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I'm into the logo. You like it?
Could the cheesesteak capitol adopt Meatless Monday?! I say YES! I mean, my dad has been doing Meatless Mondays for a few years and he's as red-meat-and-potatoes as they get. But he also cares about the environment! And he loves the Meatless Monday Unicorn, so he was happy to get on the Meatless Monday train. If he can do it, I'm sure a bunch of cool kids can do it! And everyone knows all kids from Philadelphia are cool. It's a science fact.
I got an email from my new pal Lou, one of the people behind the effort, and she provided a little background for us:
The Humane League needs your help in getting the School District of Philadelphia to adopt Meatless Mondays! Many school districts across the country, including Los Angeles Unified School District, Detroit Public Schools, and San Diego Unified School District, already participate in the program. Philadelphia's school district is the eighth largest in the U.S., so their participation would mean a LOT less meat being served. Unfortunately they keep pushing us off, saying they're in the middle of contract negotiations, so we're garnering support from Philadelphia residents, teachers, parents, and students to help get them on board. If you fall into one (or more) of those categories, please visit www.PhillyMeatlessMonday.com to learn more and sign the petition—then help spread the word!
So if you fall into one of the categories mentioned and want to help, all you have to do is go to their homepage and sign the petition! Easier than getting shwasted on the citywide special at Bob and Barbara's.
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Queens elementary school cafeteria goes vegetarian! »
While students at the Active Learning Elementary School in Queens are free to bring whatever lunch they want from home, the school cafeteria will now be serving exclusively vegetarian meals. Apparently, they had already been serving veggie meals three days a week, and health is a big focus of the educational mission there.
The school of nearly 400 students, from pre-kindergarten to third grade, was founded five years ago on the principle that a healthy lifestyle leads to strong academic achievement.
"We decided on a vision where health and nutrition would be a part of educating the whole child," school principal Bob Groff said….
"The vegetarian menu fits right in with our mission, and we are thrilled that our students in pre-kindergarten all the way up to grade three understand the importance of healthy and nutritious meals," Groff said in a statement.
New York schools — which provide meals for 1.1 million students daily—offer principals vegetarian and nonvegetarian lunch options. Groff worked closely with the department so that the menu changes came at no additional cost to the school.
Pretty amazing. Would you have imagined this was a possibility in today's America? I'm amazed. I also can't believe the beef industry isn't breaking down the principal's door with pitchforks. You go, Mr. Groff!
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Frog dissection? There's, yes, an app for that »
Of all the psyche-scarring high school experiences, from Saturday detention to prom, perhaps the only one that John Hughes failed to prepare me for was the yearly rite of animal dissection. Not to say that I opted out on some principled moral ground; I did, in fact, cut my frog (and earthworm, and rat) [Ed.: and fetal pig] open, with help from a typically unwilling lab partner.
What was the purpose of it all? I had no interest in biology, or medicine, and no Beavis and Butthead inclinations toward all things dead. Had I known then what I know now, I would have skipped the whole exercise.
But science is still important, even the parts we don't like, so here's a better option than sitting it out: the first animal dissection simulator for the iPad.
I'd like to see more 3D and better use of multitouch to really make simulated dissection as realistic as possible. But as schools replace textbooks with tablet computers, maybe they'll go the rest of the way, and replace formaldehyde-soaked animals with software.
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The Geniuses at PETA Strike Again! »
PETA wants to give schools in Kentucky free veggie burgers in exchange for advertising on their teeter-totters. The advertisement? "Tot Teetering on Childhood Obesity? Go Vegan!" You know the fools at PETA were all, "OMG HILARIOUS PLAY ON TEETER-TOTTER OMG HIGH FIVE!!!"
Ugh, this kills me. I know getting upset about PETA's press releases is completely futile* but still I rise. Can you imagine a little fat kid (who, btw, is already teased mercilessly because kids are the motherflipping MEANEST) coming to the playground and seeing those teeter-totters? Stunts like this don't turn kids vegan but I bet they could turn them suicidal. Further, how many fat kids do you know who venture near a teeter-totter anyway, it's already ground for public humiliation. Way to know your audience, PETA!
And what of all the thin kids with malnutrition and fast food diets? There are tons of them, believe it. Just because they're skinny, they get a free pass? Thin does not healthy make. What a crappy lesson all the way around. Oh and way to hold the veggie burgers hostage, PETA. If PETA really wanted kids to eat healthy, they'd give the schools veggie burgers anyway. Withholding food from schools until they give you precious advertising space? Who does that sound like? Oh that's right, every asshole fast food and soda company who have targeted schools since our nation lost its godamned mind. What really drives me crazy is that PETA is theoretically playing for the good team. I'm vegan and I want to support them but when they're pulling stuff like this, it makes it soooooo hard. Further, please GOD, get a Terminator.
PETA Executive Vice President Tracy Reiman says in a letter to the schools, "Students will get a delicious, healthy, fat- and cholesterol-free meal and a lifesaving message about how unhealthy it is to eat meat. The best thing that people of any age can do for their health, animals and the environment is to go vegan."
What does PETA's message have to do with health? NOTHING. Also, she's lying because what veggie burger do you know (that's edible) that's fat free? Lady, vegan food has tons going for it already, the vast majority is healthier than it's non-vegan counterpart, no need to lie. It's things like this that make us all look like idiots.
