This is the song of the day for me. I’ve been learning it on guitar and singing it around the house, but Waits captures my future goals and aspirations in a nutshell.

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This is the song of the day for me. I’ve been learning it on guitar and singing it around the house, but Waits captures my future goals and aspirations in a nutshell.

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Keeping the Gender of a 2-Year-Old Secret

During last week’s discussion of whether couples choose to learn the sex of their baby before he or she is born, a number of you said you wanted to keep the secret as long as possible, because the moment people hear “boy” or “girl” they begin to make assumptions about a child.

One couple in Sweden decided ( Read more... )

Originally published at Lemmingworks. You can comment here or there.

Keeping the Gender of a 2-Year-Old Secret

During last week’s discussion of whether couples choose to learn the sex of their baby before he or she is born, a number of you said you wanted to keep the secret as long as possible, because the moment people hear “boy” or “girl” they ( Read more... )

Melanie has a great post and link to video on: How to scaffold your content: Activating engagement v. passive consumption at melanie mcbride online. I left the following comment, and it is really interesting, because I’d never been able to get this straight in my mind before:

the notion of scaffolding always scared me, and now I know why. Thanks! ( Read more... )

A neurotypical totalizing statement, but what the heck. It’s howard and goffman

10 Skills You Need to Succeed at Almost Anything - Stepcase Lifehack. As Jeremy says, “solid set of skills”.

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There’s a new report from People for Education: Urban-Suburban

Nearly two-thirds of Ontario’s students live in urban or suburban centres. These growing areas are vibrant places where many young people thrive and some fail.

In February 2008, a group of people (academics, community ( Read more... )

I’ve become very curious about what happens to labled children as they become adults. I’m also a fan of the Dead Kennedy’s. This isn’t particularly good in terms of video or song quality, but it is Hyperactive.

We’re studying children as photographers in (c)cld419, and one of my students pointed me to this show that takes up many of the issues we’re interested in; seeing the world from the child’s perspective.

My Life As a Child Premieres February 26 at 7/6c

My Life As a Child documents the lives of 20 American children, between the ages of 7 and 11. ( Read more... )