this issue in my opinion, so I'd like to hear more.
- freewebs.com/flowingfree said...
It's for people who are self-reliant (as in they can support themselves later on), I don't see why no (although many say that is the problem).
- Omnium said...
We "unschool" our son after the public schools completely destroyed him to the point he needed psychological counseling to get over the trauma they caused. He has Asperger's Syndrome and in public school, he was tortured by both students and STAFF for not being "normal." The teacher routinely called him "stupid" when he's brilliant. He was just afraid of her because she was mean to him every day. She made him stand up and announce his bad grades (he has a math disability but is gifted in everything else. several grades ahead of his peers) and made fun of him all the time in class. She also told lies about him when he would turn her in to the principal for her behavior. This teacher also verbally assaulted me when I went to the school to confront her about her behavior.
Since unschooling, our son has stopped the daily destructive rages he used to have when he came home from school and has stopped trying to kill himself for not being "normal." He recently scored 98th percentile on the private school entrance test called the ERB CTP4 in everything but the math which he failed because of his math disability. Not every child needs a power-monger children-hating burnt out teacher telling them what they SHOULD learn. Kids are natural born LEARNERS and it is the SCHOOLS that beat that out of them trying to make them "good little future worker bees and tax payers." Watch a child sometime when they discover something new or want to know more about something they see. They will LEARN, on their own, naturally....and we as adults can help facilitate that by guiding them toward resources on what they want to know. Everyone who meets my son is so impressed with his maturity, his verbal acuity, his knowledge for his age. When compared with kids his own age, they are night and day worlds apart. Unschooling is NOT for every child or every family.....but for ours, it was a saving grace. I believe my son would be dead now if we had not pulled him out of public school and let him school himself. He is doing high school level work, on his own, finding his own resources (with our physical help) and he is 12 yrs old. He even taught HIMSELF multiple languages. He sings in a professional choir, has won writing awards, makes money trading stock options, and more. He is flourishing by not being in "government enforced institutional brainwashing & babysitting." What a shame that children are born with such great spirits....and then our "schooling" crushes these spirits, destroys their inherent curiosity, ingenuity, creativity, and heart and turns them all into little unquestioning, taxpaying automatons.
- Omnium said...
For "Cat"
Actually, homeschooled nad many unschooled kids adjust to college MUCH BETTER than their peers because they have already lived a life of self-discipline and personal responsibility. In fact, many colleges are now actively recruiting homeschoolers because they state that these kids are better prepared for college and often do not require the remedial courses often required for nearly ALL incoming freshman.
- Ann Althouse said...
Thanks for writing, Omnium. My heart goes out to you and your son.
- kari said...
Some on the outside would maybe think that I "unschool" my children. What a horrible term. When you walk in my house it is more stocked with educational materials than any typical school classroom. My girls age 3 and 8 have guidelines as to what they are going to accomplish in a weeks time. And by gosh they do it, with very little if any push from me. The freedom allowed by "unschooling" as this article seems to call it, is that at 9:00am when my oldest sits down to research; let's say, the solar system, if she wants to continue on all day on that one subject she can. I am not going to break her momentum because it is now 9:50 and it is time for another subject. All subjects blosson from the next. As for the 10 year old referenced in this article not starting her day until she feels like it (11:00am) that is lazy parenting. By roughly 9am each morning my girls have already eaten breakfast, dressed, finished several chores, and are diving into what ever work they want. As in Montessori, I guide them by having certain bits of subject matter available. Learning is apart of everyday. How many of your children get up Saturday morning and run to their "schoolwork" avoiding the TV. This is what my girls want to do not what I force them to do.
- Shelshula said...
I was reading the news headlines this morning on Yahoo news and there was a video clip about the "unschooling" movement which, of course, I couldn't open. I googled unschooling to try and figure out what the heck it was and came across a CNN story about the girl Nailah, a Wiccapedia entry and this blog. Of the three, I think this blog may have been the most interesting and the most informative.
It seems that the posts on this blog which are most dismissive of "unschooling" make the assumption that the children are floating through the day guided only by their whim. It also implies that the whim will only take them to eating junk food and watching cartoons unless they are exceptional (read freak) children like Nailah. It is true that I am making a number of assumptions myself as to what it must be like for the child, but unschooling sounds an awful lot like the Montessori system. My mother was a special ed. teacher in a public school of Cleveland suburb for over 20 years. She has a masters degree in education and, over the years, we have talked a fair bit about the advantages of Montessori.
Unschooling may allow children the choice of what they will learn, but that is not the same thing as saying they have the choice of not learning. There is probably a lot more direction provided by the parents then the description of the program may first imply. Allowing the child to choose which language to learn or which activity to choose for Phys. Ed. is not the same as letting the child choose to avoid the activity. Also, allowing the child to decide which subject to work on next is not the same as allowing the child to not work. The child directing the pattern of activity is not allowing the child to choose no activity.
Several quips have been made about the expected result this system will have on the child's work ethic and on their ability to adapt to the structured environment of work. It is true that one of the primary skills an adult must have to be successful is the ability to do something, even when they really, really don't want to. This is one of the most important skills taught to us at school. I think it is a faulty assumption that unschooling won't teach this skill. And as for the idea of "Unworking" I frequently am given tasks by my boss to complete. As long as I hit my deadlines and complete the work accurately, my boss does not micro-manage my day. If I choose to master Asian Fusion Cuisine, something I might actually try to do as I am an avid cook, I would work on it on my lunch hour. Actually, I am practicing the art of "unworking" right now as I am responding to this blog when I should be reviewing an employee work. That does not mean the work will go unreviewed. It merely means it will be reviewed later.
I am sorry to hear that Omnium's son had such a catastrophic experience in public school. That teacher's behavior is inexcusable. For the school to allow it to continue is criminal. I do believe that it was an exceptional experience. The typical teacher is not abusive. However, a parent recognizing the situation for what it was and taking corrective action is frequently the exception. Many children struggle with school and many parents are unable or unwilling to help. Homeschooling is not a viable option for many parents. My mother was a single parent, she could not have homeschooled us and worked a full-time job.
As to the idea that children deserve the right to consent to what and how they learn … I'm sorry, I truly mean no disrespect, but what a very odd idea. Perhaps if you could explain more fully what you mean by "children deserve the right to consent to what and how they learn" I would have a fuller understanding of what you mean.
- Shelshula said...
Kari's description of what a typical day is like for her children sounds very much like what I had imagined unschooling to be. Structured learning is not the same as regimented learning.