I hate to give them any press but PETA's war on fat is cruel, embarrassing and the exact opposite of compassion. And then when you attack kids? Unforgivable. It makes me want to go give every little fat kid in that school a sundae made with coconut milk ice cream and be all, "look, this shit is delicious and animals weren't hurt making it." Kids have a natural compassion for animals, why not tap into that? Because PETA only cares about press! All press is good press! Except when it makes all animal welfare and rights activists look like fringe idiots! GO PETA!
*like sending letters to Santa Claus! Nothing doing, kids! Nobody's home!
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I was cueing for a meal at a restaurant on the south-bank when I saw Thomas with his mum, he was standing on a high kerb watching the people, he looked thoughtful. I asked his mum to allow me to take a photograph of him and she kindly agreed. I sent her a copy of the image and she was very happy with the results!
A big Thank you to Thomas and to his mum. Image made on the street using only natural light.
Update: Thomas' story that evening was a trip out to the Southbank for his mum's birthday meal with friends. At the ripe old age of 10, these get togethers (where he is always the oldest child)can be tedious. He'd rather be playing football, but anything for mum's birthday hence he was quite grumpy that afternoon. Well, a good opportunity for me to snap an interesting portrait.
Roisin is a primary school teacher and I photographed her on the south bank in central London. Image made using only natural light.
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James is a graphic designer and I photographed him on the south bank in central London. Image made using only natural light.
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People I didn't know reloaded! I started making portraits in the street again.
One of the first, Maisy from Brighton, student. I photographed her on the south bank in central London. Image made using only natural light.
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Well, I am just asking the people to pose for me but to be honest I wouldn't advise you to do that unless you will come across very confident in order to manage to convince people to say yes! If you fail to do so and they say no, it will be no, so, you will not succeed. It is a tricky game and all depends on your persuading skills, you need to be powerful and come up with something that will get their attention.
Sometimes I think it is my misson to capture the beauty of the strangers on the street and this is probably why it comes really easy to me.
I must stressed that Brits are not necessarily happy to be photographs, they are quite private people and it takes sometimes a lot of efforts to get them in front of the camera.
Soon I will be in America for the same reason, I can't wait to get around with my camera in the most amazing country in the world!
I was running a course last winter and it was late when I saw this girl outdoor in front of a coffee shop. I asked my students to give me one minute and I run after the girl and asked her for permission to make a photograph. It was almost dark, light was dim hence I was worried when I pressed the shutter that the image is not going to be very sharp. I held my camera firmly, I held my breath and I squeezed the shutter gently. I looked at the screen and thank God the images was quite sharp. Thank you.
Unknown Model - image made on the street using only natural light.
Update 24th April 2012 - I finally found Florence trough a friend of her whom I photographed on the street.
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I was shooting indoor in a bar and went outside to get some fresh air. Camera was at hand at usual. I saw this guy, he looked at me, I looked at him and I instantly knew that I will soon make a couple of shots. I slowly pressed the shutter half way just to get the camera on as I was planning a candid shot but, somehow, he knew what my intention was. He asked me: what are you doing with that camera? I said, well, I am going to photograph you, if you wish. He said, yes, please. I raised the camera and looked trough the viewfinder. I saw his eyes, beautiful, I went further down inside and I was amazed of what I saw. He asked: are you going to take that picture? I said, not yet, I am not ready. I waited for a few more seconds until he gave me what I was after. His inner self! I found out later that he is a local guy from the fire brigade in my neighbourhood. If you are serious photography, be sure you are ready to learn new stories at all time.
Image made outdoor using natural light.
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thanks for your compliments, I am glad you've enjoyed the stories.
The lens I used for all these images was a Canon 70-200mm and the camera was a Canon 5D.
Yes, we at Photoion Photography School™ run different types of courses and workshops,and, as most of our students are interested in photographing people most of the courses and workshops have good topics on portrait photography including the beginners photography course (which include: approaching the subject, composition, lighting, camera settings, lenses, etc.) .
We have one specialised workshop on lifestyle portrait too.
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Cinzia is from Italy and she lives and works in London doing live paintings restoration. I met her in London on the South Bank when she was hanging around with a good friend of her (Jon whom I will post a portrait in the next post). I spotted her straight away in the crowd (it was summer and it was Saturday very busy time). She posed for me with grace and huge pleasure and I was so happy to see the image on my camera's screen. I just quickly realised that I captured another great story. I thanked her so much and she was pleased to see me happy. Thank you Cinzia
Image made on the street using only natural light
Here is Jon, Cinzia's friend; after I finished with Cinzia pointed my attention towards Jon, he was not a subject to be missed too! Jon was a bit reluctant but in the end he agreed to face muy camera for a few seconds, and that's exactly what took me to get his story too! Everyone was happy and after we have exchanged our contact details and a quick chat it was time for a beer. Thank you Jon.
Image made on the street using only natural light.
This is Kaucarlron, he is form south America, Guyana and he is working as a machinist (machinery) around London. I met him at the Food Market in London on the South Bank. I loved his expression and his features instantly and I stopped him and asked him to pose for me. He was happy to do that and I went back home with this very nice portrait.
