I recently started a blog and posed some questions that are constantly on my mind. I'd love to hear some constructive feedback about what others are thinking about the same subjects.

Mike's Blog

                        I am now sitting in front of sixteen young men and women who are being forced to take a test that mean little to them. In fact, I am informed it is a low priority test. They are told they have to take these standardized tests in order to equate the success of their education. Most of them realize the test is not for them but rather to quantitate how well their teachers teach and schools succeed.

                                    All of the students…

I wonder how the so called educated members of elite and the governments manned by their kinds allow education to reinforce the societal divisions. There exists two distinct sets of educational system, one for helping the moneyed people to secure good salaried jobs and the other for spreading mere literacy among majority of low-income groups. This is sheer dishonesty and hypocrisy on the part of the political leaders, educationists and planners vis-a-vis  the tall talks about the subject.…

Suzuki, a third grader, loved to read, she could memorize poetry and drama scripts for class plays. She loved school but hated math. She was clearly moving towards Premature "Mathicide" Syndrome. While the majority of US adults have Permanent "Mathicide" Syndrome, why did this happen to Suzuki so early? 



Suzuki was my fifth elementary student. Before I accept a tutor challenge, a family interview is required. Suzuki's mom explained that the teacher was concerned…

The Posterous Blogging Platform closes 30 April 2013 so I'm having to move my 8 Blogs I have there.

I'm experimenting with ScoopIT as a substitute host ... see ...

OLD BLOG (Posterous) : http://didyoureallyknow.posterous.com
transferred to
NEW BLOG (ScoopIT) : http://www.scoop.it/t/didyoureallyknow

Originally appeared 6/12/12 on www.raisingautodidacts.com

A question that all homeschoolers have been asked at least once is whether or not their children are being adequately socialized. 

You have to understand that this tends to make us a little cranky. Homeschooling is verging on becoming mainstream -- the socialization question is becoming as obsolete as the school system that supposedly offers these all…

I recognize the impact my beliefs have on how I feel and behave. Believing something about a situation determines how events progress. What I think and feel about another person affects how I relate to that person. My beliefs in myself determine how I perform.



However, I can choose what I believe. If I want to see a situation differently, I have the power to do so.



My beliefs are particularly important when I am relating to others. If I believe a person has certain…

Graham Bell and Einstein are two brilliant minds of science who struggled due to learning disabilities.  Learning disabilities don’t necessarily affect aptitude, yet how students are taught and directed impacts social and educational achievements.  Today’s minds are the brilliant scientists, teachers, and mothers of the future.  Proper schooling and social adjustment within warrants the attention of those doctoring and administering laws regarding the trajectory of special education.…

Hi dear all,

Remember that as we write, we try to convey our ideas to the reader in a way that he/she can easily get what we have intended to express. So read this free writing, and please do the followings:

A- Correct the mistakes if any

B-Make the ideas clearer by adding or…

Hi everyone here.

These are two paragraphs (a body and a conclusion of an argumentative essay about borrowing money. Please read them well and do correct the errors by highlighting ur correction in brackets…

It is acknowledged that tools help with the "perception" of knowledge. The magnifying glass, the telescope, and the microscope were objects that opened up an entirely new world. It is also acknowledged that people's fingers are too big to examine an amoeba, and people can't just walk up to the moon.



The other biggie in the knowledge game was "the drawing", the recording of information, but further to this was the "sequential" recording of data, which led…

Correct this sentence please:

However, during the period from 1988 to 1989, the economy has experienced severe economic shock led to a high inflation rate reached around 25.7% and a negative economic growth in touch with…

When I saw this statement in a recent discussion... on another education forum on a different site, I went cold.

My feeling is that such a statement is only true if you create a situation where people are taught to believe it.....

It seems to me that this is one of those self-fulfilling prophesies…

Please read this statement: Please do you agree or disagree with this statement : Please read this statement:

"Both parents should assume equal responsibility in raising a child.

A-Do you agree or disagree with it?

B-Write down one or two reasons supporting your agreement or disagreement in full…

Hi dear all. Please read this paragraph and re-organize the sentences in a way that makes the paragraph well coherent:

This is about me and my family and I do love my family.My parents are well-educated people.My brother's name's Zaid, 9 years old. The town where I live is about 180 km from the capital city.I…

RSID's (Rhode Island School Of Design) participation in promoting STEAM, is only part of a greater groundswell of the appreciation of a balanced, project based learning platform.

 

Art and science ALSO encompasses the humanities. I have spoken to this in terms of the process of creating animation (Animating STEM) regarding the idea of knowledge being relayed through story AND the subtext of metaphor. When one sees the multiple levels of learning, complementing and resonating between…