Nailah's schedule sounds very odd to me as well. Letting her stay up until 2 AM and sleep until 11 AM just sounds wrong. However, assuming she really sleeps pretty close to the schedule, she get's between 8-9 hours of sleep a night, and her parents might enjoy having the morning to themselves. I keep that schedule myself on the occasional weekend. As I get older, I see the wisdom of getting up at a reasonable hour in the morning and go to bed a sensible time. Whatever, it seems to work for her, who am I to say otherwise.
- Wondering said...
Friday, February 17, 2006
Mindless Masses
Consider the following carefully;
My youngest sister never attended any sort of school, be it public or private, her entire life. All of her education was garnered at home. Upon enrolling at a state university in the south, she was informed that her "diploma" was not acceptable. Since it did not come from an institution that the university "recognized" as being a place of proper learning. They stated she would have to acquire a "GED", before they would accept her for the upcoming enrollment.
She was subsequently invited by the state's educational board in a formal letter, to address the upcoming attendee's at a state sponsored dinner, celebrating unusual achievements. The reason she was invited to be recognized and asked to speak, was because she had accomplished a first in the state's history. Not only had she passed the "accepted" test, to prove to the university she was capable of their curriculum standards. She had scored perfect on all sections of the exam, regardless of subject.
Something for all that knee jerk react to anything other than the "norm" in education.
- amie said...
We - my husband and I - have been unschooling our kindergartener this year. If you asked her, she'd tell you she hasn't learned anything and all she does is play. Next year we plan to continue to unschool her for first grade. In fact, we pretty much plan to unschool her and her little sister for as long as our family thinks it is best.
Why do I think I'm qualified to make these decisions for my children's education? Of course being a parent is the most important reason, but I've researched it . . . a lot. I currently teach at a very exclusive K-8 private school - $13,600 a year to send your child here. I could have had her in my own kindergarten class for $6,800 this year and taught her myself. Oh, yeah right, we already teach her ourselves for a couple of hundred dollars in materials and local interest classes and of course the gallons of gas used to take her to the library 2-4x a week, the weekly homeschool groups she meets with for socialization, the field trips and even the grocery shopping trips to buy the supplies for all the cooking projects she does each week. Currently she reads, writes and does math as well as most of my students - ok not as well as the kid with the 145 IQ, but as well or better than everyone else in my class - but according to her she's not learning anything.
I spent a semester last winter in one of my grad classes (I'm working on a second master's degree) compiling homeschool articles and data – I had to debate a "controversial topic" in one of my education classes. After reading through all of it I told my husband we'd be crazy to send the kids to school and we needed to work out whatever we had to school them ourselves. You'll find a lot of homeschooling parents that do that - even single moms - if there is a will there is almost always a way.
If you actually look at the different kinds of homeschooling you can find the one that best meets the needs and temperaments of your family and not just give a quick response that this is a kooky idea. Many maybe even most of unschooling parents are highly educated and intelligent - perhaps that's why they feel comfortable that their kids will learn this way.
I think I would have been a great unschooler myself. I didn't like jr. high and high school, for the most part, it was boring and my grades were good enough to get me into the community college of my choice. I spent all my free time reading classic literature, historical fiction and writing short stories. One year my American history teacher never made me do any work at all - I already knew everything outlined in the textbook from reading – and he was lazy and didn't put forth any effort to challenge me. I failed most of my high school math classes but in college I hired myself a tutor to pass the classes I needed to get the degree I wanted. Once I found out what I needed I was highly motivated.
If at some point my children want to be homeschooled instead of unschooled we will try it. If at some time they want to try a traditional school we may try it. But for now, unschooling is our choice, a choice we are perfectly comfortable with.
- rfreeman said...
The beauty of homeschooling and unschooling is that they recognize what traditional schooling does not: that not all children learn the same way; not all children function effectively in a so-called structured environement -- if that's what you would venture to call traditional schooling. I'm sure no one would doubt that thousands of children who attend school everyday are, whether they realize it or not, far more 'unschooled' than Nailah or any of the other children featured in the CNN segment. I applaud a parent who is in tune with his or her child enough to fully understand how that child learns and is committed enough to create an environment conducive to those methods. Not every parent is capable of or willing to do so.
- liz said...
re: the six-year-old saying she doesn't "learn anything" -- this is also a result of "socialization" -- that is, she has already "learned" that "learning" has to do with teachers, desks, ABC's etc. Eventually she'll learn a wider definition of learning (we hope) that is consistent with the ideology of unschooling.
re: socialization and homeschooling. So often there is a conflation of the concept of "socialization" (learning how to be a person in society) and "socializing" (having friends).
Often people say homeschooled kids have a problem with "socialization" and in the next sentence, when they talk about loneliness and isolation, it becomes clear that they're actually talking about socializing.
Children may become more "socialized" when they attend school, but to many homeschoolers this is a BAD thing! It implies conformity, ability to lose onesself in a rules- and authority-driven environment by creating a "false self."
However, having been well-socialized can be very useful when one is trying to get through one's life sitting in a cubicle.
-- but it's not necessarily what all of us desire for our children.
Homeschoolers are generally more idealistic, and are interested in developing more possibilities, more interesting lives, for themselves and their kids.
As for socializing, most homeschoolers will point to the kind of socializing that is typical of a school environment -- including rigid cliques, social hierarchies, and bullying -- and report that they don't think this is so great!
You can then say, well how is a kid going to function in society if she doesn't learn all this stuff? The unschooling philosophy says that there are many roads and a kid will do best when she is exposed to a community of people of all ages (instead of just those in her "grade"), gets a lot of her education from real-life exploration, develops her life's path by following her own interests and temperamental proclivities, etc., in a context where "Get in line", "You must obey," "Say the pledge," "BE QUIET!!! I said, BE QUIET!!!" are not the predominant messages.
In sum, many unschoolers say that learning what somebody else has decided is the "right" thing to learn, and under duress (whether obvious or well-hidden thanks to "socialization") is not so great.
As for the poster with the son with Asperger's, I really relate, as my own son had major problems in publc middle school and we homeschooled for a short time, until he began to attend a special education school that is wonderful.
(we don't pay, either, because of federal law concerning equal education for the handicapped).In my son's school he's not just thrown in to fend for himself with a bunch of ignoramuses, but he is getting instruction from people who "get" him, and the environment is gentle and nurturing. Just saying, it's another option (except obviously I don't know what's available in your community.) Best of luck with your son's education!


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WASHINGTON, D.C. — One area in which things became more clear rather than more muddled late last year was on the subject of animal disease traceability (ADT); on Dec. 20 the USDA issued its final rule laying out new guidelines for ADT. This happened 16 months after the USDA issued its proposed rule, in August 2011.
