Comments on: The Seven-Lesson School Teacher http://www.steve-olson.com/the-seven-lesson-school-teacher/ For People Pursuing Freedom Wed, 08 Oct 2008 10:35:50 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Amanda Jones http://www.steve-olson.com/the-seven-lesson-school-teacher/#comment-67101 Amanda Jones Mon, 31 Dec 2007 01:15:04 +0000 http://www.steve-olson.com/the-seven-lesson-school-teacher/#comment-67101 All good for most...what about 45 years of living in torment? Trying (REALLY trying) all the 'self help' (including The Secret philosophy) and still ending up in the same place...wanting to leave this planet and 'go home'? What then???? All good for most…what about 45 years of living in torment? Trying (REALLY trying) all the ’self help’ (including The Secret philosophy) and still ending up in the same place…wanting to leave this planet and ‘go home’? What then????

]]> By: dana http://www.steve-olson.com/the-seven-lesson-school-teacher/#comment-31271 dana Mon, 16 Jul 2007 14:18:04 +0000 http://www.steve-olson.com/the-seven-lesson-school-teacher/#comment-31271 I AM LOOKING FOR A SCHOOL THAT TEACHES LAW OF ATTRACTION PRINCIPALS AND NUTURES CREATIVITY ETC. FOR MY 4 YEAR OLD ANYWHERE. I AM WILLING TO RELOCATE. ANYBODY HEARD OF ANY GOOD IDEAS... DON'T WANT PUBLIC SCHOOL FOR MY KIDS... I AM LOOKING FOR A SCHOOL THAT TEACHES LAW OF ATTRACTION PRINCIPALS AND NUTURES CREATIVITY ETC. FOR MY 4 YEAR OLD ANYWHERE. I AM WILLING TO RELOCATE. ANYBODY HEARD OF ANY GOOD IDEAS… DON’T WANT PUBLIC SCHOOL FOR MY KIDS…

]]> By: TerryG http://www.steve-olson.com/the-seven-lesson-school-teacher/#comment-13180 TerryG Tue, 27 Mar 2007 12:14:16 +0000 http://www.steve-olson.com/the-seven-lesson-school-teacher/#comment-13180 Spot on with your comments here and I fully agree with you. Isn't this funny how The Secret has started an avalanche of discussion and a new way that we all look at our personal development. Great article, please keep posting. Spot on with your comments here and I fully agree with you. Isn’t this funny how The Secret has started an avalanche of discussion and a new way that we all look at our personal development. Great article, please keep posting.

]]> By: Bryan C. Fleming » Personal Growth Carnival - Nov 14th http://www.steve-olson.com/the-seven-lesson-school-teacher/#comment-1243 Bryan C. Fleming » Personal Growth Carnival - Nov 14th Tue, 14 Nov 2006 21:11:25 +0000 http://www.steve-olson.com/the-seven-lesson-school-teacher/#comment-1243 [...] Steve Olson presents The Seven-Lesson School Teacher posted at Steve Olson. [...] [...] Steve Olson presents The Seven-Lesson School Teacher posted at Steve Olson. [...]

]]> By: » Cultivate Greatness Blog Success & Growth Carnival #6, Nov 13th 2006 · Cultivate Greatness | Personal Development | Self-Help & Success Blog | Motivation Blog | Inspiration Blog | Business Blog | Self Help Book http://www.steve-olson.com/the-seven-lesson-school-teacher/#comment-1187 » Cultivate Greatness Blog Success & Growth Carnival #6, Nov 13th 2006 · Cultivate Greatness | Personal Development | Self-Help & Success Blog | Motivation Blog | Inspiration Blog | Business Blog | Self Help Book Tue, 14 Nov 2006 03:27:53 +0000 http://www.steve-olson.com/the-seven-lesson-school-teacher/#comment-1187 [...] Steve Olson presents The Seven-Lesson School Teacher posted at Steve Olson. [...] [...] Steve Olson presents The Seven-Lesson School Teacher posted at Steve Olson. [...]

