Comments on: Sir Ken Robinson – Do schools kill creativity? http://robrohan.com/2007/04/23/237/ 技术任意 Fri, 04 Dec 2009 04:36:16 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: rob http://robrohan.com/2007/04/23/237/comment-page-1/#comment-1806 rob Fri, 04 May 2007 04:10:18 +0000 http://robrohan.com/2007/04/23/237/#comment-1806 <p>Hi Sam,</p> <p>You can reach me at rob dot rohan at yahoo dot com</p> <p>再见, rob</p> Hi Sam,

You can reach me at rob dot rohan at yahoo dot com

再见, rob

]]> By: Sam Brier http://robrohan.com/2007/04/23/237/comment-page-1/#comment-1799 Sam Brier Thu, 03 May 2007 13:17:04 +0000 http://robrohan.com/2007/04/23/237/#comment-1799 <p>Hi Rob,</p> <p>Two things:</p> <p>1) I've heard John Gatto (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Taylor_Gatto) speak, and he has similar things to say. Very interesting and relevant stuff.</p> <p>2) Also you seem to be the same Rob Rohan who made the Chinese Words widget, and I'd like to talk with you about creating another widget for a Chinese calendar that my friend and I have already finished- 365 days. And also another widget on the material found at this link: http://www.experiencesabroad.com/beijing.html . Obviously I can't find your email on any of your pages to email you or I would have.</p> <p>Cheers, Sam</p> Hi Rob,

Two things:

1) I’ve heard John Gatto (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Taylor_Gatto) speak, and he has similar things to say. Very interesting and relevant stuff.

2) Also you seem to be the same Rob Rohan who made the Chinese Words widget, and I’d like to talk with you about creating another widget for a Chinese calendar that my friend and I have already finished- 365 days. And also another widget on the material found at this link: http://www.experiencesabroad.com/beijing.html . Obviously I can’t find your email on any of your pages to email you or I would have.

Cheers, Sam

]]> By: Geoff Bowers http://robrohan.com/2007/04/23/237/comment-page-1/#comment-1750 Geoff Bowers Tue, 24 Apr 2007 10:15:33 +0000 http://robrohan.com/2007/04/23/237/#comment-1750 <p>I don't know mate, he might be on to something. I was told I wasn't allowed to let computing occupy my time -- something like, "it's a play thing that won't amount to anything but a distraction from your entrance exams" -- or words to that effect. Clearly the "Director of Studies" for my alma mater was a man of great vision, but in one respect he was right -- you can't <em>afford</em> to be distracted if the overwhelming goal of high school is to achieve access to University. Perhaps we should have other goals.</p> <p>To be honest, I'd be happy if they just started teaching facts to kids. And backing that up with the ability to rationalise that all truths are a combination of who is doing the telling, what the original question was and how the data was gathered. Instead I find modern curriculum tends to be dedicated to one idealism or another, moral relativism and little if any effort to empower students to seek the truth for themselves.</p> I don’t know mate, he might be on to something. I was told I wasn’t allowed to let computing occupy my time — something like, “it’s a play thing that won’t amount to anything but a distraction from your entrance exams” — or words to that effect. Clearly the “Director of Studies” for my alma mater was a man of great vision, but in one respect he was right — you can’t afford to be distracted if the overwhelming goal of high school is to achieve access to University. Perhaps we should have other goals.

To be honest, I’d be happy if they just started teaching facts to kids. And backing that up with the ability to rationalise that all truths are a combination of who is doing the telling, what the original question was and how the data was gathered. Instead I find modern curriculum tends to be dedicated to one idealism or another, moral relativism and little if any effort to empower students to seek the truth for themselves.

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