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Using solar to heat my pool (9 Posts)
rt August 23, 2012 @ 7:29 PM
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Using solar to heat my poolHi guys,
I've got a 21' above ground pool and I'm thinking of trying to heat the water to lengthen the swimming season by using the sun. The hoses going to and from my pool are 1 1/2" dia. I'm thinking using 4 lengths of used hot water baseboard. The reason I'm going with 4 is that the area of four 3/4" baseboard pipes is the same as the area of my pump hoses. This way it shouldn't put any strain on my pump. I would build a manifold with a 1 1/2' inlet and reduced down to four 3/4" outlets and then feeding all four baseboards at the same time with another manifold at the other end of the heaters to go to the pool . Has anyone ever tried this. Should I paint all the fins a flat black? What else could I do to make it more efficient. Thanks ahead of time.
SWEI August 23, 2012 @ 10:53 PM
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oh, where to start?Forget about the baseboard - it's designed to couple 180F water to air and will be next to useless as a solar collector. You need square feet -- unglazed pool collectors are cheap and efficient.
rt August 24, 2012 @ 4:25 AM
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Really? You just bursted my bubble!!!!!I was just thinking that the fins would act as a heat sink and heat up then transfer the heat to the pipes and ultimately to the water. There's allot of square feet if you add up all square inches of all the fins.
SWEI August 24, 2012 @ 11:20 AM
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square feetMaximum absorption happens when sunlight is perpendicular to the collector surface. The more square feet of sunlight you intercept, the more heat you collect. Besides being vertical and far too close together (how much sunlight actually falls on them?) those fins are optimized for heating air and will actually lose heat rather effectively. Six feet of baseboard with six inch wide fins has 3 square feet of collector area. Compare with ~32 square feet for a 4x8 flat plate. The energy of sunlight is measured in Watts per square meter.
Mark Eatherton August 24, 2012 @ 11:59 AM
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Rule of thumb..These are some older rules, so bear that in mind.
If the collector is a glazed collector, you will need roughly half the exposed surface area of the pool in the way of solar collectors to extend the season by one month on either end.
If unglazed, match the surface area of the exposed pool for the same effect.
Unglazed collectors, as made by FAFCO, are relatively inexpensive, but if you're dead set on doing it yourself (DIY), then possibly consider doing a parallel configuration of PVC pipes, painted black, with an 1-1/2" header on one side, and 1" rungs, over to another 1-1/2" header. As SWEI pointed out, you need as much absorptive area as possible, preferably at a right angle to the incomings suns rays, hopefully within 15 degrees of dead South.
The other "issue" you will have to address is how you control flow through the array. Normally done using a simple controller and a 3 way diverting valve, otherwise, if you go with a fixed bypass valve arrangement, you will lose at night what you gained during the day, and during the day, your pool might get so hot that it is un-useable at night. Neither of which are good scenarios.
Have you considered a pool cover? A clear bubble cover can reduce the energy consumption by 50%, and can also give you a passive solar collector on top of your pool surface.
I have seen people place coils of black PE tubing and use that as their collector. I have a friend who wants to hook up a bunch of green garden hoses in parallel, because he is familiar with how hot the water gets setting in a hose sitting in the sun... pressure drop be damned ;-)
Don't forget to incorporate WInterization provisions into your design, or it may be trash next Spring.
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rt September 8, 2012 @ 8:08 PM
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Wheeeew!!!!!!Thanks guys for your help. That's why I called on the experts. You guys saved me a few bucks. I think I'll buy one already made. Has anyone out there tried the one's made by Game Model 4513? What they are is 66 feet of plastic pipe mounted on a dome and then encased in a clear plastic cover.It measures 33" X 33" and it's about 20" high. I have a 21 foot above ground pool and I'm wondering if one would heat my pool up here in New Hampshire. Thanks ahead of time.
hot rod September 9, 2012 @ 1:03 PM
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the ambient air temperaturehas a lot to do with the performance of an unglazed collector. When the ambient is the same or close to the pool temperature they are very efficient 90% perhaps.
This graph shows the comparison between 3 common collectors, notice across the bottom line the efficiency of the collectors as temperature drops 10, 20 and 30 degrees below ambient. So consider typical ambient to pool temperature in those months you are looking to extend.
Unglazed collectors are great in warm climates like Florida and So Cal, maybe not so good in your climate? Consider shopping for some used glazed flat plate collectors if you want to extend the season in cooler outdoor temperatures.
This link leads to a tech journal that explains how to use the graph to compare collectors, with data from the SRCC website on collectors.