"With the final rule announced today, the United States now has a flexible, effective animal disease traceability system for livestock moving interstate, without undue burdens for ranchers and U.S. livestock businesses," said Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack in a statement Dec. 20. "The final rule meets the diverse needs of the countryside, where states and tribes can develop systems for tracking animals that work best for them and their producers, while addressing any gaps in our overall disease response efforts.
"Over the past several years, USDA has listened carefully to America's farmers and ranchers, working collaboratively to establish a system of tools and safeguards that will help us target when and where animal diseases occur, and help us respond quickly."
According to information provided by the USDA, high-quality animal traceability standards and practices have been sorely lacking, especially in the cattle industry. The cattle industry's "inconsistent use of official identification, coupled with the significant movement of cattle interstate, warrants regulations that enhance the current traceability infrastructure," says a statement from the department.
USDA said for sheep, traceability standards are already adequate because of traceability requirements established through the scrapie eradication program; therefore, the new rule will not affect sheep producers. Also, chicks that are moved interstate from a hatchery are exempt from official identification requirements under the new rule.
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He also said the approach outlined in the final rule makes animal disease traceability "workable and feasible" and provides a "common sense approach" for the country's livestock producers, especially small-scale ones.
Under the new rule, livestock moved interstate will have to be officially identified and accompanied by an Interstate Certificate of Veterinary Inspection (ICVI) or other documentation agreed on by the shipping and receiving states, such as an owner-shipper statement or brand certificate.
The USDA stated this program will be different from the National Animal Identification System (NAIS), which was discontinued because of low participation rates. The current program is designed to be more flexible and allow for state and local control, at least up to a point.
Some changes made after the proposed rule was announced and completion of the final rule include: acceptance of the use of brands, tattoos and brand registration as long as they are accepted by the shipping and receiving states or tribes; permanently maintaining the use of backtags as an alternative to eartags for cattle and bison moving directly to slaughter; acceptance of movement documentation other than an ICVI for all cattle, as long as it's accepted by the shipping and receiving states or tribes; and an exemption for all livestock moving interstate that are going directly to a custom slaughter facility.
Also, beef cattle under 18 months of age, unless they are moved interstate for shows, exhibitions, rodeos or recreational events, are exempt from the official identification requirement in this rule. During a Dec. 20 stakeholder call, people from the cattle industry seemed to be happy with the final rule.
"I certainly think that this is a new program that we can get implemented in our livestock markets and hopefully throughout the livestock industry as a whole, and provides the kind of low-cost, efficient, flexible system that we all wanted from the beginning," said Livestock Marketing Assoc. Vice President Nancy Robinson.
"We have been supportive of a mandatory ID effort from day one," said Sam Hines, vice president of the Michigan Pork Producers Assoc. "I think it's something that's critically needed, especially given how much pork is being exported now. We were just disappointed that it took so long to put together."
Hines said hogs will be identified as a group under the new rule, except breeding animals, which will have to be identified individually. "We are supportive of that," he added. In fact, he said that his group was supportive of the NAIS program, but cattlemen didn't like it.
Clifford noted the rule will be effective starting Feb. 26, but it won't begin to be implemented for at least another six months.
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Season 7 finalist Ed Cotton steps away from behind the burners at Plein Sud to lend his expert eye to this week's episode of Top Chef All Stars
Hey, Ed! How much would it, well, suck to miss the final four after coming so far?
It's gotta stink! I was so nervous standing in front of Anthony Bourdain, knowing that one of us was going to pack our knives and go. I was determined to stay, and I didn't want to go home after all of that hard work and reaching the finals. I beat out all the other chefs but two, but you want to be the last chef standing.
Padma's in the house. Ruh-roh. What's your experience been with surprises in Top Chef? Never good news?
There was always some sort of surprise, but it never included Padma coming into our house. It would have been nice to have her in the house, but no chance. Every day, we would all look at each other and wonder what kind of s*$# they were going to pull on us that day. You never know what they are going to do. It could look like a simple challenge, but then they throw something into the mix that makes you scratch your head.
This challenge also feels kinda gimmicky, especially that Dan Barber winds up being the judge. These ingredients are everything he's not! Do you know Dan or have you dined at his restaurants?
It was great to see Dan Barber in this episode. I'm not sure that he was pumped to eat food off of the boat, but it is always good to see him. I love his approach to food and his philosophy on it. I have dined many times at Blue Hill at Stone Barns in Tarrytown, and what an experience it is! It is truly a magical place during the changing of the seasons, and I love walking around the property and garden. I like to go during my favorite months and get the tasting menu — the food is so fresh and flavorful. Even the cocktails are made with juices and herbs from the garden. They really do it right there! Actually, Dan even gave me and my dining companion a ride back to the city after eating dinner at Blue Hill one night. It was already late when we finished our dessert, and he offered to take me back to Manhattan. He's a class act and a great chef.
Not knowing that Dan is the judge, what might you have made?
I'm not sure what I would have made. My first instinct would be to go for hot dogs or something processed (something that wouldn't require too much cooking). I would try to manipulate the food as smartly as possible and transform it into something that doesn't look like it came off of a snack bar. Mike's soup thing made me cringe. I think it made him cringe, also.
What are you allowed to carry in your kit, by the by? Herbs? What else?
It is crazy what Richard has in his knife bag. You can have a certain amount of knives and special ingredients, but you have to be very selective of what you bring. I wracked my brain for days about what I was going to pack. I had everything I wanted spread all over my carpet at home — huge debate. (My girlfriend Diana didn't like that too much!) I went with a lot of my spice blends that I bought from a good friend of mine, Lior Lev Sercarz, at his store named La Boîte à Epice in New York. His spice blends propelled my food to the next level. Thanks, buddy!
What is your heritage and which part of that would you most like to reflect in a dish? Do any dishes come to mind?
Well, my heritage is a bit all over the place. I'm a bit of everything — a mutt, if you will. Growin up, my grandfather loved eating corned beef and cabbage. I remember when I was a kid, we would always eat that on St. Patrick's Day. My dad would make a big batch every year, and then my grandfather would come over and have dinner with us. With that said, I would do a version of corned beef and cabbage. The broth would be a rich beef consommé with lightly corned beef that was braised in that flavorful broth along with some stuffed cabbage and root vegetables. I did a version of this one year while I was working for Dainel Boulud in Las Vegas. It was a hit on St Patrick's Day! This challenge would be right up my alley.
Which member of your family would you most want to be judging your food?
I would love to have seen my mother or my father! They both love food and cooking, so flip a coin because it's a tough one to choose.
FTW…it's Antonia, and I am really SHOCKED. You? I really thought that, while it was close, Tiffany stuck the landing over everyone.
