http://thomasnixon.com/book-excerpt-21st-century-skills/ K-12 Online Learning & Teaching Tue, 18 May 2010 14:21:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://thomasnixon.com/book-excerpt-21st-century-skills/comment-page-1/#comment-133 Tom Nixon Fri, 12 Mar 2010 05:28:48 +0000 http://thomasnixon.com/?p=99#comment-133 Clearly, you have never been to this school. It is unique in that it does not do that. But, yes, there are other schools that certainly do. Clearly, you have never been to this school. It is unique in that it does not do that. But, yes, there are other schools that certainly do.

]]> http://thomasnixon.com/book-excerpt-21st-century-skills/comment-page-1/#comment-131 Lane Lester Wed, 10 Mar 2010 01:22:44 +0000 http://thomasnixon.com/?p=99#comment-131 Paul is very poetic... and full of hogwash. Virtually every school is designed to repress creativity and innovation. Regimentation is of prime importance: bells, rules, grades, government-approved textbooks with government-approved "truth," assignment formats; the list goes on and on. The entire system is designed to train the student to subjugate their individuality, submit to the system, and support the organization: class, school, team, and state. Paul is very poetic… and full of hogwash. Virtually every school is designed to repress creativity and innovation. Regimentation is of prime importance: bells, rules, grades, government-approved textbooks with government-approved “truth,” assignment formats; the list goes on and on. The entire system is designed to train the student to subjugate their individuality, submit to the system, and support the organization: class, school, team, and state.

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