CompuServe Messages

>> I do believe you are reaching, I am still unclear as to what you are reaching for. >> Again I ask, What messages are you referring to? Okay, let me try to help make it… more clear. To begin, perhaps you don't agree with my first assumption. Maybe YOU DO feel that our educational system, in general, IS doing a wonderful job. You've previously stated that… …"If you give someone the appropriate information regarding gravity they will understand gravity effects. The only way in this example I can see the 'message' being a problem is if you provide incorrect information or partial information. After that it gets back to issues of interest and attention of the learner.". Does this infer that you feel all schools should do is give out is statistics? Heck, just give 'um the facts, right? Perhaps its just that type of thinking that is part of the problem. After all, wouldn't the "somebody" in your example be better served if you also taught them How to Apply the reality of gravity? How to USE gravity for ADVANTAGE? Or was your assumption that each individual can process and apply all this information themselves? After all, its just an issue of interest and attention, right? WRONG! THAT"S what I'm reaching for! I don't believe that it is just a matter of interest and attention. The ability to digest, store and use all of the information we're bombarded with is just that, an ability or for that matter, inability. I don't believe that we are supplying our students with the "Skills" needed to apply and process all of this information effectively. >>Yes, these are horrendous problems without a doubt. Do you blame these problems on the educational system? What did they teach YOU in school <g>. No. I don't blame the system. I'm NOT INTERESTED IN BLAME. I'm interested in reform! My point is that all of this CRAZY information must be effectively dealt with. What I'm most interested in is setting our students up to win, not simply not to lose. >>Sorry, but I see these problems as much more far reaching in cause than to blame any Board of Ed. >>…but to blame everything that is wrong with our society on the education system strikes me a tad bit extreme. Again with the blame thing. Why so much attention to who's to blame? Also, your basis for reasoning and logic seem somewhat off center. How you can equate anything I've commented on with blaming a particular Board of Ed. is… faulty reasoning. >>Hey right on! Good start. I think technology could help good people implement these things. Again, if the lack of technology isn't the current problem with our educational system, how can future technology, alone, help solve the same problems? You're close when you touch on "…content of our own childrens learning process…" however, to a large degree it doesn't matter if the "message" is in form of crayon & paper or some wonderful form of technology, it's the message that is important, not the messenger. Eric