tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8961121800975595560.post6792564055980804824..comments2024-02-25T00:43:50.090-08:00Comments on The Clever Sheep: Obsolete Academic SkillsRodd Lucierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05382477538943755996noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8961121800975595560.post-43184438439734004662008-02-20T17:59:00.000-08:002008-02-20T17:59:00.000-08:00You raise an excellent point Mark. Entering many o...You raise an excellent point Mark. Entering many of today's classrooms is like stepping back in time. <BR/><BR/>Even though the future may be unknown, learners need not spend so much of their time using old tools, in ways familiar to their parents...Rodd Lucierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05382477538943755996noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8961121800975595560.post-38993998678311048202008-02-20T05:42:00.000-08:002008-02-20T05:42:00.000-08:00This is a big pet peeve of mine. Schools are noto...This is a big pet peeve of mine. Schools are notoriously slow at giving things up. Just as we no longer need to be teaching students how to estimate the number of bales of hay that can be made from a certain acreage of land, we need to be giving up things like cursive right now. Instead of waiting to give up things once they've long since become obsolete, we need to be giving up things that will be obsolete 5-15 years from now, since that's when our current students will actually be attempting to find jobs.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com