Jack September 18, 2012 @ 10:43 AM
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Mark's suggestionOf a well fit pool cover is critical. As the NH nights cool you could loose all and more you may have gained with your solar system.
rt September 23, 2012 @ 7:16 PM
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You said pool cover and I'm thinking you meant to say solar blanket. Is that right?


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A group of vividly colored butterflies smothers the heads of turtles as they try and drink their tears.
This event occurs because the orange Julia butterflies and yellow Sulphur butterflies require the nutritional benefits of salt. Photographer Jeff Cremer captured this sight in the Peruvian Amazon rainforest.
"We're used to one or two butterflies on a turtle but these ones – about 15 of them – seem to be absolutely smothered in butterflies." Jeff Cremer, 35, travel photographer from Pueblo, Colorado.
Turtle eyes are the only salt source in forest
Much like humans a turtle's sweat is replete with sodium, and some animals in the rainforest have to drink their tears as they are nowhere near a principal salt source like an ocean.
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Since the 9th meeting of the Conference of the Contracting Parties (COP9, 2005: Resolution IX.10), the Ramsar Secretariat has carried out a consultative process regarding the options to facilitate the work of the Secretariat and raise the visibility of the Convention, the results of which were presented to COP10.
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Christianity, voodoo mix on Haiti's Day of Dead
Haitians shake hands with a man representing Baron Lakwa, the voodoo god of death, while they celebrate the Day of the Dead on November 1, 2013, at a cemetery in Port-au-Prince.
"It's a tradition: on the Day of the Dead, after church, I come to greet Baron," said Fabienne, a 28-year-old participant in the festivities, which combine elements of Christianity and voodoo practices.
In the center of the downtown cemetery, where a large black cross had been installed to represent "Baron Samedi," the spirit of death, Haitians presented their various needs and requests.
"Baron, you must give me a business and a visa," Fabienne said, undeterred by the noise and bustle of the crowd of worshippers.
"I come, overloaded with my problems," one man chanted. Another complained of not having a house, while a woman prayed for the sick she left at home.
"I want to honor and pay my respects to the dead. It's a part of our culture," said another follower, Guerlens, 28, as he leaned against a tomb.
Those who practice voodoo, which arrived on the island in the 16th and 17th centuries via African slaves, seek to engage with supernatural spirits who protect followers and bring them into contact with an invisible world.
Day of the Dead coincides with All Souls' Day, an occasion to remember the deceased and pray for the souls of those in purgatory, according to Catholic tradition. It follows on the heels of All Saints' Day, the day before.
Some people danced, some fell into trance-like states, still others brought floral offerings in memory of a deceased family member.
Plates of food were left out for beggars who also came to the cemetery, which nearly four years ago was struck by the January 2010 earthquake that killed some 200,000 Haitians.
Amid chants and incantations, the voodoo followers shared meals prepared for the day's celebrations. Before passing around the food, the plates were placed before the cross, so as to serve the dead first.
"We are all here to ask the dead to change our life," said Maradona Thomas, 26, a young dancer preparing to head into the streets to celebrate to the sound of traditional music.
"Since I was 16 I've practiced voodoo. It's a tradition in my family. My father was a voodoo preacher," he said.
At the University of Haiti's school of ethnology in Port-au-Prince, hundreds follow the voodoo tradition.
"Catholic or Protestant, we are all voodooists. The other religions were imported by colonization. What connects all Haitians is voodoo, our identity, our common culture," said Valerie, a student.
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On Saturday I blogged on Followers in Need : The Children in Need Twitter Scam
Around that time questions were being asked of another similar Twitter Account: @FollowMeRecord
Like @FollowersInNeed they were pledging a 50p donation to Children in Need for every follower. Their Bio stated that this was with the help from their sponsors all over Yorkshire. No more detail was given and the web link was to the official BBC Children in Need website.
However, unlike @FollowersInNeed they responded to questioning by creating a blog with a post explaining the background and how the money was being raised. Apparently "@FollowMeRecord was set up initially by three work colleagues sat at the pub trying to brainstorm ideas on how to raise money for the charity Children in Need. Robert Whitmarsh, Harry Gill and Sarah Kutchins".
Robert, Harry and Sarah canvassed several local businesses and individuals asking each what the maximum they would be willing to donate. Totting up the totals they had a "Potential" £7300. In their blog they point out that a few people had asked, "Why not just donate the £7300 and be done with it?" Harry explained this as follows: "If you were doing a sponsored silence, say £1 an hour, you would go to individuals asking what they would be willing to sponsor you for and on having completed the task go and collect the funds. The same concept applies here". Harry does, however, admit that the error on their part was not mentioning that they had a target cap to reach of just under 15,000 (£7300) followers and therefore implying that there were unlimited funds available was a "big mistake" and he holds his hands up for it.
