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"It is imperative that someone studying this generation realize that we have the world at our fingertips — and the world has been at our fingertips for our entire lives. I think this access to information seriously undermines this generation's view of authority, especially traditional scholastic authority." Today's students know full well that authorities can be found for every position and any knowledge claim, and consequently the students are dubious (privately, that is) about anything we claim to be true or important.

Of course, this new epistemology does not imply that our students have become skilled arbiters of information and interpretation. It simply means that they arrive at college with well-established methods of sorting, doubting, or ignoring the same. That, by itself, is not troubling. Many professors encourage students to question authority, and would welcome more who challenged and debated ideas. But this new epistemology carries some heavy baggage — indeed, it is inseparably conjoined with personal economics. Short of fame or a lottery win, today's students recognize that a college degree is the minimum credential they will need to attain their desired standard of living (and hence "happiness"). So this new epistemology produces a rather odd kind of student — one who appears polite and dutiful but who cares little about the course work, the larger questions it raises, or the value of living an examined life. And it produces such students in overwhelming abundance.

we must respect students as thinkers, even though their thinking skills may be undeveloped and their knowledge base shallow. Moreover, our respect must be genuine. Students have keen hypocrisy sensors and do not like being patronized.

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At Hotchalk, our mission is to improve the lives of school teachers. HotChalk automates the work involved in lesson planning, assignment distribution, and collection and grading.

What is mySchoolog?mySchoolog is an online web-based application which students can organize their school life easily. You can organize everything about your school life with mySchoolog, too. Try it now! LessonsMake your school life organized.Just enter your lessons you take.Categorize everything by lessons.Make your weekly lesson schedule.and much more. ScheduleMake a Weekly Lesson ScheduleJust Drag&Drop lessons.Set time and classroom.Keep your schedule organized. To-Do'sOrganize what to do any timeDon't forget what will you do.Appointment, homework, everything..Export To-Do list as PDF, TXT...Remember a to-do by e-mail or sms. NotesKeep your lesson notes in an order.Format your notes how you want.Copy and Paste where you want.Export notes and carry them with you.Search and share notes. FilesStore your filesDocuments, audio, images...Download them when you want.Upload up to 25 MB.Categorize files by lessons.

the longer American children are in school, the worse they perform compared to their international peers

The obsession over the last decade with narrow, academic targets and tightly-drawn lesson plans has driven out much of the spontaneity and fun of learning, says Dickinson. "We are squandering children's creativity and we are almost wasting their childhood with this obsession with skill-based, academic education."

The obsession over the last decade with narrow, academic targets and tightly-drawn lesson plans has driven out much of the spontaneity and fun of learning, says Dickinson. "We are squandering children's creativity and we are almost wasting their childhood with this obsession with skill-based, academic education."