Wow, Antonia nailed it! Great job! She has been a solid competitor this season and she knows how to cook, that's for sure. Tiffany was determined not to go home this time. During my season, this is exactly when she went home. I was so happy to see her pull through again. The judges were right; it was a very tough decision. They all looked good. What a terrific episode this was!
I'm stunned that they changed the rules and let all five through. What do you think was going on here?
Again, with the answer above, all of the dishes were great. It must have been a long time at judges table. I am sure that someone was secretly pissed off that no one actually went home. I know I would only want four going to the finals, and not five. But, they all hit a home run with this challenge!
What lies ahead here in this final round? And, how would you feel about competing against Kevin one more time?
You really don't know what to expect in the finals at all. Anything goes! All I know is that I wasn't joking around and was on a mission to cook good food for the title of Top Chef. I would love to go up against Kevin again, anytime, anywhere. Kev's a great guy and his food is quality. I'm not afraid or scared to compete against anyone. It is just food!


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and *no* do *not* tell me it is "alpha beta blah blah whatever" because based on my observations in the past, I know *nothing* will change for the final release.
Obviously you did not pay attention to my comment and if it does change, good but I am not expecting it.
Some tips and hints to GNOME developers: (these are based on 2.x)
1. Did you know that when you "second" click on an icon, you should set the icon in "Edit" mode so that the user can rename the icon instead of doing nothing?
2. Did you know when you go to "File Properties" and when you are done with it, when you hit "Enter" box dialog box should actually close rather than doing nothing?
3. Did you know when you move icons on the panel, the space between each icon should be automatically assigned/set for the user and all of the icons to the right automatically should move to the left with equal spacing instead of doing nothing and making the user to move icon separately?
4. Dragging menu items from within the menu itself makes it a lot easier to re-arrange menu icons.
5. When you assign a text to an icon such as the desktop menu or a toolbar, the text's "assignment" should appear on the middle of the icon, *not* on the top? + both the size of the text and the size of the icon should be with acceptable sizes. Each icon should be equal in size and the spacing between should be equal.
These above are "some" of the common usability guide lines that would make using GNOME at least more user friendly.
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ISLAM IN EUROPE Insult: Fractured States? is a three-evening symposium on June 9, 10, and 11 that gathers prominent, cross-sector speakers from diverse disciplines and the Muslim diaspora to share country-specific perspectives on Muslim communities integration in European society.
In five events, ISLAM IN EUROPE sets the context for and explores multiple perspectives for viewing relations between European societies and their Muslim communities. Participants will examine how different European nations and the Muslim diasporas within their borders consider immediate local issues, as well as look at the development of a Europe-wide discourse. The program also offers opportunities to bring American voices into this dialogue and is aimed at identifying opportunities for cross-cultural understanding and cooperation.
Through scholarly debate, the related voices of participants of ISLAM IN EUROPE will articulate new perspectives offering insight into the ideas that shape policy and thought.
Part I, June 9, 7:00 pm
Opening Event: How Did We Get Here?
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Migration Policy, Response and Reaction: The Status Quo
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Media: A Catalyst For Change
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Conclusions: Where Do We Go From Here?
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Popular media images or negative stereotypes that insult or humiliate Muslim groups have been shown to be related to the polarization between Muslim and Western societies. As rapid technological advances expand media's capacity to shape our views of the world as well as each other, this panel seeks to investigate what role entertainment media (film, TV and new media) can play in improving cross-cultural understanding.
Shamil Idriss, Alliance of Civilizations Media Fund, moderator
Special guest panelists include Her Majesty Queen Noor (King Hussein Foundation), Benjamin Barber (author of Jihad vs. McWorld), Emanuele Castano (The New School for Social Research, Italy/US), Mohamed El-Fatatry (muxlim.com, Finland), Andrea ter Avest Dahm (dramatist, Netherlands).
About Andrea ter Avest Dahm
Andrea ter Avest Dahm was born and raised in Nigeria, has a master of arts in theatre studies from Amsterdam university, and studied as an actress at Drama Studio London. While in school learning Danish in Denmark, she met many international women with stories of being treated very differently by Danish society. In 2005 she met with over 100 women living in Denmark and developed the HIJAB MONOLOGUES at the Betty Nansen Theatre together with theatre dramarurg Mette Wolf Iversen.
About Benjamin Barber
Benjamin Barber, a political theorist, is a Distinguished Senior Fellow at Demos and President of CivWorld (at Demos). Formerly a Professor at Rutgers University and The University of Maryland, for five years he served as an informal consultant to President Bill Clinton. Barber's books include Strong Democracy, Jihad vs. McWorld; Consumed: How Markets Corrupt Children, Infantilize Adults, and Swallow Citizens Whole; and The Truth of Power: Intellectual Affairs in the Clinton White House. Barber is a regular commentator for National Public Radio's Marketplace and his blog can be found on The Huffington Post.
About Emanuele Castano
Emanuele Castano is a social and political psychologist and Associate Professor at the New School for Social Research. His areas of research include nationalism and international relations, intergroup conflict and reconciliation, and collective responsibility. He has authored papers in such publications as Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, European Review of Social Psychology, and European Journal of Social Psychology. He has also contributed to several edited books, among which the Handbook of Experimental Existential Psychology and Transnational Identities: Becoming European in the EU.
About Mohamed El-Fatatry
Mohamed El-Fatatry is the Founder & CEO of Muxlim, the world's leading Muslim lifestyle network focusing on a diverse range of content and services including fashion, music, entertainment, and sports among others. Muxlim.com offers social networking, video sharing, blogs, virtual gaming, audio sharing, file sharing, and partner content (editorial). The network currently reaches 20 million visitors per year, and more than 170,000 registered users from over 190 countries with an average age is 29. Muxlim has been selected as one of the world's most successful new businesses by US-based business technology journal Red Herring.
About Shamil Idriss
Shamil Idriss is Executive Director of the Alliance of Civilizations Media Fund, a consortium of media industry leaders and philanthropists dedicated to using mass media to improve cross-cultural understanding and respect. He also serves as Senior Advisor to the United Nations Alliance of Civilizations. Idriss was appointed Deputy Director of the Alliance by UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan in 2005 and has served as Senior Advisor to the World Economic Forum. From 2000-2004, he served as Chief Operating Officer of Search for Common Ground (SFCG). He was appointed in 2005 to the World Economic Forum's Young Global Leaders Forum and in 2007 to the WEF's Global Agenda Council on International Conflict Resolution and Negotiation.
