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Members' Mausoleum => Calendar Events / Announcements Archive => Calendar Events / Announcements '24 I => Calendar Events / Announcements '10 II => Topic started by: MsCriseyde on December 16, 2010, 02:04:46 AM
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There's a new message from David Selby on the Welcome page of his official site:
http://www.davidselby.com/index2.htm
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Wow! What a wonderful and touching message.
Love Anne [santa_kiss]
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What a wonderfully positive message-- I'm happy he has not lost the exuberant hope for a better America that we saw in him at the 2008 Fest.
My hat is off to Brigid too. [santa_smiley]
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Three cheers for David Selby. I never knew about this DavidSelby.com before (forgive me, Annie), but I admire and support his views. A well-needed boost for the holidays. Thank you MsCriseyde for posting this.
-Sandor
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I agreed with nearly everything he said. He's a true humanitarian. I believe he's misinformed about Bill Gate's education plans though. I've been laboring under his High School Redesign for 5 years now. Before his revolutionary "Redesign" we taught 5 classes and had a student load of 150. His plan upped that to 6 classes and 180 students. Under block scheduling, some teachers have 3 classes in a row, 100 min each. With two six minute passing periods in between, that's almost 6 hours without any real break. I had that schedule for two years. Now I "only" have to wait a bit over 3 and a half hours for a bathroom break. Keep in mind this increased productivity didn't include any kind of a raise. 30 extra students means more work to take home. The program also mandates more meetings, so I'm taking home even more work I used to do at school.
I am not going to turn this into and educational debate. I will read and consider any replies but will not answer them. I will agree to disagree. I do not mean to detract from Mr. Selby's message, with which I am in near total agreement.
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I am not going to turn this into and educational debate. I will read and consider any replies but will not answer them. I will agree to disagree. I do not mean to detract from Mr. Selby's message, with which I am in near total agreement.
I find this fascinating, and I suspect Selby would too. Since he has actually encouraged feedback to what he has posted, perhaps you should consider passing this along via his web site where he is more likely to read it, consider it, and perhaps even respond to it in some way, since he does not visit this forum.