nexus

online evaluation forms available next week

an observation: why were so many participants male?.......we know girls achieve far greater success academically, yet, at the gifted conference,....mostly male......thoughts?

more bloggers!

rob howell's unique take on things can be found at: http://robsblogthingey.blogspot.com/...
(tread carefully)

you'll find melissa paul at : http://crazy-mel-weird.blogspot.com/

response to random sentences

one of the most famous poems of the twentieth-century:

"The Red Wheelbarrow" by William Carlos Williams

so much depends
upon

a red wheel
barrow

glazed with rain
water

beside the white
chickens.

the bloggers and their blogs

http://bloggy1117.blogspot.com/ erica
http://cassanesbrain.blogspot.com/ connor
http://enriched-macduff.blogspot.com/ mcguchan
http://nowthatsathinker.blogspot.com/ jeremy
http://mandisplace46.blogspot.com/ amanda
http://thyboyd.blogspot.com/ darcy
http://sweetcandy101.blogspot.com/ shelby
http://trialanderror23.blogspot.com/ sydney
http://makinglightbulbs.blogspot.com/ lee
http://kelseyy-08.blogspot.com/ kelsey

more to come

the SUPERKIDS!!!!!

imagine being known as a superkid....that film made Michael's dad look pretty bad....not saying he wasn't but that film was a very interesting construction of reality ....all those shots of Michael looking bad and dad lurking in the background.....that shot of him walking down the hall and crossing to the other side to avoid the kids coming his way....painful to watch.....but not necessarily a gifted thing....we have lots kids - especially boys - like that here at idci.......mendel..neat kid....quintessential gifted kid.....creates his own language then forgets his portfolio.....mom is interesting...is she for it or against it all?.....those tears were genuine though....and why let people film your kid at such a potentially vulnerable time?...wonder if Brian has made his disastrous mistake yet?.....don't think so.....another interesting mom......"that was the end of my ambition"....discuss.....interpretation? feminist interpretation?......the filmmaker and his son....that was an interesting relationship "he takes his problems and tries to fix them in me"...PAGING DR.FREUD!!....dad did say he worries children are losing "unsupersized play".......then he signs his kids up for everything......it's a tough one, I agree with him,,,,but , wait till you're a parent....it's a tough one....the best times kids have are the unstructured ones....building a fort, playing on a snow hill etc.....laser quest is pretty fun too though....that Osman Ali guy was another interesting one..what a vocabulary....what bitterness...what an intellect......"every child is a gift to their parents. their role is to support their child's optimal development"....discuss

valentine's day in IDU 3O1

well, that was interesting....nice poems.....interesting dichotomy...want to hate it (Vday that is...) but can't ...it's just nice...neat photoshop...how can a day be special (to you and yours) if everyone else is celebrating it too?.....a government conspiracy.....I knew it!...some terribly poignant moments (look it up)...thanks for sharing......why have we turned it into what it has become? hello....$$$$$$$$$$$$.....still can be nice though......who is the CEO of Hallmark anyway?.....does he/she get his significant other a card each holiday?.....and who writes this stuff anyway?...can you imagine writing Hallmark cards all day...every day? bet it pays well.....but what surgery on your soul....talk like a pirate day...now that's a holiday....some hugging.....nice....just don't overdo it...it could lead to slow dancing....the pieces of my broken heart are so small they could pass through an eye of a needle.....love should end with hope....it's the little dorky things that makes it special......like Hallmark cards!
and now it's over , hope it was worth it....whatever it was

education and all that

some thoughts from Sir Ken Robinson:

• today, degrees aren't worth anything
• everything is shifting; so should education
• women can multi-task better
• all kids have talents; we squander them
  
• creativity is as important today as literacy
• kids will take a chance but are taught that mistakes are the worst thing
• kids are educated out of creativity
• we educate from the waist up...should educate the whole being
  
• the purpose seems to be to produce university profs and to meet the needs of industrialization.....but that has shifted....system hasn't
• if insects disappear, all life is gone from earth in 50 years
• if humans disappear, all non-human life flourishes in 50 years
• all children are born artists; the trick is staying onestory of Jillian Lynne the dancer and choreographer......she's not sick, she's a dancer
• ADHD was not an available condition then
• our system has a hierarchy of values that is out of touch with societal reality
• lots to think about there........
  

valentine's day

and in the end, the love you take is equal to the love you make

just registering here on monday the 11th

introduction

ok...so testing this out....see how it goes