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Posted by: Digidave 2 years, 9 months agoHow nonconformity, not rote learning, unlocked his genius.
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HealthDoctor
March 30, 2007, 9:32 a.m.Go, Albert! Have you ever thought that the 'no child left behind' focus on learning a certain set of facts so students can pass standardized tests leaves little room for creativity and ingenuity? We'll have little drones who know all the same answers to all the same questions. We need people like Einstein who are free to ask new questions and derive new answers to old questions. That requires a change in how schools and education are organized in the U.S.
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uncleT
March 30, 2007, 4:27 p.m.We can think our lucky stars that he was kicked out of Germany before the war with us started. I like your comment HealthDoctor and would add that the solutions to some problems we face come from hands on practical folks.
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Harbeas
March 30, 2007, 5:20 p.m.This is a little presumptuous to think that by letting people act like Einstein we would create a whole slew of geniouses. Regardless of what you do an Einstein comes along maybe once a century. His knowledge of math and science produced the now famous E=m(csquared). So don't think for a minute that you shouldn't learn Math and science as a basis for your intelligence. How many people do you know that will tell you how much they love math and science. Not many. So there has to be some structure here. To act like Einstein, no. We need to have our parents and teachers instill in children the importance of learning.
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JohnChasWebb
March 30, 2007, 5:23 p.m.Re: The World Needs More Rebels Like Einstein
Super article!
"The mind that is empty knows everything"!
-------- Zen Master ---------------
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truthiness
March 30, 2007, 7:38 p.m.Sir Ken Robinson is author of Out of Our Minds: Learning to be Creative, and a leading expert on innovation and human resources. In this talk, he makes an entertaining (and profoundly moving) case for creating an education system that nurtures creativity, rather than undermining it. (Recorded February, 2006 in Monterey, CA.)
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Harbeas
March 30, 2007, 8:25 p.m.How would you stifle any einsteins by memorizing you times tables? I don't have a problem with creating a better educational system, but so far they haven't come up with anything that works any better than the old method. Regardless of what method we come up with, we must impress upon the young kids how important an education is and to eagerly embrace learning. We are losing a generation of kids through offering too many non beneficial curricula.
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canadianrancher57
March 30, 2007, 8:50 p.m.I liked the artical and we really don't need rebels, what we need is teachers and professors that don't get upset when students ask why. when I was in school my science teacher in high school told me not to question things just accept it.
I also have to agree with the idea of spending more time on what I call basic education,math,science and english.
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DeltaX
March 30, 2007, 10:13 p.m.The comment about not learning times tables gave me a kick. I love doing business with people that won't do arithmetic. They're the suckers P. T. Barnum spoke about.
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Harbeas
March 31, 2007, 8:41 a.m.Let me repeat if there is a better method(that works better than the current) I'm all for it. What is this vedic method you speak of. BTW, the non beneficial classes are the ones your kids chose because they don't teach them anything . They are filler classes.
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uncleT
March 31, 2007, 9:03 a.m.One idea I have would be to show kids the reason for learning math by setting up simulated business applications for the kids to get involved in making decisions to keep the business in the black and make a profit. I use to hate algebra, but after mastering it, think that most problems could be address with an algebraic mentality. Algebra promotes rational thought processes and is the common language that connects us to real world solutions.
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truthiness
March 31, 2007, 8:10 p.m.the arts, from writing to painting to music, promote imagination/ creativity...couple that with logical reasoning from the sciences and you get innovation. we need to equalize the importance of the arts in our schools.
some things may not show an immediate benefit but have long term benefits.
we also need to stop utilizing a system that essentials makes college the only acceptable end goal. some kids should go to college, some should go to trade school, some to art school, and some should join the workforce. this doesn't make any one choice better or worse objectively, but one choice may be better indivdual. cuz individuals are very different, you may have noticed.
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