Harry says that originally their list of sponsors were listed on the background image of their Twitter page but they were asked to remove/alter it by one of the donors, and ever since the Pudsey Bear image has been there. This seemed a little odd - why would they take all donors down as a result of a request by one and why would a donor wish to be removed in any event. However, as a result of the questioning on Twitter they put up a refreshed list of their sponsors on their Twitter background page (I assume minus the donor who originally wished to be removed).
The donors are listed as: J & J Decorating Services, Eden Developments Ltd, Premah Plumbing & Tiling, MPM Plumber Merchants, Lecafeshop.co.uk, Northgate Hire Ltd, Fast Response Plumbing, Blue Moon Trading Co, Electrotown.co.uk, Morycon Grocers, Talstine Caterers and Barrocloughs Waste Management.
It was all starting to look a lot different from @FollowersInNeed. There was a list of donors and a cap on the total donation that would be made by them. It looked like a legitimate account. Although as Harry acknowledged "it was a good idea but maybe lacking execution".
@DaveGorman (like me) thought they were legitimate.
However, people were still questioning @FollowMeRecord and it was beginning to get to them. Their last tweet said "Honestly had enough from some of you guys. I'll tweet again Fri @ 10pm then update u guys and close this account. find some1 else 2 'bother'". I thought this a pity and wondered if they had simply suffered unduly as a result of the backlash following on from the scam by @FolllowersInNeed.
4 hours following 10pm on Friday and @FollowMeRecord still has not updated us. Followers stand at 8,865 so that is £4,432.50 going to Children in Need from their donors. Or is it? @CelebFakeOuts reveled in a TwitLonger that:-
"Those of you who have been following for a while will know that on Monday i tackled @FollowMeRecord on a few issues i wasn't happy with, to which i received a mixed response. In one of my tweets i mentioned @LeCafeShop as being one of their supposed sponsors. The lovely Patrick who owns the company contacted me to ask if there was a problem. We spoke in private and it became clear his company name was being used as a sponsor without his agreement or knowledge. I contacted #childreninneed on Tuesday morning who confirmed that this account was already under investigation so we have left it until today to ask @FollowMeRecord why they have done this. They are getting lots of #FollowFridays now by genuine people who don't know they have lied about at least one their sponsors. If you believe this is wrong, please help us and #childreninneed by retweeting. Thank you so much, C"
Patrick of @LeCafeShop has also tweeted about the situation.
Perhaps Harry from @FollowMeRecord will update his blog or comment on this blog as to what the position is with regard to their sponsors and in particular Lecafeshop.co.uk.
I also picked up tonight that a scam account @03457332233 (which is the Children In Need telephone number) had been tweeting that they would donate 5p per follower to Children in Need and would make that in effect 50p per follower if a certain tweet was re-tweeted 100 times.
Pressure from @ACloakedFigure resulted in the scammer abandoning the account and (as @JackofKent did with @FollowersInNeed) @ACloakedFigure snapped the account up to prevent it being used for further scamming. It, like @FollowersInNeed, now points to the official BBC Children in Need website.
These scammers detract from the genuine accounts and actual fundraising efforts. Even @ChildrenInNeed is an unofficial Twitter account which has existed since 2008 although it has not tweeted this year. However, at least they make it clear that they are an unofficial site and do not appear to have attempted a scam of any kind. The official Children In Need site is @pudseybear. Perhaps best to just follow that one and simply ignore the rest. You can donate at www.bbc.co.uk/pudsey
£18,098,199 had been raised as at 2am on Saturday morning.
UPDATE - 20 November 2010 - 23:30
It is now more than 24 hours after the 10pm deadline by which @FollowMeRecord set themselves to update us and there has not been as much as a tweet from them.
At 10.20pm last night @Cap_Howdy tweeted "Well it's 20 past 10 so where's the update? We want to know how we all did".
At 1.12pm this afternoon @aljharrison tweeted "Looking forward to an update. I think you owe #cin £4269 or even the full £7300 you mentioned?"
