Arizona just posted what I think is an awesome idea that her 12 year old son came up with shortly before being kicked out of school (more or less).
My son, at age 12, tried to reform the system through a proposed “10 minute schoolplan†whereby teachers were given 10 mins to “sell†a lesson [...]
Monthly Archives: July 2005
10 Minute Lesson Plan
July 27, 2005 – 11:26 pm
Classroom as Drama
July 27, 2005 – 10:25 pm
God, this guy just doesn’t let up for a second with amazing observations:
The strongest meshes of the school net are invisible. Constant bidding for a stranger’s attention creates a chemistry producing the common characteristics of modern schoolchildren: whining, dishonesty, malice, treachery, cruelty. Unceasing competition for official favor in the dramatic fish bowl of a classroom [...]
Behavioral Science Education Project
July 27, 2005 – 10:16 pm
More crazy stuff from Gatto:
The second document, the gigantic Behavioral Science Teacher Education Project, outlined teaching reforms to be forced on the country after 1967. If you ever want to hunt this thing down, it bears the U.S. Office of Education Contract Number OEC-0-9-320424-4042 (B10). The document sets out clearly the intentions of its creators—nothing [...]
Magazine Articles ‘n Shit
July 27, 2005 – 9:39 pm
While I’m on the topic of of publishing, I’m also hatching a plan to break into magazine writing. I think it would be really good for me to (1) polish my style a bit, and (2) reach new people, and (3) interact as part of a larger community. I don’t have any grand ambitions that [...]
Publishing Strategies
July 27, 2005 – 9:14 pm
I’ve kind of abstractly mentioned a few times that I was approached by a literary agent a few months ago to put together a book on the occult in pop culture. The basic idea is one I like, but I’m finding that literary agents have a rather different idea about what people want to read [...]
Washington’s Education
July 27, 2005 – 6:55 pm
Another interesting historical tidbit from Gatto about George Washington’s self-directed education:
Washington attended school for exactly two years. Besides the subjects mentioned, at twelve and thirteen (and later) he studied frequently used legal forms like bills of exchange, tobacco receipts, leases, and patents. From these forms, he was asked to deduce the theory, philosophy, and custom [...]
