Comments on: Ten Minutes Worth of Goosebumps http://blog.edufire.com/2007/05/27/ten-minutes-worth-of-goosebumps/ The Revolution Will be Blogged Sat, 21 Nov 2009 07:56:36 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: kareem http://blog.edufire.com/2007/05/27/ten-minutes-worth-of-goosebumps/comment-page-1/#comment-172 kareem Sat, 09 Jun 2007 00:37:26 +0000 http://edurev.com/blog/2007/05/27/ten-minutes-worth-of-goosebumps/#comment-172 thanks for the comment, shiloh. i think the key thing we believe is that the world *is* changing. it's now much easier to be entrepreneurial than ever before, and the skill set you need to do so isn't being taught in our schools. heck, even in the corporate world, being a "team player" is highly valued, yet if you collaborate in regular-ol' school, you're cheating. i can't remember the stat, but the percentage of students that graduate from these types of schools is abnormally high... like 50% plus if i recall correctly. thanks for the comment, shiloh. i think the key thing we believe is that the world *is* changing. it’s now much easier to be entrepreneurial than ever before, and the skill set you need to do so isn’t being taught in our schools.

heck, even in the corporate world, being a “team player” is highly valued, yet if you collaborate in regular-ol’ school, you’re cheating.

i can’t remember the stat, but the percentage of students that graduate from these types of schools is abnormally high… like 50% plus if i recall correctly.

]]> By: shilohautumn http://blog.edufire.com/2007/05/27/ten-minutes-worth-of-goosebumps/comment-page-1/#comment-169 shilohautumn Fri, 08 Jun 2007 06:45:28 +0000 http://edurev.com/blog/2007/05/27/ten-minutes-worth-of-goosebumps/#comment-169 A little wierd. I can only guess what sort of parents would send their kids to a school like that. Not that it's all bad, don't get me wrong, there are some good points, one of the strongest is that motivated, self-directed learning really is the most successful. But, at same time, at some point they have to re-enter the 'real world', and employment, one would assume, and that, I'm afraid, is very, very, very different. And, unless the 'working world' changes drastically, the New American Schoolhouse idea will remain a slightly eccentric experiment. A little wierd. I can only guess what sort of parents would send their kids to a school like that. Not that it’s all bad, don’t get me wrong, there are some good points, one of the strongest is that motivated, self-directed learning really is the most successful. But, at same time, at some point they have to re-enter the ‘real world’, and employment, one would assume, and that, I’m afraid, is very, very, very different. And, unless the ‘working world’ changes drastically, the New American Schoolhouse idea will remain a slightly eccentric experiment.

]]> By: Thinking Without a Box http://blog.edufire.com/2007/05/27/ten-minutes-worth-of-goosebumps/comment-page-1/#comment-141 Thinking Without a Box Fri, 01 Jun 2007 18:12:58 +0000 http://edurev.com/blog/2007/05/27/ten-minutes-worth-of-goosebumps/#comment-141 <strong>Thinking differently about schooling...</strong> I just finished watching a video that I found via Education Revolution. The words impressive and thought-provoking come to mind when I want to describe what I just saw. The video starts with the question What if everything we think about schooling is w... Thinking differently about schooling…

I just finished watching a video that I found via Education Revolution. The words impressive and thought-provoking come to mind when I want to describe what I just saw.
The video starts with the question What if everything we think about schooling is w…

]]> By: Dave Trager http://blog.edufire.com/2007/05/27/ten-minutes-worth-of-goosebumps/comment-page-1/#comment-124 Dave Trager Mon, 28 May 2007 21:02:15 +0000 http://edurev.com/blog/2007/05/27/ten-minutes-worth-of-goosebumps/#comment-124 Wow-- amazing. Incredible. I'm speechless. haha Wow– amazing. Incredible. I’m speechless. haha

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