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Great detective work Brian. My instinct tells me it's a fake account. The supposed LeCafe sponsorship just simply does not make any sense, plus LeCafe remains on the background of the account despite their desire not to be affiliated with the account. It seems to me that there may be some sort of indirect passing off issues because of that, potential defamation and even fraud. The last tweet on the account as of 15 November 2010 is "Honestly had enough from some of you guys. I'll tweet again Fri @ 10pm then update u guys and close this account. find some1 else 2 'bother'", which smacks of a pre-pubescent 15 year old male.The hope, however, remains that the account is genuine and we'll see an update tweet saying that the 4k has been so donated. One final thought - why would people create such accounts if they were indeed scammers? Followers on Twitter obviously have a value - there are companies that will give you 10,000 followers for several hundred pounds sterling. The value mainly emanates from the ability to advertise a product or service to a larger following. So what is this account advertising? At the moment, the URL link remains the Children in Need page on the BBC website. BUT that can change within seconds, as could the account name as could the background. So there is, therefore, also value in selling that following onto another company.WardblawG's own tips on setting up similar account in the future: 1. Given that you cannot change your username on Twitter DO NOT name it something generic like "FollowMeRecord" - include the name of the cause;2. Show your genuine sponsors on your background;3. Provide a standalone blog or something similar explaining in more detail your proposition so you don't get hundreds of tweeps flaming you;4. After you've donated the money, update your followers and prove that you've donated it.Best wishes,Gavin Wardhttp://wardblawg.com
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Thanks Gavin.24 hours have now elapsed with no comment from @FollowMeRecord despite the fact that they had promised an update at 10pm last night - so looking highly likely that they are not genuine.Good sensible advice as to how charity accounts should be managed. The absence of these factors will simply call into question whether an account is genuine.I await Harry's next tweet, blog or comment with interest.RegardsBrian
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Get your little engine driver going full steam ahead to tidy away his books with this sturdy MDF sling bookcase. It is designed to be age appropriate and encourage a child's independence in their own room. The book slings have been designed to take Thomas books of all different shapes and sizes. The furniture is below 60 cm in height, just the right height for little drivers steaming around, so they can reach and it is safe to be free-standing in a child's room. Made from strong MDF and sturdy fabric it is tested to the highest child safety standards considering features like the size, height, weight, safety to be most accessible to little ones. The Thomas sling bookcase is quickly constructed using the easy to use T-bolt assembly system with step by step instructions supplied. The colour max print means the Engines burst to life. The Sling Bookcase also complements the Worlds Apart Thomas furniture and bed range. As the UK's trusted number one producer of licensed furniture and beds, Worlds Apart understands what kids want and need to create routine, making life easier all round. Age from 18 months.
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Proun is an abstract indie racing game in which your craft is attached to a long, looping cable. In order to gain speed you have to rotate around the pole, avoiding the abstract objects hurtling towards you. The new video above gives us a quick look at some of the beautiful environments you can race through. The full version is due out this spring, but there's a beta available now to download and play for free. For more info, check out the Proun development blog. To see the game at full speed, check out an older trailer for the game, embedded below.
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relating to: the disclosure of certain library records to law enforcement officers.
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- Adam Burk
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In your opinion, what should the purpose of education be?
Education is a prominent cultural institution used to perpetuate the prevailing values of a society.
Our modern education system has a sordid past largely rooted in industrialism. It's aim is to produce economically viable products--employable citizens. Nearly all our tweaks to the system in the last 100+ years are simply attempts to ensure that the products (graduates) are prepared for the work force.
I want to hear from YOU as I believe this conversation is crucial to lay a foundation to create significant and meaningful change.
Here is my answer:
I believe that education should be an empowering process that allows and guides children to develop their passions, critical thinking, compassion, and orientation towards wisdom for timely action.
In other words, self-cultivation should be the purpose of education. Understanding self-cultivation in terms of being a part of a unified field of relationships is key to the growth of a mature culture of peace. When the natural web of our relationships is used to strengthen our depth of knowledge, the feedback from the environment supports timely adjustments and refinements in our emotional and technical developments.
For this conversation, please focus on the question "in your opinion, what should the purpose of education be?"
We'll talk about the "how" in another conversation.
Closing Statement from Adam Burk
Thank you all for joining this conversation. There are beautiful aspirations here of bringing for the best of humanity through the development of individuals, married with tensions to ensure that society is served and supported and that the basics are not overlooked.
There are currently 365 comments and 365 distinct articulations of "what the purpose of education should be." The process to develop a consensus on this is beyond the scope and purpose of this conversation. However, I do hope that it is understood that this question and its answer are the shapers of education systems and in turn cultures.