Thank you so much Kaucarlron.
Image made on the street using only natural light.
This is Ka Wai Lo, she is a student and she studies arts in London; I met her on the street in fornt of the building where I live. I was coming back home and it was very late, it was about 11.00 pm and it was dark. Ka Wai Lo looked so great in that dim light; she was carrying 2 bags with some takeaway food form a local chiese restaurant. Somehow we got to talk (I must have done something) and then I asked her for permission to make a photograph. She agreed without hesitation; camera at hand and as always on and ready to capture new stories. As it was dark I quickly began to asses the environment and find some light! It was very dark and that made this difficult. Well, I juts looked around and I found an advertising panel, those lit by neon lights. I asked Ka Wai Lo to come close to the panel and I snapped a couple of shots. She was happy with the results, she has my business card (as all the models I photographed on the street) but she never got back to me for a copy of the image.
Thanks you so much Ka Wai Lo for this great portrait and please do keep in touch if you find this post.
Image made on the street using only natural light.
Hi Bob, thanks for your suggestion, that's actually a great idea indeed. Though is not easy to explain in words emotions and feelings and the way you have to communicate with your subject in order to get that great expresion I will definitely try put a book together soon on this subject. We are also working on putting together online courses on all subjects that we offer training face to face on. Best wishes and keep in touch. Ion


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Money, power, drivers, personal assistants at your beck and call ... who doesn't occasionally fantasize about being famous? From the pages of those glossy magazines, it seems like celebrities have it all. And it turns out they really do have it all—even heart disease.
As we near the end of National Heart Health Month, it's important to remember that no one is immune to heart disease, not even those people staring back at us from the magazine covers. Here are five celebrities who have battled heart disease:
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I once bought a pair of Ray-Bans on eBay for $20. The seller had poor reviews but I ignored that and went ahead and sent a check, since they didn't accept PayPal. I never got my sunglasses -- I was scammed, and worst part was, I kinda saw it coming. An Illinois man can relate to my pain. He found himself in a similar situation, only on a grander scale. Like 10,000 times grander.
The poor guy gave $200,000 to his online girlfriend whom he'd never met nor spoken to. And when he called the police, it was to save her!
The 48-year-old man went to the Naperville, Illinois police to try and rescue the woman, who he believed had been kidnapped in London. It's then that the police realized he had been scammed, and that she'd provided a fake Florida driver's license as ID.
Apparently the man didn't see the red flags when she was requesting he wire money to accounts all across the U.S. and to countries like Malaysia and Nigeria. He was "in disbelief" when he learned she didn't exist.
Really, dude? Nigeria? If you ever see that word in an email, you can pretty much be assured you're about to get punked. Oh, it breaks my heart. I hope someone warns him soon that there aren't any Princes that need his cash.
It is a little surprising that a man naive enough to give away $200K is smart enough to have saved $200K, but I guess that just speaks to the power of love. I think Huey Lewis put it best when he said, "You don't need money, don't take fame/ Don't need no credit card to ride this train/ It's strong and it's sudden and it's cruel sometimes/ But it just might save your life/ That's the power of love."
If only the guy had listened to some mid-1980s rock. He would've known he don't need money! I wish I had some savings to send this guy to cheer him up, but alas all my money was scammed out of me during the bad Ray-Ban deal last spring. I feel ya, buddy.
Have you done anything crazy or stupid in the name of love?
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You'd be surprised at how "smart" people can fall for these scams. My FIL, an educated man who worked for IBM, fell for the old "You won a million dollars and a car!" scam. We didn't know he had been sending these people money until he called ME, asking if I could loan him $150, because that was all they needed in order to send him his money and his car. If I lent him the money, he was going to give us a part of his "winnings." Tempting, no? When I refused to give him the money, he got upset and didn't talk to us for awhile. As for doing stupid stuff in the name of love, I don't think I have done anything that comes close to this story.
Yes, I knew a man When I was in my twenties and he had a previously been married and his wife had some kind of scam going and took him for a ride , money wise and then left him without a lot of things he had when he had married her. She belonged to some kind of ring of gangsters.


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Windows 7 workgroup not accessable from the local machine.
This has me completely baffled, I've never had a problem like this before and I've been at this game for a while. If anyone has any ideas no matter how irrelevant they may seem please tell me.
I have 2 PC's, both running Windows 7 Enterprise x86.
The main PC has an internal drive and an external USB drive, both of which have shares a plenty. Until yesterday they worked fine.
If I type \\main-pc (from the main-pc) I can see all the shares but when i try and access them I get the message 'check the spelling of the name. Otherwise, there might be a problem with your network'. The network diagnostic wizard doesn't find a problem.
If I type \\192.168.72 , which is the main-pc ip, into the run line, it cannot access the workgroup browse list and comes back with the same message about checking the spelling.
The second PC can access the main PC shares without any problem at all, including via Ip address.
When I ping the netbios name I am returned a valid IP.
Here's what I have done so far:
Reinstalled the network card, tried another network card.
Reinstalled client for ms networks and file and printer sharing.
Completely disabled IPV6 using the DisabledComponents reg fix.
Ran NETSH resets on winsock and ip stack.
