http://blogs.wsd1.org/rbrblog Just another blogs.wsd1.org weblog Mon, 20 Apr 2009 18:12:11 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 http://blogs.wsd1.org/rbrblog/2008/11/27/hello-world/comment-page-1/#comment-22 Stephan Mon, 20 Apr 2009 18:12:11 +0000 http://blogs.wsd1.org/rbrblog/2008/11/27/hello-world/#comment-22 Many students, especially those who are poor, intuitively know what the schools do for them. They school them to confuse process and substance. Once these become blurred, a new logic is assumed: the more treatment there is, the better are the results; or, escalation leads to success. The pupil is thereby "schooled" to confuse teaching with learning, grade advancement with education, a diploma with competence, and fluency with the ability to say something new. His imagination is "schooled" to accept service in place of value. Medical treatment is mistaken for health care, social work for the improvement of community life, police protection for safety, military poise for national security, the rat race for productive work. Health, learning, dignity, independence, and creative endeavour are defined as little more than the performance of the institutions which claim to serve these ends, and their improvement is made to depend on allocating more resources to the management of hospitals, schools, and other agencies in question. Ivan Illich Deschooling Society (1973: 9) Many students, especially those who are poor, intuitively know what the schools do for them. They school them to confuse process and substance. Once these become blurred, a new logic is assumed: the more treatment there is, the better are the results; or, escalation leads to success. The pupil is thereby “schooled” to confuse teaching with learning, grade advancement with education, a diploma with competence, and fluency with the ability to say something new. His imagination is “schooled” to accept service in place of value. Medical treatment is mistaken for health care, social work for the improvement of community life, police protection for safety, military poise for national security, the rat race for productive work. Health, learning, dignity, independence, and creative endeavour are defined as little more than the performance of the institutions which claim to serve these ends, and their improvement is made to depend on allocating more resources to the management of hospitals, schools, and other agencies in question.
Ivan Illich Deschooling Society (1973: 9)

]]> http://blogs.wsd1.org/rbrblog/2008/11/27/hello-world/comment-page-1/#comment-21 Davido Fri, 17 Apr 2009 20:58:09 +0000 http://blogs.wsd1.org/rbrblog/2008/11/27/hello-world/#comment-21 We could help students stay in school by convincing them that blogging is a fruitless endeavour and only serves to plug them into the virtual abyss We could help students stay in school by convincing them that blogging is a
fruitless endeavour and only serves to plug them into the virtual abyss

]]> http://blogs.wsd1.org/rbrblog/2008/11/27/hello-world/comment-page-1/#comment-20 Tracey Fri, 20 Feb 2009 17:09:46 +0000 http://blogs.wsd1.org/rbrblog/2008/11/27/hello-world/#comment-20 So now does anyone know that this is here? I forgot! hehe If anyone reads this I hope that you have a great day!!!!! So now does anyone know that this is here? I forgot! hehe If anyone reads this I hope that you have a great day!!!!!

]]> http://blogs.wsd1.org/rbrblog/2008/11/27/hello-world/comment-page-1/#comment-19 I AM INDIAN Wed, 18 Feb 2009 16:37:53 +0000 http://blogs.wsd1.org/rbrblog/2008/11/27/hello-world/#comment-19 hey y'all! hows it going since december 12th? thats the last time somebody worte on here. anyways better write back. pCe hey y’all! hows it going since december 12th? thats the last time somebody worte on here. anyways better write back. pCe

]]> http://blogs.wsd1.org/rbrblog/2008/11/27/hello-world/comment-page-1/#comment-18 Benjamin Paul Fri, 06 Feb 2009 03:50:44 +0000 http://blogs.wsd1.org/rbrblog/2008/11/27/hello-world/#comment-18 So... uhm.. yeah.... what up pplz? So… uhm.. yeah…. what up pplz?

]]> http://blogs.wsd1.org/rbrblog/2008/11/27/hello-world/comment-page-1/#comment-17 Denise Tue, 03 Feb 2009 19:37:09 +0000 http://blogs.wsd1.org/rbrblog/2008/11/27/hello-world/#comment-17 How come more people aren't blogging on this sight? Here's a question for all of you out there: How can we help students to stay in school for the entire year? Why do students leave? How come more people aren’t blogging on this sight? Here’s a question for all of you out there: How can we help students to stay in school for the entire year? Why do students leave?

]]> http://blogs.wsd1.org/rbrblog/2008/11/27/hello-world/comment-page-1/#comment-13 Lance Mon, 15 Dec 2008 20:38:29 +0000 http://blogs.wsd1.org/rbrblog/2008/11/27/hello-world/#comment-13 So this is the blog... eh? Sweet! So this is the blog… eh?
Sweet!

]]> http://blogs.wsd1.org/rbrblog/2008/11/27/hello-world/comment-page-1/#comment-12 destiny Fri, 12 Dec 2008 16:09:30 +0000 http://blogs.wsd1.org/rbrblog/2008/11/27/hello-world/#comment-12 ya hurry up ya hurry up

]]> http://blogs.wsd1.org/rbrblog/2008/11/27/hello-world/comment-page-1/#comment-11 rolanda Fri, 12 Dec 2008 16:08:33 +0000 http://blogs.wsd1.org/rbrblog/2008/11/27/hello-world/#comment-11 lets blog lets blog

]]> http://blogs.wsd1.org/rbrblog/2008/11/27/hello-world/comment-page-1/#comment-10 Denise Thu, 11 Dec 2008 19:01:41 +0000 http://blogs.wsd1.org/rbrblog/2008/11/27/hello-world/#comment-10 Hey! Why hasn't anyone else written on this blog? Merry Christmas everyone! Hey! Why hasn’t anyone else written on this blog? Merry Christmas everyone!

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