And so I invite you to ponder the question Thomas Brucia raised earlier, "Who should decide what the purpose of education is? http://www.ted.com/conversations/8190/who_should_decide_what_the_pur.html
Once we decide who should be making that decision then we can return to my original question and ultimately re-inventing education.
Thank you all again for sharing of your selves.
In peace,
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Thomas Jones 100+Dec 15 2011: QUOTE: "One purpose of education is learning grammatically correct language in order to clearly and succinctly communicate. Particularly with regard to written communication, one component of which is learning to differentiate between homophones."
Another purpose of education is to learn social skills.
Homophone or not, you understood the point. And the purpose of communication is to be understood and to understand.
Many people on this forum are not writing in their native language.
QUOTE: "Hence, literacy needs to be the primary purpose of [early] education, as it is an essential component of the foundation upon which critical thinking [and other cognitive] skills are built."
Literacy is not necessary in every culture. In fact, we have been illiterate for most of our history ... and we did alright.
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Dec 18 2011: This is just a conversation. I do think, however we should be literate. Literacy helps people by enabling them to read books, books enable them to understand knowledge at a much faster rate, and this knowledge can be apply to help themselves or others. Unlike Kathy, I will not argue with you what people have to do to improve their knowledge, but I shall insist that literacy enhances knowledge. The fact that you can post blogs on TED is because you can read, but the fact that you can analyze blogs on TED can be because of other influential education such as observational learning. Now, now I do not mean that you are correct, I am just trying to be realistic and to be sensitive to other cultures. Moreover, literacy enables you to communicate and learn at a much faster rate, hence it improves neural networks at a much faster rate too. This will make the individual to have a higher potential of achieving higher intelligence, but this is only an increase percentage not a definite chance. I am sure; however, compared to literate societies, non-literate societies do not have a greater or equal potential of achieving that intelligence. This does not mean I cannot find a genius in those societies, but I more likely to find a genius in a literate society. I hope these thoughts can provide to you why we should be literate.
Jen SDec 19 2011: I agree that there's a lot of valuable information to be found if you can read and write, but I also question the idea that there are more intelligent, literate people than intelligent, illiterate ones. I think it depends on how we define "genius." I'm an intelligent person in the English department where I work, but my particular literacies and intelligence would not help me if someone dropped me into the Amazon rainforest from a helicopter. Different skill sets are valuable in different contexts. A lot of people who never learn to read or write are highly innovative and intelligent, just not in the ways we might typically think.
Dec 21 2011: Hi Zared, Jen, and Nathan,
I do think it is essential to teach literacy (and numeracy) in all modern and developing cultures.
However, Adam's question is very specific: "in your opinion, what should the purpose of education be?"
While he does mention modern education and industrialism, his question is more specific (or general, depending on your point of view) and it relates to the purpose of education.
The purpose of education will be determined by many factors; most notably, culture.
There are now cultures where it would be, in my opinion, inappropriate to teach "modern literacy." And who knows what the future holds? It may be unlikely, and even unpalatable to us now, but at some point in the future we may upload data directly to our brains and learning to read would be seen as "a waste of time."
Which is why I qualified my earlier answer (that I have copied below.)
[Posted December 2, 2011.]
What should the purpose of education be?
- Teach ourselves to think.
- Teach ourselves to learn.
- Teach ourselves to be highly functional.
- Teach ourselves to be highly functional within the current social system.
- Have fun.
That's it.
Dec 21 2011: Hi Zared,
You say the point I am making does not support the greater good. That may be true but it is also a value judgment and, it is a phrase I have always been a little uncomfortable with "the greater good."
While we are likely in agreement that literacy is (almost) universally desirable, we may not reach agreement that there are exceptions.
Frans mentioned an isolated culture that was still existing using stone-age technology; the anthropologists that studied it did so from afar so as not to alter their culture. Not too long ago there was a photograph making the rounds on the WWW, it was of a culture (in South America, I think) that had had no contact with the "modern world." The photo was taken from a helicopter. The people were aiming bows and arrows at the flying machine.
I do not think it would be to the greater good to remove these people from their environment or teach them how to read (which, presumably, they cannot do.) Again, the "professionals" (the anthropologists) believe these people should not be "contacted" but, rather, left to live out their lives in the manner of their own choosing until such time their civilization comes to an end. Which it will, no doubt, do.
I agree with them.
You might not agree with me.
Dec 23 2011: Nathan "Adam specified education as it relates to industrialized cultures and within this framework, literacy is invaluable."
Agreed, regarding industrialized cultures literacy is key! Looks like someone failed to notice that particular part of the question when giving his tedious responses about indiginous people..