Reerun the network wizard, renamed the workgroup, changed the PC name, fiddled with homegroup (enabling/disabling), removed security software, disabled the firewall, disabled firewall through policy, uninstalled all windows updates in the last week.
I've used the net view command and can confirm all workgroup services are running...If I type net view I can see my PC..but the problem isn't just accessing my PC, I get exactly the same problem now when I try and access the second PC, which works fine if your on it locally.
It could be the server service which the browser service requires, I've paused it and my results don't change but not sure how to troubleshoot that.
I've had a go at some reg fixes and modified some security policys but have since put it all back the way it was.
Might be worth mentioning I have had a network bridge active between 2 network cards but has never been an issue. I've removed the bridge and tried in both cards seperatelly as well.
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Here's a bit more info if someone wouldn't mind having a look.
I can see the shares via netbios name but not IP, and I can't map it for some reason.
Bear in mind this is not a networked pc any more, I took it off.
Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : home
IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.67
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.25
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.254
C:\Users\Rusty>ping rusty
Pinging Rusty [192.168.1.67] with 32 bytes of dat
Reply from 192.168.1.67: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=12
Reply from 192.168.1.67: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=12
Ping statistics for 192.168.1.67:
Packets: Sent = 2, Received = 2, Lost = 0 (0%
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 0ms, Maximum = 0ms, Average = 0ms
C:\Users\Rusty>net view \\rusty
Shared resources at \\rusty
Share name Type Used as Comment
D Disk
External Disk
Games Disk
HP Deskjet D2400 series Print HP Deskj
Movies Disk
NVIDIA Disk
Pictures Disk
Tunez Disk
TV Shows Disk
Users Disk
The command completed successfully.
C:\Users\Rusty>net use z:rusty\D
System error 67 has occurred.
The network name cannot be found.
C:\Users\Rusty>net view \\192.168.1.67
System error 53 has occurred.
The network path was not found.
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Man, I hope the Blizzard guys aren't so overworked that they can't do an April Fool's patch again...
If you're a YGO: Abridged fan, LittleKuriboh has sold his rights off to Michael Bay. If you're a fan of post-apocalyptic zombie games, SEGA has "Bass Fishing of the Dead"! (for the Wii-U and 3DS, natch)
That's all I've found in the last half hour. Anyone else find some good ones?
It's pretty off-topic, but the best April Fools gag I've come across this year has actually been the Single Player Commands mod on Minecraft. Logged in and a message popped up from the mod that said "Try out our newest command, /roll." I typed it in thinking something to the effect of rolling forward would happen, or maybe even the staff roll for the mod would pop up.
I was wrong. "Never Gonna Give You Up" started playing through Minecraft. And I laughed. Hard. Literally for a minute solid. Best laugh I've had in ages.
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Crabby is back on the world of warcraft page and if you click on him he will put on different hats.
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IRVING, Texas – The Cowboys and Eagles … winner takes it all.
That's where we are once again. The Cowboys are no strangers to this game, having faced the Giants and Redskins the last two years in Week 17 finales with the NFC East title on the line. We know how the Cowboys fared in those games but even without
Here are the gut feelings for staff writers Nick Eatman, David Helman and Rowan Kavner.
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The one thing I've learned about the Cowboys this season is to expect the unexpected. I've seen too many crazy things to write this game off just because Tony Romo is missing. In fact, I think the Dallas offense is going to be just fine with
Rowan Kavner: There's never been more question marks about this team, and it just so happens that it's in Week 17 of a third straight win-or-go-home season finale to decide the NFC East. For that reason, it's difficult to pick the Cowboys in this one with any confidence. It's a shame Tony Romo doesn't even have the chance to reverse his legacy after getting the Cowboys in with a game-winning drive, but this will be Kyle Orton's ship to sail the rest of the way. There are worse options around the league that a team would have to turn to. The loss of Sean Lee, who was instrumental in the teams' first matchup, can't be stressed enough. I don't believe anyone saying the Cowboys just have no shot, but they'll need to find a pass rush if they're to survive. I think Orton looks to
Nick Eatman:
Glad the Romo news came out when it did, because my gut would've said something about Romo finding a way to play. All week I had a hunch he would at least try to play. So right there, I've already admitted my gut is a little off. Or, maybe I'm due to even it out. So Romo is out, Sean Lee is out. Those are your offensive and defensive quarterbacks. Ware didn't practice, Dez has a back issue, too. Kyle Orton hasn't started in two years and the Eagles just scored over 50 points on a team that whipped the Cowboys two weeks ago. So … give me Dallas in a wild, crazy game that makes no sense. I don't have great logic here. But personally, come Monday morning, I don't think the season will be over. I think there is still stuff for this team to do. I think the defense gets turnovers and finds a way to slow down the train. Jason Witten will be Kyle Orton's best friend and catch 10 passes and DeMarco Murray, who didn't play the first game with the Eagles, has another big-time performance. The Cowboys will win this game 38-34 and will face ………….. San Francisco in the playoffs next week.


