Most definitely. There’s another article that comes to mind, it’s called “Letter to my Younger self” by NBA great Ray Allen where he talks about habits. Also, interestingly enough, about being told he “talked white”.
I’m not sure what you meant by noticing?
That article is fascinating–I had always wondered where it got twisted upside down.
No, I am not. And saying something is one of many factors is not the same thing as suggesting it is “THE major driver”
Sorry. Working with mixed groups of athletes do you observe interactions that fit the same mold?
I have read Ray’s article. It was great.
I didn’t know what this was (or the word pillory/pilloried) but I looked it up. Holy crap.
OK, fair enough. Apologies for the misunderstanding.
Right? And at a time only 25% were single moms. Politics is a helluva game.
Hmm…not particularly. Although I don’t work for a college AD, I work privately so I can’t speak for the University systems. But no–I don’t really see any real instances of people being told they weren’t “black enough” or “spoke white” or anything. I think when it comes to sport the sense is ‘sport first, teammates first, everything else second’ so that takes away a lot of it. Could be a big issue from an educational perspective but I don’t see the same type of divide there.
No worries. I was writing from my phone between appointments. I’m sure I could have spoken much more clearly!
Thanks. I sometimes can’t help it. If I were doing something like @SkyzykS nonprofit on a smaller scale, I’d open a high school for teen moms. Small districts often have nothing, and big districts often give these young women the option of attending the local alternative high school (where the delinquents/ troubled kids are). Those girls are typically not that kind of kid, and don’t need harassed by the troubled kids. They do better in their own school, if the community is large enough to support one. We had 4 classrooms on the ground floor. A library with computers and a couple of small offices on the second floor. And a couple of playrooms, a kitchen, and several nurseries with cribs in the basement. The moms could check on kids between classes, nurse a baby, feed a toddler lunch during the school day. I often did counseling with a baby in my arms. It was fantastic.
Trying the quote within a quote. Thanks, @dchris!
Changing topics a little bit. If you could change something about American Education, what would you do?
I’d stop with all the homework for elementary kids. The research doesn’t support it.
And I like several things about this.
Unlike in the United States, where many schools are slashing recess, schoolchildren in Finland have a mandatory 15-minute outdoor free-play break every hour of every day. Fresh air, nature and regular physical activity breaks are considered engines of learning. According to one Finnish maxim, “There is no bad weather. Only inadequate clothing.”
One evening, I asked my son what he did for gym that day. “They sent us into the woods with a map and compass and we had to find our way out,” he said.
Finland doesn’t waste time or money on low-quality mass standardized testing. Instead, children are assessed every day, through direct observation, check-ins and quizzes by the highest-quality “personalized learning device” ever created — flesh-and-blood teachers.
I’d remove any and all government financial support (tax breaks, incentives, direct funding, etc) to any educational institution that operates with/for a profit.
Why’s that?
Because I see “education” as a service for the betterment of society/theplanet/etc and if you’re going to treat a school like a business, you shouldn’t get the best of both worlds (profit AND taxpayer money).
I disagree entirely… and who do you suppose gets the profit? Also, profit from what? Do schools have revenue now?
Colleges sure do, and the govt incentive they receive is enormous
Edit: Lower level private schools also make a profit while getting taxpayer money on top, but my problem is moreso with college level
So, you aren’t including K-12 then?
Again, who gets the profit?
EDIT
Usually the profits are rolled into stupidly high pay for high level administration, rolled into an investment account to toss into the stock market, buying surrounding real estate to stop people from building/utilizing the space near them, scientific research (usually for the purpose of making money), etc.
I don’t fundamentally have a problem with for profit education, just for profit education while getting tax payer money.
Again to confirm:
So, you aren’t including K-12 then?
Are you specifically addressing public colleges?
I would apply this to all educational institutions.
You realize that the board approves superintendent pay and approves the budget right?
Is this a frustration you have with people who make money in general, or is this specific to: [quote=“pfury, post:137, topic:226179”]
high level administration
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