Dec 19 2011: I understand your point, but I am not talking about displaying skills. I am trying to state that intelligence revolves around the adaptability to new skills. Illiterate people do in fact can be intelligent, but I am sure that literate people have the greater potential to be intelligent due to the increase neural networks created by the acquired knowledge of reading books or writing. Perhaps, genius is too strong of a word, but regardless of that concept, reading and writing highlights a greater potential to be intelligent. Keep in mind, reading and writing does not grant automatic intelligence, but they will definitely grant you to think harder and to analyze more.
Dec 22 2011: QUOTE: "Of course, reading and writing will damage their outlook to culture, but it will increase their potential for survival on the individual scale."
Hi Zared,
I think we will have to agree to disagree. I see no benefit to teaching members of functioning societies to learn to read if their is no need for them to do so.
As I mentioned in another post, I know many people who do not know how to read and do not need to know. They function very well within their societies. But, as is obvious to all, these societies are vanishing.
But just as a thought experiment: If we are going to "educate" the tribespeople in some remote section of the world, should we teach them to read in Spanish, English, Mandarin or some other language?
In some respect, we are all "illiterate" ... I can read, write, and speak English; I am learning Mandarin. I can speak a little and understand a bit more. I can "read" about 100 characters. I am illiterate in China which is where I live. It will likely take me about 15 years to become fluent ... and literate.
Matt WolfeDec 22 2011: You both have very interesting points but I would like to point out that from my perspective, it seems as though you're caught looking at it from our cultural and social perspective.
Zared - you mention that Literate people have more of a potential to be intelligent than not.. but what is intelligence? I would start with that as the root. Intelligence(in my opinion) is the ability to be highly functioning within your own cultural and societal parameters. If you're part of an indigenous tribe, intelligence may have nothing to do with literacy and everything to do with knowing how to survive in the wilderness, protect others and lead. There is a difference between learning something in a book an learning something via experience. In our society, literacy can gain us access to more knowledge about a specific subject, which can get us a job, which will feed us and help maintain our life. That is the reason you are coming to literacy as such an important piece.
Dec 21 2011: Thomas, you said: "Literacy is not necessary in every culture. In fact, we have been illiterate for most of our history ... and we did alright."
I agree on the last part. We did alright then without reading or writing. Now we live different times and I think you know that cultures transgress into literate ones. Even Indian peoples in the rainforests in Amazonia that choose to live traditionally have a PC to communicate with the world.
In our world those that can't communicate outside their group are ultimately wiped out.
If you look back into history you can distinguish enormous boosts in human development at a few moments in time. One as we started to speak, one as we started to write and again as we started to print. Maybe the internet and use of images give the next boost that we are now working on.
So, to say that reading isn't necessary within some cultures isn't something I would say.
Dec 21 2011: Hi Frans,
Of course I agree with you, generally speaking. However, as I mentioned, there are still (apparently) one or two cultures that have not had any contact with the outside world.
Should we teach them how to read and write?
Personally, I don't think we should.
I think the purpose of their education should be to prepare them to live well within their cultures.
And as I mentioned in an earlier post (that may have been deleted) there are still tribes within Africa that do not need "modern literacy" to flourish within their societies.
Yes, these groups are small and vanishing but I contend their lifestyle is meaningful as long as they choose to maintain it. Teaching them to read and write would not only be detrimental to their way of life, it would very likely contribute to its accelerated destruction.
Some of us might think this a good thing.
Some of us might not.
I think, not.
Dec 21 2011: As you put it that way Thomas I agree all the way.
Once I saw a documentary about an island somewhere around India. People on that island lived in the stone age and anthropologists were studying them from afar from boats. They didn't want to make contact for by that they would change or influence their behavior.
I never heard of it again and still am curious about it. Maybe someone heard of it
Dec 21 2011: Thomas,
The point of which you are making is not supporting the greater good. Of course, reading and writing will damage their outlook to culture, but it will increase their potential for survival on the individual scale. These groups are dying off from many reasons rather than just becoming literate and if anything, it will help them to survive from harmful factors. Honestly, as long as we record their culture, then it will never disappear.
Dec 22 2011: Thomas.
I am at a fault once again. I probably should of not used the phase,"greater good", but regardless of this point, my point and your point still has value. I respect preserving these ancient cultures, but eventually, they will all be effected by the modern world either in a good way or a bad way. We should not try to isolate these cultures from the fascinating modern world; instead, we should record their lifestyles.
