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Lawrence Lile of Columbia, MO writes in the December 2008 issue of Ode Magazine:
"My high school electronics classes were in the vocational-technical program. Consisting of classes such as "small engine repair" and "practical household plumbing," vo-tech was for dropouts. But the electronics teacher did three things differently than other teachers. The students learned electronics at their own pace. Students took the test in each chapter until they could answer every question; they could fail and fail and fail again with no consequences, finally mastering the material. And the tests were administered by a student who had passed.
"One student had to leave the class because his grasp of mathematics just wasn't up to the material. All the others got As, since they scored 100 percent on all the tests. Members of the school administration were livid. They demanded the students be re-tested by a teacher from another school. All the dropouts aced this test, too. The administration had to admit that allowing students to practice until they'd learned the material, failing less and less at each try, was a fantastic method. Life works a lot like this: you try things until you master them."
My Interests
Oddman's Reading List ...
- EFT Manual by Gary Craig
- The Chilling Stars, 2nd Edition: A Cosmic View of Climate Change by Henrik Svensmark
- The Goal: A Process of Ongoing Improvement by Eliyahu M. Goldratt and Jeff Cox
- The Teenage Liberation Handbook: How to Quit School and Get a Real Life and Education by Grace Llewellyn
- The Deep Hot Biosphere: The Myth of Fossil Fuels by Thomas Gold and Freeman Dyson
- Great Boss Dead Boss by Ray Immelman
- The God Delusion by Richard Dawkins
- The Biology of Belief by Bruce Lipton
- Primary Perception by Cleve Backster
- Glenn Beck's Common Sense, The Case Against an Out-Of-Control Government, inspired by Thomas Paine
- Complexity, The Emerging Science at the Edge of Order and Chaos by M. Mitchell Waldrop
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Hullo , could it be easy for you to email me something on the myth of fossil fuels.on vuciri@lycos.com i need it coz i do petroleum geosciences and need to know more. Thanks
Sorry you felt you had to
report" a question I entered.It was actually suppose to be a response to the person who wanted to know if their dog was dying after swimming..foaming at the mouth and breathing funny?Did you see that question??I am new here this morning,and could not figure out how the answer turned into a personal question I was asking....could not figure out how to edit.My apologies.
I'm glad you didn't get the winds. We are supposed to be about -6 tonight, so that translates to about -12 or -15. Really. Being closer to the mountains, it get hotter in the summer, and colder in the winter, from what the weatherman says. Lol
Awww, I thought you all would like him!!! JUST KIDDING THERE!!! My son went to go and see him tonight, but he didn't get to. That didn't hurt my feelings, not in the least. I am happy to be here living with my son, his fiance, and my grandson. We are around family for the holidays. That is a great feeling.
At least your air is moving, we are at -5 right now, no wind, and it might get a little warmer tomorrow, by about four degrees. I would greatly appreciate the wind from the south, as up here when we get that, we are usually in the 40s and super windy.
Hey there Fred, Fred, how's the drums?
I am so sorry to hear about that. I know that when we were still living in our house as a family, there was some wood rot on the roof, and then we were finding the carpenter ants in our back yard all the time. That was a pain in the butt. We don't live there anymore, of course. So, that isn't something that we are going to have to worry about financing. We are now staying with my son, his fiance, and my grandson. This has been great for the past couple of days. I really am happier here. So is Tigger. ^_^
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It appears the composite score is 10*[questions answered] + [answers rated] + (?)*[rating bonuses]. Sometimes (?) is 1 and sometimes it is 0.
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How Are The Rails Of A Railroad Track Bent To Make The Track Curve?
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What Is The Method For Computing The Square Root Of 169?
I know the square root of 169 is 13. I want to learn a method by which I can determine this "by hand."
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What Effect Does A Diagnosis Of Sarcoidosis Have On Life Insurance Risk Status?
An application of mine for a modest amount of additional life insurance was declined without explanation. I suspect the cause was my diagnosis of sarcoidosis. Nothing I have read suggests that longevity...
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| Ratings Received | 3986 | 3986 |
| Ratings Given | 1891 | 1891 |
| Moderation | - | 5062 |
| Others | - | 21425 |
| Points Today | - | 309 |
| Total Points | - | 171304 |
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