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Hello:I'm spending the week on the Jersey Shore on Long Beach Island (aka LBI) in a house with a Comcast Cisco HD set-top box and a 40-inch Samsung LCD TV with 1080P capability (the TV reports the Comcast signal as 1080i). At home in Chester, NJ, I'm on a Comcast Motorola system, with my primary TV being a 42-inch Toshiba LCD TV with 720P capability, and this TV is about 4 years old.The HD picture here on LBI is noticeably better than at home, with the picture having a bit more "depth" to it than I get at home.I'm trying to figure out if the difference is the result of the TV's, or is it the Cisco versus Motorola systems? Perhaps the picture on the Comcast system at home is more compressed than on the Comcast system here at LBI? Or again, is it just the difference between an older Toshiba and new Samsung TV.Thanks, in advance, for your thoughts.
What types of channels? For most national networks, Comcast compresses them 3 feeds to a frequency at a site in Colorado, then that is distributed. It should look more or less the same everywhere.Most likely, it's differences between the TV's, assuming both are connected the same way (both HDMI or both Component.) LCD TV's are improving rather quickly. Also, different settings on the TV's can make a major difference. The defaults of most TV's with 120/240Hz interpolation, sunburn-level brightness, hyper-contrast settings, etc... can make a picture look 'punchier', usually at the expense of detail.
It may be that the STB needs to have it's configuration selection tweaked. I have a 720p TV and I have the STB do the down conversion of 1080i to 720p./Pete
Andyross:National networks, including ABC and USA. Both TV's are connected using HDMI. I'll look at the TV adjustment here at LBI, but you may be right------improvements in LCD TV's may be what I'm seeing.Thanks!
National networks, including ABC and USA.
The 1080i setting will make a difference and so will the cable boxes. I recently swapped out for a new one and the pic is clearer than my old one. Same TV
At home, I believe I have the latest Motorola box (DCT-3400M, I think, used for AnyRoom DVR). I also think it is set for 1080i, same as here at LBI, but I'll have to confirm after I get home.I'm still thinking that maybe the difference is the actual TV's.......Thanks for the response!
For local broadcast stations, unless they are the same station in both locations, there could be differences as each has it's own compression, subchannels, and other issues.
Thanks, Andyross, but the same NY stations are in both locations.


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What is the true value (if any) of organized schooling?
There are so many people suggesting that schools kill creativity, learning is innate & children can learn by themselves, no real life skills are acquired in the current school system, etc. -- the list is really long! If this is all true and we all agree that organized schooling needs big reform, I think we have to step back and ask the ultimate question about the value of organized schooling!
I make a distinction between learning, education and schooling -- with schooling being an attempt to govern/institutionalize education and education representing formalized learning. I think this is important as often people refer to school as the only place where education happens, ignoring programs like the Khan Academy or not to mention the millions of homeschoolers in US alone. They also confuse education with learning, but Sugata Mitra's child-driven education shows that the learning that happens when kids are given tools and left on their own devices is neither formal, nor it can be governed. (He uses the term education tad wrongly, though I suppose with purpose as his is an example of bringing learning and education together.)
I would like to challenge the TED community to think about the value of their own schooling or the value their kids currently in the school system are getting and share their thoughts here!
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David Lane 10+Feb 23 2011: In the U.S., the motivation for legislating mandatory education was not entirely altruistic. John Taylor Gatto's book, THE UNDERGROUND HISTORY OF AMERICAN EDUCATION, presents very convincing evidence that many of the 'founding fathers' of public education were bigoted phrenologists whose goals were to maintain and exacerbate a rigid, class-based consumer culture. Carnegie, who spent his own money funding the establishment of so-called "public education," believed a primary role of public schools was to separate the children of the poor & immigrant populations from their parents. For him & other privileged white men, these children had to be FORCED to go to school because they were too ignorant to know what was best for them. The poor were poor because they were immoral - and public education would show them the error of their ways and the benefits of obedience to consumerism.
Public schools were obedience factories: take this class, move when this bell rings, do as you're told, stop talking, be quiet, do your homework, do this because I know it's best for you...
The problem today is that this corruption within the foundations of the public school system has never been rooted out. It is now systemic and there is no antidote. For the most part, public schools are still obedience factories. They exist primarily to provide industry with acquiescent laborers who do not question or challenge the status quo, automatons who believe what they are told and obey. They only thing we have changed is that there is no longer any industry.
There is no positive value in organized schooling - unless, as you suggest in your own answer, students and families become invested in organizing their own learning. Until then, the state will always have ulterior motivations for requiring mandatory indoctrination. The modern world calls for independent thinkers who know no "box," much more than think outside it. The only solution is to abandon the system.
Mar 6 2011: I agree. Much of what you mentioned is rooted in exploiting the behavior psychology of human beings. Many can affirm eloquently on the missing element to traditional mainstream education -- creativity and independent thought, etc. -- but would omit the "why" and "how" compulsory education became the way it was. Interesting you mention Gatto's book. I'd also recommend similar but condensed books: "Weapons of Mass Instruction" and "The Leipzig Connection" and also more notably "Deliberate Dumbing Down of America" by Charlotte Thomson Iserbyt who previously worked as Senior Policy Advisor in the U.S. Department of Education during President Reagan's time.
I've seen many folks on TED founding schools based on newer ways of learning and teaching. I'd say they light the future way in respect to education, because as Gatto had said, the current educational system is an autonomous organism that is resistant to being reinvented from within.