About Her Majesty Queen Noor
Her Majesty Queen Noor chairs the Noor Hussein Foundation, as well as the King Hussein Foundation (KHF), founded in 1999 to build on King Hussein's humanitarian vision and legacy in Jordan and abroad. In 2007 the Foundation launched the Media and Humanity Program to support and expand access to film and media projects that highlight shared values, rights and aspirations across social, economic, political and cultural divides, with special emphasis on the Middle East and Muslim world. During the 2007 Cannes Film Festival, Her Majesty helped launch Cinéma Vérité, an international initiative to promote socially-conscious cinema. Her Majesty is also co-founder of The Alliance of Civilizations Media Fund, an initiative to promote media content that enhances mutual understanding and respect among societies and cultures.


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Ronald Reagan never forgot his roots and his birth town, Tampico, Illinois will never forget him.
"He was someone to be proud of," said longtime resident Amy McElhiney.
Tampico's identity and President Ronald Reagan are synonymous. The town of 600 boosts the apartment where Reagan was born, the Dutch Diner, the Ronald Reagan Park and the president's passing brings a stream of visitors to Tampico.
"We've visited many of the president's homes. But this one is right in Illinois, who grew up in our area. That makes it special," said Tampico visitor Verna Kintzel.
"It certainly has generated a lot of interest. We've had lots of people. I think everyone is curious about his life here," said McElhiney who gives tours at Reagan's birthplace.
Mr. Reagan and his family left Tampico decades ago, but he never forgot his humble beginnings, returning to Tampico during his first term as president and walking these streets most recently in 1992.
Reagan and his wife Nancy visited his boyhood church for a Mother's Day service ministered by Clarke Devore.
"It was quite an experience of course that few people have. I had a chance to talk with him personally," said Devore.
For residents of Tampico, President Reagan is a reminder that anything is possible. Despite a rough childhood, Ronald Reagan made his hometown proud; from Hollywood to Washington, all over the world.


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Game No. 23
Thursday, February 8, 2007 at 7:00 p.m.
UC Santa Barbara Gauchos at UC Irvine Anteaters
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UC Santa Barbara Gauchos at Long Beach State 49ers
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This Week
With its 2006-07 non-conference slate completed, UC Santa Barbara enters the Big West Conference stretch run with two games on the road this week. UCSB will play at UC Irvine Thursday, Feb. 8 with tip-off scheduled for 7:00 p.m and then head up the 405 for a showdown with defending co-champion Long Beach State Saturday evening at 5:00 p.m. The Gauchos defeated both squads earlier this season, posting an 11-point win over the 49ers before handing the Anteaters a 19-point loss two days later.
The Gaucho Record
The Gauchos enter Thursday's match-up with Irvine with an overall record of 12-10 after going 1-1 for the second consecutive week. UCSB battled No. 8 Stanford for much of the first half last Thursday, but a crushing 32-0 Cardinal run put the game away and the Gauchos ultimately fell 84-59. The team quickly put that performance behind them as the offense turned in a season-high in a convincing 90-64 win over future Big West member UC Davis Saturday. Currently third place in the Big West Conference standings at 5-2, UCSB has won eight of its last 10 games over the last five weeks. The Gauchos are 5-3 on the road this season.
UCSB on the Air & Web
This week's match-ups with the Anteaters and 49ers will be broadcast live on KIST 1340 AM in Santa Barbara. Steve Wendt is in his third year as the play-by-play voice of the Gauchos and will have the call alongside Yours Truly, who will attempt to handle the color commentary. Broadcasts begin 15 minutes prior to tip-off with the "Gaucho Pregame Show". Fans can also catch all games live via the internet by going to www.ucsbgauchos.com and purchasing the "UCSB All-Access Pass". With this option hoops fans can enjoy live audio and video from the comfort of their homes courtesy of CSTV.
Offense Out-Duels UC Davis In 90-64 Win
After last Thursday's loss to eighth-ranked Stanford featured a span of 9:40 in which the Gauchos did not score a point, the UCSB offense turned it around in a 90-64 win over UC Davis on Saturday. The Gauchos finished 29-of-59 from the field, 49.2% and shot 47.4% (9-19) from beyond the three-point arc. Santa Barbara's most impressive statistic however, came at the free-throw line, where the team finished a perfect 23-of-23. A week after setting two school records for three-point shooting in the Jan. 27 win over Pacific, UCSB eclipsed the all-time mark for single game free-throw percentage of 95.2% with its performance on Saturday. The previous record was set when the Gauchos made 20-of-21 tries at the charity stripe in a game against UC Irvine January 30, 1999. Santa Barbara's total of 90 points was also a season-high, erasing the 89 points the team put up against UOP. Chisa Ononiwu led all scorers with 20 points and hauled in a career-high nine rebounds to lead five Gauchos in double-figures. Jenna Green, who struggled in her previous two outings against Davis, got going early and made 6-of-10 shots for 17 points to go with five rebounds. Jordan Franey bounced back from an 0-for-8 performance in the loss to the Cardinal with 14 points on 4-for-6 shooting coming off the bench, while LaShay Fears scored 12 and tied a career mark with seven assists, and Jessica Wilson finished with 11 points after missing Thursday's game with a concussion.
Gauchos, Aggies Set New Division I Record...Sort Of
While the Gauchos set a new school record at the free-throw line converting all 23 attempts on Saturday, they weren't the only ones shooting the ball well at the charity stripe. UC Davis finished 17-of-19 from the foul line and, combinined with UCSB, the two teams made 40-of-42 free-throws, 95.2%. That is the best combined percentage in a single game on record at the Division I, II, or III level. If it were not for the fact that UC Davis is in transition from Division II to Division I, the feat would go down as a new Division I record, eclipsing the previous mark set when North Carolina State and Georgia Tech made a combined 35-of-37 (94.6%) on Jan. 3 1985. With Santa Barbara shooting just 67.3% at the line entering Saturday's contest and Davis just a shade better at 70.3%, it was definitely impressive to see a game where the first miss at the foul line didn't come until the 6:44 mark of the second half.
Mr. 500
Mark French returned to his alma mater at the start of the 1987-88 season and women's basketball at UC Santa Barbara has never been the same. Now in his 20th season as head coach of the Gauchos, French has had an immensely successful career, posting a record of 408-188 (.685) while at UCSB and an overall mark of 506-302 (.626). Since the 1991-92 campaign, a period spanning 15 years, French's Gauchos have won 12 Big West Conference titles and advanced to 11 NCAA Tournaments, including five second rounds and a Sweet 16 appearance, as well as two WNITs. Individually, French has earned an unprecedented seven Big West Coach of the Year honors, while in 2002-03 he was named WBCA District 8 Coach of the Year and a finalist for the Naismith National Coach of the Year award. He is the dean of Big West coaches, with nine more years of experience in the league than any of his current counterparts. 2006-07 has been a year of milestones thus far, as French collected his 400th win at UCSB when the Gauchos defeated Pepperdine 78-67 Dec. 18. Less than three weeks later, he added another notch on his belt, winnnig his 500th career game as a head coach with UCSB's victory over Long Beach State Jan. 4.
