Mal ,'Out Of Gas'
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
There's a difference between creating an environment where it's okay to be wrong than creating an environment where nothing is correct.
I would encourage people to take chances and risk error. I would also want to give the critical tools to allow discernment.
I do my pre-election investigations of state and local candidates and props with note-taking now.
I live in Kansas. Pray for me...
(The closer tomorrow gets, the more and more worried that this is going to turn into another Bush/Gore fiasco. In that case, I'm a gonna call my doctor for a big effin RX of Valium. Diagnosis: politics.)
I'm only joking a little....
All right, I'm goin' in!
Also, ita ! I am SO pissed on your behalf. SO. PISSED. It is beyond ridiculous.
With the essays that 12th grade AP students do, there isn't an answer key. There are anchor papers and a rubric. The issue is, though, if you misread the text then your interpretation is wrong. It's a fine line to balance, but there are some readings that clearly miss the meaning of the text completely.
Looking at cartoons is pretty similar. There are defensible interpretations and there are interpretations that are too far outside of what can justifiably be read into the cartoon.
Blind loyalty to the answer key is the flipside to blindly saying all answers are valid.
Y'all are making me want pie but I've never made a successful pie crust. sigh. Now I want to try Republic of Pie.
Because the fragile flower gifted kids have issues with risk taking and perfectionism.
When did it become the norm to treat gifted kids like emotional wrecks?
That's what the vodka is supposed to fix
Eh. I'm with shrift. Other people make pie.
I can just drink the vodka.
FiveThirtyEight is at 92.2% and I am still worried. I need closure.
semi related... has anyone else read the NYT Mag piece on raising prodigies? [link]
Such a good article.
The issue is, though, if you misread the text then your interpretation is wrong. It's a fine line to balance, but there are some readings that clearly miss the meaning of the text completely.
This! There is room for interpretation, but you gotta first make sure you are reading the lines correctly.
Re the pie dough, have you seen this: [link] Some more tips from the creator of vodka crust. Maybe the volume of flour is a problem?
I've made successful graham cracker crusts for pies. But I don't think that really counts as making a crust.
Fair enough, Kat. I had a sophomore honors English teacher who believed that there was exactly one right interpretation, though, and that sucked.
Happy medium, people. Happy medium. (which required more...intellectual capacity than I think some of my teachers had at their disposal. Not all, obviously, but a few.) "Learn how to make reasonably sure you're not misreading" is as useful as "don't be locked into just one way of thinking about it."