Liza BMar 10 2011: I think stating that organized schools have no positive value is putting it too strongly. The public school system, perhaps created and streamlined for dubious purposes, does one very important thing for children: it provides a space to learn no matter who you are, where you come from, or how much money your parents make. While alternative models of education, like homeschooling or experimental schools, can provide innovative avenues for children to pursue learning, they can't provide to that to everyone. Not all children have parents in a situation to education them at home, or live in areas with access to alternative schools, but the public school system does provide for them. It has been set up to welcome all children, and that is its greatest value.
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Lottie Moon drama - Ask someone who enjoys drama to dress up like Lottie Moon and do dramatic readings each Sunday in December. Use portions of Lottie's letters or a script for material. For added emphasis, leave the congregation "hanging" from week to week. Example: Lottie's character says, "And do you know what I told them? Come back next week to find out!"
Lottie at Work - Set a Lottie Moon giving goal based on a missionary need featured in one of the stories at Lottie Moon at Work.
• Variation - Set a church goal based on a missionary's time on the field, such as a week or a month. Or, encourage each member or family to support a missionary for a day. Here is the average cost to support a single missionary:
(Reported May 2012. Support includes housing, salary, children's education, medical expenses, retirement and more.)
Christmas tree angels - Church members of Kentwood Heights Baptist Church, Quinton, Va., bought Christmas tree angels for $25 in honor or in memory of someone. All the money went toward the Lottie Moon Christmas Offering.
Walk to the manger - Heflin (Ala.) Baptist Church hosted a walk to the manger at the conclusion of the Week of Prayer. The manger was a small wooden replica of a cattle-feeding trough filled with fresh hay and a burlap blanket. Each family came forward to place their offerings in the manger.
'Unfinished Service' - Emphasize international missions as an unfinished task. Plan an "Unfinished Service." A soloist sings only part of a song; the pastor stops in the middle of his sermon; ushers pass offering plates to only part of the congregation. Explain at the end of the service that just as elements of the service were unfinished, so is the task God has given believers: to share His Gospel with all peoples of the world. Emphasize that the Lottie Moon Christmas Offering makes it possible for Southern Baptist missionaries to share the Gospel with many peoples around the world who otherwise might never hear it.
Commit five minutes - Commit five minutes per worship service to missions education for one year. Be sure to include Sunday and Wednesday evening services. Use excerpts from dated or undated videos, Commissionstories, or even resources designed for students and children. Subscribe to Living Letters fliers for each church member and refer to these often.
Time machine - Build a "time machine" to be placed in the front of the church sanctuary. Each week in December, at a given time in the worship service, feature a missionary of the past, beginning and culminating with Lottie Moon. The "missionary" will provide information about his or her work in the form of a monologue. Provide written information, too. You might want to use a refrigerator box for the time machine, complete with twinkling lights, sound and perhaps even steam (use dry ice).
Christmas tree: remembering volunteers - Decorate your church's Christmas tree with ornaments that represent where your church members have volunteered in missions. If possible, plan a year ahead and encourage members to bring an ornament or other small token from their place of missions specifically for the tree. During a special Lottie Moon Christmas Offering service, invite volunteers to share their testimonies during worship services, then add their ornaments to the tree.
Blindfold service - Announce a week in advance, from the pulpit and through other communication channels, that the following week's service will emphasize the importance of international missions. As people enter the sanctuary, hand out a blindfold to each and ask them to put it on as soon as they sit down. Encourage ushers to assist the congregation in putting on their blindfolds. Begin the service with even the choir blindfolded. Announce from the pulpit that the blindfolds represent being spiritually lost without new life in Jesus Christ. Partway into the service, ask a specific one-third of the congregation to remove their blindfolds. Continue with a "regular" worship style. Two-thirds of the way through the service, ask another one-third of the congregation to remove their blindfolds. Again, continue with the service. After the final hymn or chorus is sung, announce that the people still wearing blindfolds represent the people of the world who die without ever hearing the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Ask the remaining members of the congregation to remove their blindfolds. Emphasize the church's Lottie Moon Christmas Offering goal and challenge members to consider what gift God would have them give toward sharing His Gospel with the entire world.
Lottie Moon impersonators contest - Select a Sunday evening service to have a Lottie Moon impersonators contest. Invite contestants to learn as much as possible about Lottie Moon, including her appearance and lifestyle. Then, allow each contestant three minutes to present her impersonation. Encourage men to select one man in Lottie Moon's life (her father, a nephew, a fellow missionary, etc.) to impersonate to talk about the Lottie Moon they knew. Members vote for their favorite impersonator by listing that person's name on their offering envelopes. The winner can present his or her monologue during a Sunday-morning worship service in December, and possibly to mission organization meetings as well.
'Who Wants to be a Missionary?' trivia contest - Fashioned after the television trivia game show, prepare a set and enlist a host. During an evening worship service or Wednesday night meal, allow members of all ages to compete. Research missions resources to obtain questions. As members watch the competition, they will not only be entertained, they also will learn mission trivia. Provide a small prize and a certificate for the winners.
Lottie Moon interruption - Enlist someone to portray Lottie Moon among your congregation. Midway through a worship service sermon, plan for Lottie Moon to stand and interrupt the pastor to explain why missionaries need the Lottie Moon Christmas Offering. This would be especially appropriate in a sermon about missions or about tithing/giving.