Dec 22 2011: To be literate, all you have to do is be literate in at least one language. The tribe people should learn how to read and write in the language that is common in their geographical location. I respect that you are defending your point in the manner of your belief, but in the end logic triumphs. If they are going disappear over time no matter what, we might as well save them from the modern world by teaching them how to adapt to it.
Deeply sorry, if my last or this comment came off rude, I am just trying to state a point. I respect your beliefs and the cultures around the world.
Dec 23 2011: Hi Zared,
No, your comment did not come across as rude. Not in the least.
As I say, we will likely simply have to agree to disagree.
I do not think people in functioning societies should be taught to read if it is not already a part of their culture.
You think they should.
Both positions have merit. However, I do suspect you have never interacted with illiterate societies that are fully functional.
I have. And in my opinion, it would be completely inappropriate to teach them to read (unless they wanted to learn.)
Now, if an indigenous culture is being assimilated by another, then I agree, the young people especially, should learn to adapt the the new prevailing culture.
Dec 23 2011: I am not talking about forcing them to read or write. I am stating that it would benefit them. The purpose of education is to enable people to become adaptive to the environment. Learning and communication is faster through writing and reading, but illiteracy does not prevent learning or communication. It is just slower than the opposite. I am sure we can both agree that being literate is more beneficial than being illiterate and in that sense, we can establish that my point has more value to it, but I still respect your beliefs and those of the indigenous cultures.
Dec 27 2011: QUOTE: "I am sure we can both agree that being literate is more beneficial than being illiterate and in that sense, we can establish that my point has more value to it ..."
Hi Zared,
No, I would not concede your point has "more value." It excludes those rare, but significant, instances where it would be harmful to teach people to read and write.
My point, as it relates to our conversation is: The purpose of education is to "teach ourselves to be highly functional within the current social system."
If our current social system is pre-literate, and it is likely to remain so for our lifetime, their is no point in learning how to read.
Shall we teach the Sentinelese to read and write? How about the 45 tribes (estimated) of uncontacted people in New Guinea?
I don't think we should.
My position, it appears to me, is more inclusive ... and, though it is not a term I would use, of "more value."
We (the literate world) lose nothing by not teaching indigenous people to read; they lose a lot if we do.
Perhaps it's because I am (probably) older and have had closer involvement with people who were "forced" to adapt to literate, or "differently" literate cultures (First Nation residential schools in North America, Nomadic tribes in Africa, etc) but I reject the idea that literacy is of universal value.
Culturally appropriate skills - that, I support 100%.
As I say, we may have to agree to disagree.
Dec 27 2011: Of course, literacy is not a universal value, I am talking about its beneficial values. I think we can both agree on that concept. Also, you should probably stop using quotes from me and other users because it can come off as mocking. I understand you are just using it to clarify your point, but I am sure that it is not clear to some people.
Thomas Jones 100+Dec 27 2011: Hi Zared,
Thanks for the heads up on the quotes. I use them because the structure of TED conversations often separates a response from the comment that is being responded to. I'm pretty sure most TEDsters would not interpret that as mocking.
I do not think literacy is always beneficial.
I believe we understand one another's point of view.
Dec 27 2011: Agreed. By the way, check out this discussion. I think you can deliver something real to it.
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Single Mom Seeking: I admit it: I'm a big Selena Gomez fan. But when I saw Gomez on "Extra" explaining that she'd asked her parents for a promise ring -- and they brought the ring to the church to have it blessed -- I thought: "What, exactly, is she promising?"
She's not the only one. The Jonas Brothers say on their website that they also wear rings "as a promise that they will stay sexually pure until marriage."
You might have heard about this via the Video Music Awards promise ring debate, after VMA host Russell Brand derided the Jonas Brothers for their purity vow.
In response, singer Jordin Sparks proudly showed off her own purity ring and shot back: "I just have one thing to say about promise rings," she announced to the audience. "It's not bad to wear a promise ring, because not everybody -- guy or girl -- wants to be a slut."
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"The message these stars are sending is not real because it doesn't work in the real world," says Annie Fox, founder of the InSite, a place "for teens and young adults to turn their world around."
The abstinence-only message is simply not successful, explains Fox, who is also the author of the Middle School Confidential™ book series. "Education helps kids make choices -- NOT pledges."
"If the message is WAIT to have sex," she adds, "that's not a bad message."
Instead, however, the message that promise rings send is, "if you wear this ring, people think you are superior in a moral way. If you don't wear this ring, you're suspect."
"And what happens when you break the promise? Do you feel like you've sinned? Do you have to hide this from your parents? Now, you've betrayed your parents' trust -- and God's, too."
