KidsNet FAQ I posted this rather long FAQ to the NZ Radio e-mail discussion list yesterday to explain some things about the KidsNet concept. There’d been a lot of talk and debate on the list about Neil Finn’s YRN advocacy that went on at the APRA Silver Scroll Awards. I thought it was time to [...]
Categories: Uncategorized
The Roots of Conflict By Umberto Eco An English modification of an essay for La Repubblica, 15 October 2001. Excerpted from Counterpunch. Original Article: Le guerre sante passione e ragione All the religious wars that have caused blood to be shed for centuries arise from passionate feelings and facile counter-positions, such as Us and Them, [...]
Categories: Uncategorized
China’s Super Kids I’m all for education, but surely it’s dangerous to equate a good education with super-numeracy at the expense of any other characteristic of human development…? Quick, what’s 6 + 8 – 7 + 6 + 5? If you knew instantaneously that the answer is 18, without having to pause even a second, [...]
Categories: Uncategorized
A few points to remember as war looms by John Bloom I thought this was interesting… [CLICK HERE for the source] As the US pushes ahead with preparations to invade Iraq, we should remind ourselves of who the Iraqis are. 1. Twelve-thousand years ago, they invented irrigated farming. They got to be so good at [...]
Categories: Uncategorized