Pastor arrested - Andy Krebs, pastor of First Baptist Church, Fairland, Okla., was arrested during one year's Lottie Moon season! Church members held "secret" house church meetings, much like Christians in China. During one meeting, while church members sang softly, police raided their gathering and "arrested" their pastor. The experience made missions real for First Baptist members, and now they give and pray with passion.
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A little knowledge is a dangerous thing, but lots of knowledge too can have its pitfalls. Can we ever become too competent to consult a manual or follow a checklist? Steve Punter examines conscious and unconscious approaches to working.
Sunday morning (early) and my three year old is watching Sleeping Beauty for the
323rd time. It's not easy writing this story with one eye
watching the Wicked Witch offer the poisoned apple, one hand working the
occasional spoonful of porridge into the mouth of a mesmerised child, and the other
eye and hand operating a notebook balanced on my knee. I'm writing this on
a Toshiba 440 CDT notebook – about 3 years old, a Pentium 133, already a
combat veteran and almost obsolete.
My notebook is part of me, and never far away, but it's due for
replacement soon, since it can't handle the software and graphics I need to
maintain our company's website. Software?
Graphics? Website? In 1970, 'software' might have been a marketing word for
a cashmere sweater, velvet pants, or a really comfy set of underwear…
consider myself part of a lucky group, not a big group either, a sub-group
really, of the 'chronologically gifted' set who by virtue of their
management positions were forced to embrace computer technology just as it
started to take off in the mid-80's, lucky enough to work as a manager for a
company who sent me on my first computer training course in 1984 (Avon
Cosmetics, God bless 'em), and then allowed me time to experiment at work,
since I along with thousands of others could not afford a 'personal
computer', otherwise known as the PC. I've only attended one 'training
course' since then and it was a complete waste of time, a 6-hour farce of
'can you keep up with the trainer', ironic since I attended it mainly to
pick up any basics I might have missed... Everything else I have learned has
been through reading the manuals and experimentation – but that's just me,
we all learn in different ways. Some of you may have noticed that these days you
don't get a manual with your new computer. It's all in the 'on-line
help' function, so off I go to Whitcoulls or Bennett's, a walking
anachronism (in this respect at least) to buy my 3rd-party-published
manual, shuffling along the shelves with other paper-heads, hesitating near the 'Windows
(or whatever) for Dummies' racks, furtively purchasing a copy in a
plain brown wrapper. Hey – they put humour into computer training; therefore
they are Gods and worthy of my custom. And let's face it, some of us learn
best by leaving said manual in the smallest room in the house and absorbing it
in small but regular Bytes.
some ways I could draw a parallel with the fact that at age 19, my mate and I
reconditioned a 1953 Ford 10 motor in his Dad's garage, and for the bits where
we didn't know what we were doing, we had a manual. With photo's!
These days I look under the bonnet of my Mitsubishi Diamante and I
recognise the battery, radiator, intakes, exhaust… er… and that's about
it. So I drive the car, only having a rough idea of what's going on under the
bonnet. I consider myself a competent, safe, driver. As we all do… but would I
attempt to tune my car? Hell, no. In this matter I am a Conscious Incompetent
(explained below). If it were sapient, my car would breathe a sigh of relief.
So let's have a quick look at 'States of Competence', and I'll
use a commercial airline pilot as an example (because there's so much
at stake for all of us!), and the common or garden 'Adult Learner'.
this state we're totally unaware of how much we don't know.
We don't even know that we need to learn anything. A dangerous state: "Oooh
look! – a big green button – I wonder what it does – let's push it…"
a young child being allowed to play around inside the cockpit of a light plane
without adult supervision and the key in the ignition… Those of you who know
me by sight and have seen me recently will have observed the visual impact of
Unconscious Incompetence. I will never again walk into a hairdresser and
confidently ask for a 'Number Two', having only heard it talked about. In
about 6 months time I shall walk in again and confidently ask for a Number Four,
and there's every chance I shall get what I wanted a week ago, and won't
have to walk around with a balaclava on to avoid hypothermia or being arrested
as an escapee. I initially attempted to pass it off as an experiment that went
badly wrong but the truth is I mixed the numbers up. I can't think of an
analogy with an airline pilot. The mind Biggles. Joke. Oh, never mind.
to the Workplace Adult and technology – how many people are out there who have
no idea of the ever-widening gulf between their present technological skills,
and that required as entry-level to an increasing number of jobs – perhaps
even theirs? As the number of unskilled jobs decreases, a bigger and bigger pool
of people will be competing for them. Inevitably that must mean more unemployed,
and unemployable. Social consequences?