Probable Starters - Notes
G - LaShay Fears - Tied a career-high with seven assists in the win over UC Davis.
G - Jessica Wilson - Finished 3-of-5 for 11 points against Aggies after missing Stanford game.
G - Chisa Ononiwu - Led Gauchos in scoring in two of the last three games.
F - Whitney Warren - Recorded a career-best four steals against the Cardinal.
C - Jenna Green - Scored 17 points vs. Davis Saturday after averaging 6.7 in previous three meetings.
Probable Reserves - Notes
F - Jordan Franey - Was 4-of-6, including 2-for-3 from distance for 14 points in win over Aggies.
G - Meagan Williams - Shot 50% (5-of-10) in two games last week.
G/F - Ariana Gnekow - Earned third-career start against Davis, first since Dec. 9 vs. LMU.
C - Jessica Goble - Played a career-high nine minutes in the loss to Stanford.
F - Ashley Hall - Grabbed two rebounds in two minutes Saturday.
Injury Report - Notes
G - Sha'Rae Gibbons - Out indefinitely with right knee injury.
Attacking On All Fronts
With the UCSB offense really clicking over the past month, it is no surprise that the team has found a collective balance in terms of scoring in 2006-07. Six different Gauchos have led the squad in scoring this season, a very impressive stat considering the Santa Barbara coaching staff has had an active roster of 10 players or less in virtually every contest. Jenna Green has shouldered most of the load, leading the way 12 times, Jessica Wilson has done so four times, Chisa Ononiwu has had top billing on three occasions, and LaShay Fears, Whitney Warren, and Jordan Franey have all been the squad's top scorer once this year. While there is no question that Green, Wilson, and Ononiwu do most of the scoring, any one of the "Big Three" is capable of carrying the team offensively on any given night. A member of that trio has lead the way in each of the last seven contests, but not once in consecutive games during that span.
Ball Control
Another area the Gauchos have improved recently is the turnover department. While UCSB is averaging over 18 turnovers per game this season, they are third in the Big West Conference with a 0.95 turnover margin. Santa Barbara has given the ball away an average of under 17 times per contest over the last four -- including 14 against UC Davis Saturday which was one of the team's season low -- and has had fewer turnovers than their opponent in five of the last seven. UCSB has gone 5-2 over that span and, oddly enough, the Gauchos have a better record this season when they have more turnovers than their opponent. Santa Barbara is just 4-7 when winning the turnover battle and 7-2 when the opponent has fewer turnovers. Go figure!
A Strong Finish?
With seven regular season games remaining on the schedule and all of them in conference play, the Gauchos need to finish strong heading into the Big West Tournament. In 2005-06, UCSB went 4-3 in their final seven but won four of its final five. Two years ago Santa Barbara streaked to the finish line, winning its final eight regual season contests before going on to win a ninth consecutive Big West Tourney title.
Scouting the Anteaters
Santa Barbara resumes Big West play at UC Irvine Thursday night in the 47th meeting between the two schools. UCSB holds a 44-22 advantage over UCI all-time after soundly defeating the Anteaters Jan. 6 in the Thunderdome. Jessica Wilson had a brilliant all-around game, finishing with 15 points and a career-high 12 assists to lead five players in double figures as the Gauchos posted an 86-67 victory. UCSB shot 54.4% from the floor in the win, the team's second-highest percentage of the year.
UCI enters Thursday's match-up with a 6-17 overall record and 3-6 mark in conference play following an 80-63 loss at Cal State Northridge Saturday. The Anteaters have not played at home since Jan. 13 and have lost four of their last five. As a team, UCI averages 63.7 points per game, while its opponents put up 70.7 per contest. The Anteaters have been out-rebounded by the opposition by a 43.3 to 35.8 margin and shoot 36.6% from the field to their opposition's mark of 44.8%. Senior guard Angie Ned leads three players who average double figures at 14.3 points per game with forwards Stephanie Duda and Kelly Cochran and not far behind at 12.8 and 12.4, respectively. Duda is also the Big West's leading rebounder at 11.1 per game this season and shoots a team-high 44.3% from the floor.
Green Machine
Junior center Jenna Green leads UCSB averaging 15.5 points and 7.2 rebounds and has recorded a team-high 35 blocked shots in 2006-07. The San Jose, Calif. native also leads the squad shooting 52% from the floor and has scored in double-figures in all but two games this season. As far as Big West statistics go, Green ranks second in the conference in field goal percentage and blocks, third in scoring, and seventh in rebounding. The Gauchos' team captain had a pair of solid efforts last week in the loss to No. 8 Stanford and the convincing win over UC Davis. Green finished an impressive 7-of-11 from the floor for a team-high 14 points against taller Cardinal defenders to go with four rebounds and two blocks. In Saturday's contest, the Aggies could hold her down no longer, as the center tallied 17 points on 6-of-10 shooting after UC Davis limited her to just eight points Jan. 13 at their place. Green scored a total of just 12 points in two games against the Aggies in 2005-06. She also hauled in five boards, dished out two assists, blocked two shots, and recorded a steal in the win. Green has shot 54% over the last seven contests.
(J) Rock Star
Jessica Wilson has certainly been a player to watch this season and she has been exceptional the last few weeks. After missing last Thursday's loss to Stanford with a concussion, Wilson returned to the lineup against UC Davis two days later. The Sacramento, Calif. native made 3-of-5 shots and finished with 11 points in 27 minutes off the bench. Wilson also pulled down five rebounds -- four offensive -- dished out two assists, and recorded three steals. The Big West Conference's assist leader at 4.30 per night, Wilson has greatly improved her game in that department this season. After leading the team in assists in 2005-06 averaging 2.56 per contest, the junior has nearly doubled her average this season. She is third on the team in scoring at 13.3 ppg and second in rebounding averaging 5.8 per game. Wilson leads the squad averaging just under two steals per contest. The guard ranks 12th in the BWC in scoring and rebounding and second in steals.
