Remember that there is a more logical keyboard for the computer as well. But the learning curve is tough when you already know the original so there is no hurry to learn the better keyboard.
REH ----- Original Message ----- From: "Brad McCormick, Ed.D." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, July 06, 2003 10:48 AM Subject: [Futurework] Statistics > An article in the NYT today about the census > says that > > On the census, people are supposed to report where they > lived on April 1 of the census year. So, for instance, > college students living in dormitories are supposed > to be tallied at the dorm address, not their parents' > homes. > > Surely there can't be too many bigger examples of > how facts are not objective but rather are > determined by our "forms of perception and > categories of understanding" (Kant's phrases). > > Surely, if one counts America's parent-supported > student population based on the above criteria, > then we can probably determine fairly certainly > that the town of Littleville (whatever) has > 3000 and not either 5000 or 50 inhabitants. > If we count based on where people have their > permanent residence (where they go when they > get thrown out of where they happen to be), > then Littleville has 800, and not either > 50 or 3000 inhabitants. > > We can increases the precision, and even the > accuracy -- of conformity to our > measuring metric *du jour*. > > What lesson do I draw from this? Obviously, > that (e.g.) students need to be more engaged in > the process of deciding whether they should be > graded or whether they should be judged > according to other criteria (or not be judged at > all, etc.), than they should be engaged in the > process of being measured by a grading > system that is taken for granted as if it > was objectively real and not a human choice. > > And, you know, students just might decide they > ought to be graded, just like the musical > establishment decided that they should > not make life easier for themselves by > using Mr. Paul von Jacko's piano (see > yesterday's NYT). Maybe, no matter > how hard one tries to shove the issue > of how social life should be characterized > under people's noses, they will not > smell anything except the roses. > > \brad mccormick > > -- > Let your light so shine before men, > that they may see your good works.... (Matt 5:16) > > Prove all things; hold fast that which is good. (1 Thes 5:21) > > <![%THINK;[SGML+APL]]> Brad McCormick, Ed.D. / [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > Visit my website ==> http://www.users.cloud9.net/~bradmcc/ > > _______________________________________________ > Futurework mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://scribe.uwaterloo.ca/mailman/listinfo/futurework _______________________________________________ Futurework mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://scribe.uwaterloo.ca/mailman/listinfo/futurework
