Category Archives: responsibility
Bank Failure?
As we watch the markets and bemoan our losses, I always wonder if I should feel badly or positively about the changes. I always have this unfortunate feeling that the little guy loses and the big business wins regardless of … Continue reading
Filed under responsibility, social justice
Children’s Culture – bias and sterotyping
Each text has a point of view and angle. Non-fiction will take a particular stance on a subject. Children’s literature tends to portray the world as a simple place, a happy place, a homogeneous place, a stereotypically diverse place, a … Continue reading
Filed under children's lit, curriculum, education, learning, library, responsibility, social justice
Childhood – appropriateness and censorship
What do we let children read? When do we let them read it? I am a regular censor of the materials I let my own child read and particularly watch on T.V. I have done this censoring deliberately to frame … Continue reading
Filed under children's lit, curriculum, education, free speech, library, literacy, responsibility, social justice
Feedback – the double edged sword
I got some excellent feedback today. Hurt like hell. I’m not good at receiving feedback. Lifelong battle to be perfect, I suppose. I have been pleased for the most part with the positive welcome I have received by the people … Continue reading
Filed under blogging, identity, learning, responsibility
Environment, technology and making a difference
I really want an ipod, well an mp3 player. I have been thinking about it for a year or so now. The last time I really thought about it I decided that the cd players and tape players that mostly … Continue reading
Filed under environment, responsibility, social justice
Copyright, plagiarism and school
It is interesting how copyright, free speech and plagiarism are connected. I don’t think I had thought about them as being in a package before. I am trying to make a diagram of it in my mind. I keep thinking … Continue reading
Filed under education, free speech, literacy, responsibility, teacher training
Free Speech?
When I first began to think about setting up my blog, I had to contemplate the public nature of the format and the impact that could have on my work life and my personal life. These wonderings take sharper focus … Continue reading
Filed under blogging, education, free speech, responsibility, social justice
