Today I Learned...

OccultHawk · 05-13-2019, 09:08 PM

It’s not my job anymore, thankfully. The black kids already had language for it: “talk white” and “write white”. Some of the black kids wanted higher common core scores to get out of remedial double block reading. Some of them had very gentle dispositions that made the more raucous “ghetto” and “bump” classes less to their liking. I just said if you want to get higher tests scores and take advanced classes you have to “write white” on the standardized testing. If you want I can help you with that. If they were like “ok” I corrected their written assignments to match their language with the oppressive power structure. If they were ambivalent about it I let them write however they wrote.

Zhanteimi · 05-13-2019, 09:28 PM

The problem is more basic than that: school itself.

Anteater · 05-13-2019, 09:34 PM

Eh, I'm pretty sure learning to "speak" and "write" white is better than this.

BBC.com - Pidgin

Zhanteimi · 05-13-2019, 09:38 PM

Whenever I see the word "pidgin", I think of Lee from East of Eden. What a wonderful character!

Lisnaholic · 05-13-2019, 10:31 PM

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Originally Posted by elphenor

school sucks in that it devolves into a series of dumb hoops to jump through to get a shot at what humans ought to be entitled to from the start anyway

^ That sounds like a very prejudiced description. Why hoops? Why dumb? and what are humans entitled to "from the start"?

If I go to a doctor, I want him to have proved himself competent as he progresses through a series of educational stages, each one designed to build on the previous in such a way that the student can acquire a grasp of an extremely complex body of knowledge. That's achieved by schooling, not by humans being "entitled" to be doctors "from the start".

OccultHawk · 05-13-2019, 10:43 PM

I don’t think he means entitled to practice medicine but rather entitled to a certain amount of comfort and security like receiving medicine

Lisnaholic · 05-14-2019, 06:22 AM

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Originally Posted by Anteater

Eh, I'm pretty sure learning to "speak" and "write" white is better than this.

BBC.com - Pidgin

^ Thanks! That's a wonderful link - I've sent it on to some friends of mine.

Mindy · 05-14-2019, 01:35 PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1FvYJhpNvHY

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Big Think
Published on Jun 12, 2017

Cramming for a test and having a hard time understanding something? Might be best to go away and come back after a while. Your brain is constantly fluctuating between a "learning" mode and an "understanding" mode. When you're sitting there reading (and re-reading!) a textbook, unable to make sense of it, your brain is actually learning. It just takes the decompressing part of your brain for it to all be unpacked. It's called the neural chunk theory and you can learn to utilize it to your advantage by learning how to study differently; small bursts of inactivity and breaks can really make a big difference in how to memorize seemingly difficult information by combining bigger and bigger "chunks" of information until you understand the big picture. It's fascinating stuff.

OccultHawk · 05-14-2019, 01:47 PM

When I was a student I had a very systematic approach to studying. A big part of it was I took 15 minute breaks every 45 minutes. So 25% of my study time was spent not studying. When I told people I did that they invariably said it was a good strategy.

**Frownland** · 05-14-2019, 01:51 PM

I never developed a studying strategy. You don't have to study when your brain work good.

05-13-2019, 09:08 PM	#271 (permalink)
OccultHawk one-balled nipple jockey Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Dirty Souf Biatch Posts: 22,006	It’s not my job anymore, thankfully. The black kids already had language for it: “talk white” and “write white”. Some of the black kids wanted higher common core scores to get out of remedial double block reading. Some of them had very gentle dispositions that made the more raucous “ghetto” and “bump” classes less to their liking. I just said if you want to get higher tests scores and take advanced classes you have to “write white” on the standardized testing. If you want I can help you with that. If they were like “ok” I corrected their written assignments to match their language with the oppressive power structure. If they were ambivalent about it I let them write however they wrote. __________________ 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 Member of the Year & Journal of the Year Champion Behold the Writing of THE LEGEND: https://www.musicbanter.com/members-...p-lighter.html

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Zhanteimi Mord Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: Tokyo Posts: 4,873	The problem is more basic than that: school itself. __________________ Zhanteimi LetsTalkMusic

05-13-2019, 09:38 PM	#274 (permalink)
Zhanteimi Mord Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: Tokyo Posts: 4,873	Whenever I see the word "pidgin", I think of Lee from East of Eden. What a wonderful character! __________________ Zhanteimi LetsTalkMusic

05-13-2019, 10:43 PM	#276 (permalink)
OccultHawk one-balled nipple jockey Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Dirty Souf Biatch Posts: 22,006	I don’t think he means entitled to practice medicine but rather entitled to a certain amount of comfort and security like receiving medicine __________________ 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 Member of the Year & Journal of the Year Champion Behold the Writing of THE LEGEND: https://www.musicbanter.com/members-...p-lighter.html

05-14-2019, 01:47 PM	#279 (permalink)
OccultHawk one-balled nipple jockey Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Dirty Souf Biatch Posts: 22,006	When I was a student I had a very systematic approach to studying. A big part of it was I took 15 minute breaks every 45 minutes. So 25% of my study time was spent not studying. When I told people I did that they invariably said it was a good strategy. __________________ 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 Member of the Year & Journal of the Year Champion Behold the Writing of THE LEGEND: https://www.musicbanter.com/members-...p-lighter.html

05-14-2019, 01:51 PM	#280 (permalink)
Frownland SOPHIE FOREVER Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: East of the Southern North American West Posts: 35,541	I never developed a studying strategy. You don't have to study when your brain work good. __________________ Studies show that when a given norm is changed in the face of the unchanging, the remaining contradictions will parallel the truth. d e a f b o x