And Now You Know
Before transfer Chisa Ononiwu was eligible to play this season, very few people were aware just how good she would be. Ononiwu has painted a pretty clear picture since that time. She led the team in scoring with 20 points against UC Davis a week after establinging a new career mark with 29 in the win over Pacific. Ononiwu, who also grabbed a career-high nine rebounds against the Aggies, has led the Gauchos in shots taken in each of the last three games. She has scored in double figures in nine straight and 11 of 13 overall since becoming eligible Dec. 18. The Houston, Tex. native is second on the team averaging 13.7 points and fourth hauling in 4.9 rebounds per night. More impressive is the fact that Ononiwu leads UCSB in three-point shooting at 48.1% (20-46). The Gauchos have proven to be a much better team with No. 3 in the lineup this season, posting a 9-4 record in Ononiwu's 13 games compared to a mark of just 3-6 without her.
Like A Veteran
Freshman Forward Jordan Franey has started 17 games this season and is averaging 9.5 points and 4.0 rebounds in 26.2 minutes per game. The San Diego native has proven to be one of the conference's top three-point shooters, ranking fifth with 35 triples in 2006-07. The San Diego native has scored in double figures a total of 12 times this year, including five of the last seven and bounced back from a rough outing against Stanford with a excellent shooting performance against UC Davis. Franey made 4-of-6 shots overall and knocked down 2-of-3 attempts from three-point territory for 14 points in 22 minutes off the bench. She also secured three rebounds, two assists, and a steal. Franey is fourth on the team in scoring this season and leads the UCSB freshman in a number of statistical categories, including points, free-throw percentage, assists, and minutes per game.
The Warren Court
Whitney Warren has been one of the Gauchos' more reliable defenders in 2005-06 and has continued to develop on the offense end as the season has progressed. Warren had a great game against high-powered and eighth-ranked Stanford last Thursday, making 6-of-11 shots from the floor for 13 points. In fact, at one point during an 8-0 Gaucho run late in the first half, the native of Lawndale, Calif. scored seven of the eight points to pull UCSB within three at 30-27. Warren also tallied four rebounds and a career-high four steals in 28 minutes. After starting just five games as a freshman a year ago, Warren has played in 21 games this season and has started 20 of those. She has scored in double figures on six occasions, including two of the last three games. Warren is fifth on the team averaging eight points, third averaging 5.1 rebounds, and her season shooting percentage of 45.4% also ranks third.
UCSB Lands Three Prized Recruits
On Wednesday, November 8, UCSB announced the signing of three high school seniors to National Letters of Intent during this year's early signing period. Ashlee Brown, a 6'0" forward from Good Year, Ariz., a 5'11" guard Courtney Collishaw of Visalia, Calif., and Margaret Johnson, a 5'11" forward from Lake Oswego, Ore. will join the Gauchos next season as true freshmen. Brown was named to the 2005-06 Arizona Tribune First Team and garnered First Team All-Fiesta Region accolades after averaging 21 points, 16 rebounds, five steals, four assists, and three blocked shots per game as a junior at Chandler High School. Collishaw signs with UCSB after earning Cal-Hi Sports All-State Junior Second Team honors at Redwood High School. She was named to the CIF Central Section First Team after scoring 22.6 points per game a year ago. Johnson enters her final season at Lake Oswego High School having guided the team to a second place league finish in 2006 at 10-4 and an 18-8 overall record. In 2007-08 Santa Barbara will also gain the services of 5'10" guard Lauren Pedersen, a junior transfer from UCLA. A native of Brea, Calif., she played two seasons with the Bruins, averaging 2.5 points and 1.6 rebounds in 54 career games while making 11 starts during that span. Pedersen will have two years of eligibility at UCSB starting next season.
Gauchos Look To Start Streaking
2005-06 was a very disappointing year by UCSB standards. Finishing just 16-14 last season and losing in the WNIT First Round, Coach French and the Gauchos had a number of streaks broken that they will be looking to reestablish this year. UCSB saw its streak of nine consecutive Big West Tournament titles come to a crashing halt after a narrow loss to UC Riverside in the title game. That being said, Santa Barbara did not receive the automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament and its string of nine-straight trips to the Big Dance was also severed. With a total of 16 victories, UCSB saw its span of 10 seasons with at least 20 wins broken, as well. Finally, although the Gauchos did win the Big West regular season title, they shared the honor with Long Beach State, which snapped their streak of 10-straight outright conference championships--a run that was the longest in the nation. Needless to say, UCSB will aim to start a new set of streaks in 2006-07.
O'Bryan, Thomas Leave UCSB
On October 17, head coach Mark French announced that two key players would not be with the Gauchos in 2006-07. Guard Erin O'Bryan and forward Shantel Thomas both left the program citing personal reasons. O'Bryan, who appeared in 27 games for UCSB last season, averaging 6.9 points, 2.2 rebounds, and 1.5 assists, will not be back for her senior season. Thomas, on the other hand, is expected to return at some point, provided she maintains her eligibility. The Sacramento, Calif. native appeared in 25 games as a true freshman in 2005-06, averaging 2.5 ppg and 2.6 rpg in 11.2 minutes per contest.
Another Blow...
Less than a month later, the coaching staff was dealt more bad news when the decision was made that Kat Suderman will redshirt in 2006-07. The San Luis Obispo, Calif. native will be inactive this season as she rehabilitates from a knee surgery she had last spring. Suderman was one of only two players to appear in all 30 games last season, starting eight games for UCSB. She posted career-highs averaging 6.2 points and 6.1 rebounds in 21.2 minutes per game. Over the past two seasons, Suderman has appeared in a combined 56 games, more than any other Gaucho over that span.
Looking Ahead
After this week's contests at UC Irvine and Long Beach State, UCSB returns home to the Thunderdome to take on Cal Poly Saturday, February 17 in its only game of the week. As usual, tip-off is scheduled for 2:00 p.m.


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Blue Skies & Sunsets
Learning Goals
- Scattering of light in the atmosphere
- The visible spectrum
- Why sunsets are red and the sky is blue.
Context for Use
Teaching Materials
- Figure for blue sky and red sunset geometrical orientation. (click to enlarge)
The figure on the left shows that the perceived color of light reaching your eyes when in this position relative to the sun's rays is blue. The reason for this is that the atmospheric scattering of blue light away from the forward direction is much stronger than for red light. The figure on the right shows that the perceived color of light reaching your eyes when looking at the sun near sunset is red for essentially the same reason; much less of the red light is scattered out of the direct beam compared to the larger scattering for blue. The sunlight has the deepest color of red right at sunset when the rays travel through the greatest amount of air before reaching your eyes. Red sunsets are also enhanced by particulate matter in the atmosphere.