]]> By: Creating a Better Life http://www.steve-olson.com/the-seven-lesson-school-teacher/#comment-1110 Creating a Better Life Sun, 12 Nov 2006 08:16:51 +0000 http://www.steve-olson.com/the-seven-lesson-school-teacher/#comment-1110 <strong>The Personal Development Carnival - November 12, 2006...</strong> Welcome to the November 12, 2006 edition of The Personal Development Carnival! — Jack Yoest presents Any PR is good, As Long As They Spell Your Name Right posted at Reasoned Audacity, saying, “When you tangle with print, radio, or visua... The Personal Development Carnival - November 12, 2006…

Welcome to the November 12, 2006 edition of The Personal Development Carnival!
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Jack Yoest presents Any PR is good, As Long As They Spell Your Name Right posted at Reasoned Audacity, saying, “When you tangle with print, radio, or visua…

]]> By: Rick Cockrum http://www.steve-olson.com/the-seven-lesson-school-teacher/#comment-1083 Rick Cockrum Sat, 11 Nov 2006 14:33:52 +0000 http://www.steve-olson.com/the-seven-lesson-school-teacher/#comment-1083 Great link, Steve! I've long believed the primary purpose of school was to condition people to be 'good' members of an industrial, consumer society, not creative people who know how to think. I really gave up when teaching became a unionized job and quit being a profession. My boys all went to public schools. My daughter went to public school through 9th grade. She is now in cyberschool. If I had to do things over, I would consider cyberschool for my older children in their later years. Acculturation is necessary, but there has to be a better way, especially with schools getting more and more expensive, and the results getting worse and worse. As you said, the love of learning is being taught out of them, not reinforced. Like AD, I don't have a solution. If it were easy, there would be one already. A lot of people have the same complaints. I would, though, start by focusing on the three Rs, and make most other things electives. I would also turn off the TV, and teach at home by example the joys of reading, learning, and personal creativity. Great link, Steve!

I’ve long believed the primary purpose of school was to condition people to be ‘good’ members of an industrial, consumer society, not creative people who know how to think. I really gave up when teaching became a unionized job and quit being a profession.

My boys all went to public schools. My daughter went to public school through 9th grade. She is now in cyberschool. If I had to do things over, I would consider cyberschool for my older children in their later years.

Acculturation is necessary, but there has to be a better way, especially with schools getting more and more expensive, and the results getting worse and worse. As you said, the love of learning is being taught out of them, not reinforced. Like AD, I don’t have a solution. If it were easy, there would be one already. A lot of people have the same complaints. I would, though, start by focusing on the three Rs, and make most other things electives. I would also turn off the TV, and teach at home by example the joys of reading, learning, and personal creativity.

]]> By: AdventureDad http://www.steve-olson.com/the-seven-lesson-school-teacher/#comment-1059 AdventureDad Fri, 10 Nov 2006 20:07:14 +0000 http://www.steve-olson.com/the-seven-lesson-school-teacher/#comment-1059 That's a great paragraph. It's so true but i've never thought about it like that. I agree with you about the school system. It's a total disaster and will have serious consequences for the country during the next 0-100 years. The tough thing is to change it, it takes a generation or two. One of the major problems is that people don't realize how bad it actually is. Most people don't travel or come in contact with other countries/cultures and therefore have little to compare with. No one can make a school system perfect but I'm confident U.S. can do a LOT better. You wouldn't believe have many embarrassing questions I've heard. Stuff like "Is Europe a big country?" Makes me kind of scared to hear.... Of of my many weaknesses is that I'm great at finding faults but not good at solutions. I simply don't have a good action plan over how to improve the system. Nice weekend AD That’s a great paragraph. It’s so true but i’ve never thought about it like that. I agree with you about the school system. It’s a total disaster and will have serious consequences for the country during the next 0-100 years. The tough thing is to change it, it takes a generation or two. One of the major problems is that people don’t realize how bad it actually is. Most people don’t travel or come in contact with other countries/cultures and therefore have little to compare with. No one can make a school system perfect but I’m confident U.S. can do a LOT better. You wouldn’t believe have many embarrassing questions I’ve heard. Stuff like “Is Europe a big country?” Makes me kind of scared to hear….

Of of my many weaknesses is that I’m great at finding faults but not good at solutions. I simply don’t have a good action plan over how to improve the system.

Nice weekend

AD

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