Ok, Let's Get Real

So this is going to be a blog where my punctuation and grammar doesn't really matter. Since starting this blog I have been a little intimidated with the quality of writers out there. But after reading some posts, I realized being down to earth and expressing my feeling like my normal writing style does, conveys what I want to say much better.

So, so... I keep starting out my paragraphs with so. Hmm... need to work on creative paragraph word starters. Suggestions? Whew... anyway!!! So today we talked a little bit about Caleb Gallimore's speech, since we didn't get to it last week. Not really much to say on that point except that we think it's cool that he has some high achievements and now has set the bar pretty high for the honors kids, but hearing his name over and over again is tedious and annoying.

Then, we discussed the first couple chapters, well, mostly the first chapter of the book The End of Education by Neil Postman. We are heavy discussers with loads of opinions. I will be amazed if we are able to discuss every chapter in this book over the next 5 or some weeks.

Honestly, I was not completely tracking with Postman. But I think that after the discussion today I have a better grip on what he is talking about. I was a good little honors student today and took lots of notes. :)

So (there we go again!) we talked about Postman's writing style, how he likes to use the format of giving the reader the "this" or "that" option. Which that is to some really annoying. We mostly discussed about the terms "god" and "God" and why he uses them instead of other words. Why does he choose to use these delicate terms so loosely? I think we all agreed that it was to convey importance. I also think that we he terms something as "the god of economics" or whatever... that he really pointing out to us something that we didn't think of as important, but we really are making it important. Hmm... let me rephrase that. He was trying to reveal to us that we are making "technology" a "god". He's revealing it to us because we are in denial that it has so much importance to us.

We also talked about the means and ends of educations. How we spend so much time on how to learn and what to learn, but not what the goal, the achievement, the pursuit is. He title makes more sense now. The End of Educations = The Goal of Education. What are we striving for? Why are we striving for it? Will it be worth it? These are questions that I have for Neil Postman. I have a strong feeling that he will answer them, and probably more.