"I think that these stars benefit financially by having a squeaky clean image," adds Fox, who recently spent the day with teen celebrities at the Teen Choice Awards.
"If they can flash it on their finger, great! But who's to know what really happens unless someone comes forward?"
"No, I do not endorse young girls having sex," adds Fox. "But as parents, we need to do the best job possible to educate our kids."
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I think it is tragic that abstinence is so abusively treated in peer groups nowadays. Its great they could make these vows, but the amount of teasing people get for them is unbelievable. It is definitely something that schools need to work on, because teens get away with practically saying anything, but this isn't a joke or just something you did to please your parents. It actually means a lot, and it's really humiliating to have people jeer at you because of it.
The only peers I had in high school who wore "purity rings" were also no angels. They simply claimed that they didn't have sex - as in, vaginal intercourse with penetration - but bragged about giving and getting head, mutual masterbation, etc.
It is a personal choice. Does it really work? It depends on the person making the choice…he/she has to choose to keep the promise.
My eighteen yr old niece has worn her purity ring since she was 14. She just left for college and has maintained her promise to herself (in ALL sense of the word) Now that she is an adult, she can make whatever choices are right for her. I certainly didn't wait until I was married but sometimes which I waited until I was older (I was 15) I think we should support these teenagers and respect thier decisions to wait and even if they failed at maintaining that promise they made to themselves, we should not judge them for giving into the same temptions that we are do at some point.
The promise of abstinence does not reside in the ring, it is in the person. We have to teach our children that abstinence is a worthy goal to work toward, not that it is impossible. All young people don't have to engage in premarital sex, it is a choice.
>It actually means a lot, and it's really humiliating to have people jeer at you because of it.
Hey, if you willingly decide to advertise a personal belief, be prepared to take the heat for it.
This is just as silly as those people with the christ fish on their cars, most of whom are just as (or more) obnoxious than everybody else.
The Jonas Brothers don't wear their rings because their parents make them. It was a decision they made by themselves. It is more than staying sexually pure until marriage. It isn't for financial reasons. And they don't talk about it on their website because it is personal to them. They are a religious family with good values.
As a former teenager and parent of many teenagers, I can say that abstinence is a successful message. It is one that my friends and I heard, understood, and had no trouble adhering to. Our children are following that path now. Parents need to be involved in their children's lives. Talk to them and teach them not to buy into the media telling them that abstinence isn't possible.
I'm sick of everyone acting like teens and young adults who DON'T wear promise rings or choose to have premarital sex have something wrong with them.
It's an individual choice. Yes, I wish some kids would wait longer. I was 19 before I lost my virginity, and then in the confines of a loving (but not married) relationship.
There's more than one kind of "good morals," it's best to prepare kids for the worst while teaching them your values. Just because you ask them to abstain and they agree or pledge to do it doesn't mean they will stick with it. It's still best for them to know ALL of their options so they can grow up to make informed, mature decisions.
Ok, I guess my comment from this morning was not approved. Big shock for momlogic. Maybe because I quoted Jordan Sparks and she said 's!ut? Has anyone here had this problem before?
"As a former teenager and parent of many teenagers, I can say that abstinence is a successful message."
Statistics beg to differ.
I have three kids, ages 6-18. Before that I was a counselor for mentally ill/abused kids and teens for ten years. I have just about had it with the way we go about "teaching" our children. Instead of being honest with them and having a conversation, we opt instead to use two bit phrases and sayings, like we are a living version of Fox news. Instead of teaching kids the dangers of drugs and alcohol, it is "just say no." Instead of teaching them about the consequences of sex, we teach abstinence and purity rings, setting them up for failure. We teach them to stay away from strangers, when most all abductions and abuse happens at the hands of friends and relatives.
Break the cycle, become an informed parent.
I had many friends in high school that signed some pledge at their church saying they would stay pure. Pretty sure every single one of them broke their "promise". The funniest part was they would talk about how guilty they felt and would pray for forgiveness. The very next weekend I had to hear the story all over. Most of these friends didn't make the choice for themselves but were pressured by their pushy church. If the pledge is made by the teenager I think it might be more successful. There's nothing wrong with teaching abstinence but it needs to be combined with safe-sex teachings. Kids need to be prepared to make wise and safe choices for themselves. If they are going to have sex they need to know the real life ramifications.
> I had many friends in high school that signed some pledge at their church saying they would stay pure. Pretty sure every single one of them broke their "promise".
Hypocrites at church… shocking !!!
Thank God that abstinence doesn't include anal, oral and manual manipulation!
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