we have some idea of what we don't know, and we're actually aware of
it. We can start to choose what to learn. A much less dangerous state: "I
won't push that big green button because I have no idea what it does. How do I
go about finding out?" A danger here might be impatience – the desire to
learn coupled with curiosity and enthusiasm might overcome caution. Therefore
those adults in the workplace who are expressing a desire to learn should be
given the opportunity to do so, or in the interim at least shown enough to
hi-light the danger of untrained activity. It's no coincidence that in
Brookfield's Six Factors for motivation in Adult Learning, the first Factor is
that Adult Learning is a Voluntary event: "It may be that the stimulus for
learning is external to the learner, but the decision to learn is the
Learner's". So you can see from a Trainer's point of view that
Conscious Incompetence is a great state for a prospective learner to be in. To
use the Pilot analogy, a fully qualified 737 Pilot knows better than to hop into
a helicopter and try to fly it, without significant training and qualification,
but if helicopters were the only future employment, the Conscious Incompetent at
least knows what they don't know, which tells them where to start in terms of
we know what we are doing, and are fully aware of what we are doing, as
we do it. Less danger here: "I am pushing the green button because it
does a specific function and I need that function performed right now"
workplace Adults, a skills and knowledge audit accompanied by competency testing
is a valuable thing since it establishes in the mind of the Adult exactly what
level they are at and how competent they really are. They are less likely to
attempt tasks that are way outside their range, and are often motivated learners
purely through that 'real time awareness' of their competency. It is easier
for them to sense a shift in technology because they tend to be attuned to it.
Somebody who has 'recently qualified' or just learned a new skill, is more
likely to be in this state. This is actually where we want our Airline Pilots to
be, consciously flying the plane, however that 'newness' is in
conflict with another desired attribute in a Pilot – that of significant experience.
when I'm doing a complex task in desktop publishing (I describe myself as
competent but not expert), you might hear me talking to myself. Mumbling. It's
not the medication, honest. Lean closer and you might hear… "right, now
select all that, stick it on the clip, change over to that page… and stick
it..right.. there! Good, now save that and open…" and what you are hearing
is conscious competence. I am thinking through what I am doing, as I am doing
it. Facilitating workshops which I've done most days for 10 years, as I work
with my groups I am at one and the same time sensing their mood and reaction and
response, and deciding which tools to use to make that group work better,
produce and enjoy more. In a state of conscious competence I am likely to be
aware of my technical skill or knowledge and the changes in technology that have
an effect on me. I am more likely to be concerned at keeping up with advances. I
am likely to be a motivated learner.
happen on 'auto pilot'. You are so trained, so experienced, that things
happen on an almost subconscious plane. Danger! - "Did I push the green
button? I can't remember. I think I did. Yes, I must have done."
an example, next time you are flying somewhere, before boarding the aircraft see
if you can get yourself into a position where you can see into the cockpit –
perhaps from the 'gate' area, or even while walking down the air bridge –
and there's a good chance you'll see two supposedly experienced pilots
apparently consulting a checklist, and ticking them off.
2." "Check, I see 2". "Engines, 4." "Yes, we still have 4". For
those of us who fly in smaller aircraft, have you ever noticed the pilot
actually walks around the plane looking at things like the wings etc before
getting in? Why? Are the wings likely to be missing? Well, they might be. The
danger is that experience and familiarity may result in assumption. I well
remember a flight to Wanganui from Hamilton in a small plane (any plane where
you can see the Pilot is a small plane and therefore highly suspect)
- after disembarking in Hamilton from our 'proper' aircraft to
transfer to the Wanganui flight we were told to board ("that's your plane
over there – the little one rocking in the wind – sit anywhere") and sat
patiently waiting for the crew to arrive. An older woman with a large umbrella
had the temerity to sit in the front right Pilot's seat. A pale, thin,
pimply-faced lank-haired youth arrived and sat in the front left Pilot's seat.
I waited for them both to be rebuked by the crew when they arrived and made to
shift… Instead the youth half-turned to us and said, "Welcome everyone",
then we taxied and took off… Shortly after take-off the Pilot reached for his
sunglasses but instead only succeeded in lodging them in a small space between
the windscreen and dashboard. The sharp point of the woman's umbrella became
the main instrument in a 20-minute battle by the Pilot to recover them, all the
while flying at tree-top height over the Parapara Ranges. It was then I noticed
that the fuel gauges, which I could clearly see on the overhead display, showed
'empty'. I worried and fretted, expecting any minute to run out of fuel.
About ten minutes out of Wanganui, by which time I felt closer to my God than at
any time before or since, the Pilot reached up, flicked a switch between the two
fuel gauges, and they both instantly showed 'full'. I wanted to kill him
(after we landed). He had absolute confidence, to the point of not really
thinking about what he was doing. Who was flying the plane? For significant
periods of that flight, it's my opinion that the plane was flying itself. In
an emergency, how would he react? Have you ever driven a car a reasonable
distance, say a couple of hours, and on arrival been unable to remember
passing through certain towns? Who was driving?
our adult workers – take a look around your organisation. How many of them
actually think, on a conscious, real-time level, about what they are doing? How
many of them are on autopilot, and could do the job in their sleep? How many of
them are doing critical jobs where mistakes have potentially life-threatening
consequences? They are likely to be aware of technological advances, but less
likely to admit or be aware that they may need training, and less likely to be
motivated learners, accepting learning simply from a 'compliance' point of
view rather than from interest or other internal motivator. What processes have
you got in place to stimulate awareness and/or guard against the problem?
do highly skilled and experienced Pilots still use checklists? To guard against Unconscious
Steve Punter ANZIM,
Dip Bus (PMER), FHRINZ
Staff Training Associates Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand.
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