> Isaac, how do you feel, then, about the Maryland > high school requirement of kids needing to do 1000 > hours of community involved projects to graduate > high school?
> It is meant to teach civics and responsibility. I think it's a good idea. > As a followup: > Without it, how do you think kids should be taught civics > and the rights and responsibilities of citizenship? By a better community of adult role-models. Ultimately I don't think these things can really be taught, but that doesn't mean I think trying to teach them is a bad idea -- it could be that some of these kids have experiences they wouldn't have given their own devices that do lead to an understanding of civic responsibility (although I expect the link to be tenuous at best). I.e. "nothing ventured, nothing gained" and it's not like there isn't already all kinds of retarded crap in our education system, so this at least has some conceptual merit even if the execution doesn't produce the desired result. The better community of adults I would have for children is hard to come by, and assuming it ever existed in the larger population is being slowly whittled away by an increasingly dissociative culture, much of which I think can be attributed almost directly to our (ab)use of technology. I still have hope that things may change, although I'm not sure when or how. s. isaac dealey 434.293.6201 new epoch : isn't it time for a change? add features without fixtures with the onTap open source framework http://www.fusiontap.com http://coldfusion.sys-con.com/author/4806Dealey.htm ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:204080 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