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Marco Morana serves the OWASP organization as project lead and member OWASP London chapter. In his current professional role, Marco is SVP at large Financial Institution in London, U.K. where he is responsible of managing information security governance, risk and compliance of architectural significant programs globally. Marco contributions to OWASP include the application threat modeling methodology of the OWASP secure coding guide the introduction to the security testing methodology and the OWASP security testing guide. As project reviewer, Marco contributed to review the OWASP Source Code Review Project and OWASP Security Analysis of Core J2EE Design Patterns Project. Marco has presented on the topic of software and application security at several local chapter meetings and OWASP organized conferences in USA and Italy as well as at CSI and Blackhat security conferences. Marco's work on application and software security has been published on In-secure magazine,Secure Enterprise, ISSA Journal and the C/C++ Users journal as well as DHS Software Security Assurance and is currently co-authoring a book on Application Threat Modeling. Marco is also mentor for security start ups hosted at the level 39 incubator in London and is member of the technical board of advisers of the security start up company Nok Nok Labs Inc


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The San Antonio Silver Stars signed forward Sophia Young to a multi-year contract extension on Monday.
Young averaged 16.3 points, 7.2 rebounds, 2.2 steals and 2.1 assists in 33 games this season.
"We are so pleased to announce that Sophia Young will continue to bring her outstanding play to the Silver Stars into the future," said San Antonio head coach and general manager Dan Hughes. "Her play and leadership this year has been an example of what Sophia has brought us game in and game out for the past seven years and we are so glad to go into the future with Sophia in the Silver & Black."
Selected fourth overall by the Silver Stars in the 2006 draft, Young is the franchise leader in games played (255), steals (428), total rebounds (1,626) and points (3,630).
San Antonio will face the Sparks in the Western Conference semifinals. The best-of-three series begins Thursday in Los Angeles.


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60 Minutes video: Robots, not human workers, are in demand
Monday, January 14th, 2013
Watch this CBS-TV 60 Minutes segment on the booming market for robotic workers that replace humans. It's not sci-fi. MIT researchers are clear that even if manufacturing returns to the U.S., humans will not be involved. Robots will produce the products. This video is a celebration of technology's limitless future and ability to build wealth for some few entrepreneurs and investors.
Remaining unexplored is the impact on a nation's human population that is denied gainful employment and all that that provides. Why is the toll on humans not part of the "inevitable" rise of technology? Perhaps we should slow down and ponder consequences of each new "advance."
What machines, gizmos, technologies (hardware or software) have actually improved economic and living conditions for humans and not businesses?
Tags: manufacturing, robots, technology, worker replacements, workers
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Hello, my name is Dennis Holmberg with Electronic Displays Inc. in Addison, Illinois. We manufacture and distribute digital signage for the industrial market. Products such as process timers, counters and production scoreboards.
We are looking for help to enhance our products. Specifically, communication from our signs back to a web browser. We want to display data for the user to gather and evaluate easily. OEE values, efficiency, targets, actual numbers, etc. We promote lean manufacturing in the factory.
It's a little hard to describe it all here, but please contact me if you are interested. This would be a contract job for now with other projects being discussed.
Thank you.
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Keith Goodwin's seven-year run as Cisco's global channel chief will be remembered for Cisco's transition from a partner-friendly vendor with solid programs to a channel powerhouse that now has solution-provider partnering engrained in its overall go-to-market approach.
That was the consensus among a range of Cisco solution providers interviewed by CRN Monday following confirmation by Cisco that Goodwin, Cisco's senior vice president, worldwide partner organization (WWPO), will be retiring at the end of Cisco's fiscal year.
"Channel is embedded in who they are now," said Mike Greaney, vice president of sales for Force 3, a Crofton, Md.-based solution provider. "The Cisco world, the Cisco supply chain and all of their go-to-market strategies now include the channel. He deserves a lot of that credit, and I think his legacy will be that he put channel on the map for Cisco from a mindshare standpoint."
[Related: Cisco Channel Boss Goodwin To Retire, Replacement Is Named]
Cisco on Monday confirmed that Goodwin will step down at the end of July, capping off seven years as Cisco's global channel chief, 13 years at Cisco, and 38 years in IT. Moving into the top WWPO role as Goodwin's replacement will be Bruce Klein, currently Cisco's senior vice president, U.S. public sector.
Goodwin presided over the Cisco channel during big transitions in both Cisco as a corporate entity and in the industry as a whole, including the widening customer embrace of cloud, mobility and video solutions. Though the WWPO has had its share of stumbles, partners were unanimous in describing Goodwin as having done a lot to turn Cisco into the channel-savvy organization it is now.
"I'm a little shocked and a little disappointed, because he has been the cornerstone for who Cisco is when it comes to the importance of the channel," said Waheed Choudhry, president and COO at Nexus Integration Services, a Valencia, Calif.-based solution provider. "He's been a tremendous partner to the community, and he drove a lot of the value of certifications and the rigor Cisco puts partners through to make sure delivery of a Cisco solution, end-to-end, is good for the customer."
"I'm shocked that he's retiring," said Jay Kirby, vice president, network sales at Lumenate, a Dallas-based solution provider. "I thought he was really getting comfortable in the role, and I was very confident that he was focused on driving value to the partner community."
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Opera in 3 acts
Libretto by Jonas Mackonis
Conductor Robertas Šervenikas
Director Eligijus Domarkas
Set Designer Henrikas Ciparis
Costume Designer Janina Malinauskaite
Chorus Master Česlovas Radžiūnas
Premiere at LNOBT: 5 May 1986
Premiere at Trakai Castle: 7 July 2001
"Pilėnai" is Vytautas Klova's first and most popular opera. Ever since its premiere in 1956, it has enjoyed unrivalled success with the public and received a number of renewed productions in 1978, 1986, and 1994. A token of Lithuanian historical epic, Pilenai is one of the mainstays of the Lithuanian National Opera and Ballet Theatre's repertoire. The opera was put on at various open-air events throughout Lithuania as well as repeatedly brought on tour. In 1994, it was revived as a joint production between the LNOBT and the Lithuanian Opera Company of Chicago. The song of Udrys and the Welcoming Chorus became the most popular excerpts from Lithuanian operas, sung as popular folk songs by many Lithuanians. "It's better to die free than to survive in slavery", sing the last defenders of Pilenai who came to symbolise Lithuania's freedom.
Each LNOBT Summer Season ever since the event was launched in the courtyard of Trakai Castle in 2000 has featured Pilenai to enormous audience success. Performed in a natural setting of the medieval castle, this well-familiar historic drama has acquired a fresh sound and look.
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Xbox 360 » Action » Shooter » Shoot-'Em-Up » Top-Down
Radial Gun
RADIAL GUN is an experimental game where you must kill the eye to advance to the next level. To kill the eye destroy all blocks on screen. Blocks are either red, green or blue. Destroying a block that is the same color as the eye launches a seeking projectile towards you, so be careful!
Release Date: June 5, 2009