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Iona Unguran

Stop Stealing Dreams (the entire manifesto on the web), cleaned up HTML version - Stop ... - 89 views

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  • It’s often difficult to see that when you’re in the middle of it.
    • Iona Unguran
      Iona Unguran on 31 Oct 12
       
      It's so true for so many things !
  • The method doesn’t matter to me, the outcome does
    • Iona Unguran
      Iona Unguran on 31 Oct 12
       
      Mmm, I don't know... I actually believe the opposite : it's not what you do but the way you do it that counts.
  • It’s worth highlighting
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  • (take kids out of work so we can teach them to become better factory workers as adults
    • Iona Unguran
      Iona Unguran on 05 Nov 12
       
      Mmm... I really think school has evolved. It's basic to say the purpose is the same as a 100 years ago...
  • The pursuit of knowledge for its own sake
    • Iona Unguran
      Iona Unguran on 05 Nov 12
       
      I believe he makes a point here : what's the point of being knowledgeable except for... being knowledgeable ?
  • Obedient
    • Iona Unguran
      Iona Unguran on 05 Nov 12
       
      This guy obviously hasn't read the IB objectives. Obedient ? Is that really the one thing school would teach us ?
  • The current structure, which seeks low-cost uniformity that meets minimum standards, is killing our economy, our culture, and us.
    • Iona Unguran
      Iona Unguran on 05 Nov 12
       
      Low cost uniformity ? I feel like he's making it too general... First, 16000 bucks a year doesn't seem so low cost to me, and we can't focus on the schools in Harlem and omit the rest.
  • Our culture has a dreaming problem.
    • Iona Unguran
      Iona Unguran on 05 Nov 12
       
      I have to agree with that; but it might have been this way for ever; and more important, how do we fix "dreaming problems" ?
  • Access to any course, anywhere in the world
    • Iona Unguran
      Iona Unguran on 05 Nov 12
       
      Interesting ! But what about the language it's in ? The idea is kind of limited by that.
    • Iona Unguran
      Iona Unguran on 05 Nov 12
       
      I like the idea, bur language might be the limit...
  • “it is better to be a human being dissatisfied than a pig satisfied; better to be Socrates dissatisfied than a fool satisfied. And if the fool, or the pig, are of a different opinion, it is because they only know their own side of the question.”
    • Iona Unguran
      Iona Unguran on 05 Nov 12
       
      I like that quote. It implies many things, and among them the fact that maybe taking other points of view into consideration is the smart thing to do.
  • Is it too risky to do the right thing?
    • Iona Unguran
      Iona Unguran on 05 Nov 12
       
      Sometimes ; but it's still the right thing to do.
  • School needs to put us on the spot.
    • Iona Unguran
      Iona Unguran on 05 Nov 12
       
      I must disagree. I think we're the only ones who can put ourselves 'on the spot'. "Emancipate yourself from mental slavery, none but ourselves can free our mind" [Bob Marley]
  • help them memorize something that someone else could look up, it’s time wasted
    • Iona Unguran
      Iona Unguran on 05 Nov 12
       
      I like that principle of trying to come up with your own ideas ! But I the meanwhile, learning what other people before you came up with is truly important for that.
  • And yet… most of us wing it. We make the same mistakes that many who came before us do, and we shy away from the hard (but incredibly useful) work of getting better at the things that matter.
    • Iona Unguran
      Iona Unguran on 05 Nov 12
       
      Yes, but why give up what's already taught in school ? Why not just add everything together ?
  • Don’t wait for it. Pick yourself. Teach yourself.
    • Iona Unguran
      Iona Unguran on 05 Nov 12
       
      Wha, that's a concrete and interesting solution ! We should remember this.
Amy Burvall

Progress on TIB Film - 88 views

project
started by Amy Burvall on 20 Sep 12 no follow-up yet
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    #31 Iona Unguran on 24 Sep 12
     
    I brainstormed over the one belief I have ( music, shots...). I now have an idea of what I want it to look like, but I still have to write down a plan that's more precise, tape it, edit it...
Briana Grenert

Quinn, Briana, Iona, Noelle - 3 views

brain
started by Briana Grenert on 29 Aug 12 no follow-up yet
Iona Unguran

Brain Takes Less Than Second to Fall in Love : Discovery News - 10 views

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shared by Iona Unguran on 29 Aug 12 - No Cached
  • Love's high is similar to cocaine's rush.
    • Iona Unguran
      Iona Unguran on 29 Aug 12
       
      Guys ! Don't do drugs ! Fall in love instead :)
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