Preparing Students for the 21st century

[arsinyk]

Persisting

Sticking to a task until it is completed. This includes structures and strategies to attack problems when the answer is not immediately known.

Managing impulsivity

Thinking before you act. This involves creating plans of attack and understanding options and final output before starting

Comments

[acern]

Wait, are they going to try to teach us these "habits of mind"? Teach us to have a sense of humor, whut? >>

[arsinyk]

Well, they could try to teach us to have an "appropriate" sense of humor, which must avoid:
a. all sexual/bathroom or otherwise rude or vulgar subject matter
b. any discriminatory or insensitive comments about anyone based on intelligence level or perceived intelligence level, social skills, personality quirks, disabilities, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, etc.

(And yes, they will be testing us on it.)

And: it's been so long since I've seen you! ;___; We should get together sometime, since clearly I'm not going to be coming after school. >>; *will try to remember to come by sometime this week...*

[acern]

We'll just show up at your house at some point? :D

[arsinyk]

That works. ^^ Who's we? You and Katherine?

*icon love*

[acern]

Yeah, probably. We might drag Pam along with us.

I love my icon, too. :33333 *Star Trek ultra-mega-obsessing-love*

[arsinyk]

Yay, Pam!

And you can bring Star Trek and force me and Katherine to watch.

*more icon love*

[acern]

I would bring some over, but I don't think I'll be able to stay long; I've got projects all this week. >>;

:D

[meorae]

Hey, it was supposed to be a surprise...

[arsinyk]

*will be surprised*

[acern]

She doesn't know _when_ we're coming. And we could always do something... surprising. :E