> I can understand why a teacher may not be interested in this discussion. > Still, the debate is also very relevant. It's about how we're going to > address your aunt's concerns.
The debate is definitely very relevant, and I'm glad we're having it. > Think of it this way: nobody wants to know how sausage is made, right? Well, > we're the sausage factory! :-) To run with this analogy for a moment - what the conversation with my aunt reminded me of was this: while we sit here talking, there are hungry people out there. And the time we use to discuss the optimization of our sausage-making setup is time we are *not* spending making sausage that those people can eat. It's not a reason to stop having these discussions - they *are* needed - but it is (imo) something we should be painfully aware of every time we do. A sausage factory with beautifully optimized machines, happy skilled workers, etc. is a nice theoretical setup for a great sausage factory - but it's the production of sausage and its consumption by satisfied diners that turns it into an *actual* great sausage factory. So a litmus test for conversations in this thread (and other SLs) might be: "Is this action I am about to take the best use of my time towards helping children learn?" And on that note, my next post will be a summary of the thread to date so that (hopefully) we can see what's left to do in order to move forward on this. --Mel _______________________________________________ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) [email protected] http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep
