What follows is my history of learning, schooling, and education. See Spot Run In my early years, I was sent to a Montessori school. Grades were mixed; 1st through 3rd occupied the same classroom. I remember an exercise were we wrote every number from 1 to 1000 in a grid of boxes. My math skills …
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3D Printer is GO!
Today was great, even though my backs been killing me and I’m feeling really sluggish. I did my FIRST 3D PRINT ever, whoohoo. It’s a key chain with my name and phone number, cool hu? We played WikiTrails where we went from Yu River (Guangxi) to Seven Deadly Sins. We ended by reading each sin. …
Idle No More, Schooling in School
Today we had the pleasure and honor of hosting Sweetwater Nannauck who shared with us a talk on the history of colonialism. She focused on how American Laws have subjugated and destroyed native culture for the past 500 years. The aim of public education for native people is encapsulated in this quote: Kill the Indian, save the …