by KP | Jul 31, 2012 | Education
It’s been over a week now since, while driving to camp in the early morning hours, I first heard the news about the movie theatre shooting in Aurora, Colorado. NPR related the known facts in sad and serious tones, and then moved on to other stories. Horrified,...
by KP | Jul 28, 2012 | Education
via A pledge to always do the right thing | Opinion | CentreDaily.com. Lying on the grass prostrate I wanted to die. Earlier that day I had been caught cheating on a health education test in high school. The teacher who caught me was the head of the athletic...
by KP | Jul 23, 2012 | Ceramics, Education
Check out this video featuring Adam Savage from Mythbusters, on Making. Notable quotes: Making is inherently risky. You’re gonna cut yourself, you’re gonna get bruised, you’re gonna mess things up, you’re gonna fail, and that’s...
by KP | Jul 20, 2012 | Education
Thoughtful op-ed piece by Mark Edmondson, from UVA, in today’s NYTimes. Â I agree wholeheartedly. …Every memorable class is a bit like a jazz composition. There is the basic melody that you work with. It is defined by the syllabus. But there is also a...
by KP | Jul 19, 2012 | Ceramics, Education
Just like I want to believe that clay – and all things tactile – will stay inherently engaging as we move closer and closer to a pushbutton society, I also want to believe many other idealisms about education. Â I was brought up that way. I was raised to...
