tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5303307482158922565.post8515297120137928385..comments2024-03-22T13:39:55.941-07:00Comments on Math Mama Writes...: My Ideal SchoolSue VanHattumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10237941346154683902noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5303307482158922565.post-72253635339768856902014-03-18T11:26:46.473-07:002014-03-18T11:26:46.473-07:00Thanks for your information and thoughts... I am e...Thanks for your information and thoughts... I am educating my children, not according to any set curriculum but to what they can handle. My daughter and son are very right brained individuals, but, they are also developing their left brain, because we must use them both in conjunction with one another. Using just one or the other is why our society is far from balanced... perhaps moreso than ever on this planet.<br /><br />Many people don't know, and are not told, intentionally, that all the greatest mathematicians also studied the 'occult' or mysticism, or whatever one wants to call it. Math is meaningless without creativity (or creative wonder/thought) and will never manifest into something meaningful.<br /><br />I'd like to see in schooling, various ages, POVs, and the like; whether it be parents coming in, or alternate theorists being invited at an early age and not only at collegiate level academics. Also, challenges to the prevailing thoughts (theories that are being taught as truths) should be encouraged, not shut down as they often are. <br /><br />My son is reading Bernay's "Propaganda" (which everyone should read if they want an insider's POV regarding the real workings of life among the masses) over Shakespeare because one is truly valuable to life, and the other, while interesting and is a form of writing that one might enjoy, is absolutely meaningless in terms of understanding of the world around us and how it is absolutely run. He has already read "Sacred Geometry" and now sees the world differently.<br /><br />I didn't really like Shakespeare's works and I don't believe it should be forced upon the masses as if is part of life... as an elective, sure, great, but it is not essential to the growth of the mind.<br /><br />Sorry for the long note.. I could make it much longer. :)<br /><br />Thanks, again.DavoDavohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01403208198066500332noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5303307482158922565.post-62337652704929554262013-01-02T15:47:09.301-08:002013-01-02T15:47:09.301-08:00Thanks, Mike. I like how this feels elementary ori...Thanks, Mike. I like how this feels elementary oriented, and <a href="http://concretekax.blogspot.com/2013/01/open-curriculum.html" rel="nofollow">yours</a> feels high school oriented. Sue VanHattumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10237941346154683902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5303307482158922565.post-17799708918568902932013-01-02T15:25:23.097-08:002013-01-02T15:25:23.097-08:00Sue,
This is a great picture of what school could...Sue,<br /><br />This is a great picture of what school could look like.<br /><br />MikeMike Kaechelehttp://concretekax.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5303307482158922565.post-21137642438691573982011-12-13T16:53:48.841-08:002011-12-13T16:53:48.841-08:00Oh, you are too sweet. I loved what you said in yo...Oh, you are too sweet. I loved what you said in your piece, too. (Wait, now I've got to find it, so I can link from here...) <a href="http://radfag.wordpress.com/2011/12/06/envisioning-justice-remembering-your-own-power/" rel="nofollow">Here.</a><br /><br />I don't see a way to contact you. My email is mathanthologyeditor on gmail. I'd like to chat.Sue VanHattumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10237941346154683902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5303307482158922565.post-52288903921072665762011-12-13T16:15:44.628-08:002011-12-13T16:15:44.628-08:00This is such a powerful vision. I think what excit...This is such a powerful vision. I think what excites me most about it--and what challenges many of my own visions--is how it imagines learning happening not in a relegated and regulated ghetto, but all the time, involving every part and every member of the community. The dissolving of the traditional "school" back into the hands and needs of the people who comprise it is so beautiful and empowering. I have a lot to learn from this. Thank you so much for sharing it with me!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5303307482158922565.post-32061591084234947702011-03-26T10:34:40.868-07:002011-03-26T10:34:40.868-07:00Love this. I think there's hope for a future o...Love this. I think there's hope for a future of such Children's Centers and other learning communities. We seem to be in the stage of hardening opinions and ever more rigid clinging to useless ways, which to me is a sign that times are changing.Laurahttp://lauragraceweldon.com/blog-2/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5303307482158922565.post-56571969668815609082009-03-29T14:13:00.000-07:002009-03-29T14:13:00.000-07:00I think I wrote this about a year ago, in response...I think I wrote this about a year ago, in response to some contest for essays on our ideal school. I never sent it in. I'd call this a rough draft...Sue VanHattumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10237941346154683902noreply@blogger.com