Comments on: On the Death of Genius for the Sake of College http://beyond-school.org/2008/08/22/death-of-genius/ More learning. Less schooliness. Fri, 19 Mar 2010 02:53:20 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: toya993@aol.com http://beyond-school.org/2008/08/22/death-of-genius/comment-page-1/#comment-7378 toya993@aol.com Tue, 13 Jan 2009 18:06:33 +0000 http://beyond-school.org/?p=968#comment-7378 School is a subliminal system created for people to become slaves to the society that we live in. I am a college student and have suffered more that pressure but depression, anxiety..... The list goes on. I always said that "society will never be the cause of my death even without taking my breath!" Im so tired of being bombarded with material just to regurgitate it back to my professor. We have limited ourselves as a society from every aspect. We have indulged way to much in the opinions and ideas of other ppl. I can't write one essay without a teacher telling me that it doesn't make sense why because they cannot think for themsleves. They were taught and conditioned to be robots and now they lack understanding and are incapable of articulating material. I once asked a teacher how can you teach philosphy and you don't have a philisophical mind. You just know what Aristole and what all the other philosophers had to say so your arguing with me with their ideas and your limited because I can think for myself. Im not trying to say lets denounce every genius that has come along but lets not indulge way to much into it that we put on their mind sets and prevent ourselves from thinking and going to the next level. There has been so many ppl that have gone to the next level without even knowing about the previous work of the other genius. There is structure in abstraction and we need to stay away from this traditional crap in our transitional world that we live in. Weve done enough damage can't we look around and see ie. The invention of plastic. Who was the genius who discovered that only to pollute our earth and put us in another black hole. Someone help me to find a school where I can be understood for once in my life. If anyone knows any. Thank You, Latoya Brown School is a subliminal system created for people to become slaves to the society that we live in. I am a college student and have suffered more that pressure but depression, anxiety….. The list goes on. I always said that “society will never be the cause of my death even without taking my breath!” Im so tired of being bombarded with material just to regurgitate it back to my professor. We have limited ourselves as a society from every aspect. We have indulged way to much in the opinions and ideas of other ppl. I can’t write one essay without a teacher telling me that it doesn’t make sense why because they cannot think for themsleves. They were taught and conditioned to be robots and now they lack understanding and are incapable of articulating material. I once asked a teacher how can you teach philosphy and you don’t have a philisophical mind. You just know what Aristole and what all the other philosophers had to say so your arguing with me with their ideas and your limited because I can think for myself. Im not trying to say lets denounce every genius that has come along but lets not indulge way to much into it that we put on their mind sets and prevent ourselves from thinking and going to the next level. There has been so many ppl that have gone to the next level without even knowing about the previous work of the other genius. There is structure in abstraction and we need to stay away from this traditional crap in our transitional world that we live in. Weve done enough damage can’t we look around and see ie. The invention of plastic. Who was the genius who discovered that only to pollute our earth and put us in another black hole. Someone help me to find a school where I can be understood for once in my life. If anyone knows any.

Thank You, Latoya Brown

]]> By: Austin Wired and Local (AWAL) » Blog Archive » What the universities don’t want you to read http://beyond-school.org/2008/08/22/death-of-genius/comment-page-1/#comment-6349 Austin Wired and Local (AWAL) » Blog Archive » What the universities don’t want you to read Thu, 06 Nov 2008 00:11:39 +0000 http://beyond-school.org/?p=968#comment-6349 [...] –Beyond School, by Clay Burell [...] [...] –Beyond School, by Clay Burell [...]

]]> By: Science teacher: Beyond School http://beyond-school.org/2008/08/22/death-of-genius/comment-page-1/#comment-5173 Science teacher: Beyond School Fri, 29 Aug 2008 19:03:52 +0000 http://beyond-school.org/?p=968#comment-5173 <!--%kramer-ref-pre%-->[...] means he's going to throw quality stuff past you at high velocity.I'll be dwelling on one--say, "On the Death of Genius for College"--and he'll throw 3 straight fastballs past me while I'm still gawking.I start school in a week. I [...]<!--%kramer-ref-post%--> [...] means he’s going to throw quality stuff past you at high velocity.I’ll be dwelling on one–say, “On the Death of Genius for College”–and he’ll throw 3 straight fastballs past me while I’m still gawking.I start school in a week. I [...]

]]> By: Whoever invented stick figures was a genius! http://beyond-school.org/2008/08/22/death-of-genius/comment-page-1/#comment-5150 Whoever invented stick figures was a genius! Thu, 28 Aug 2008 11:28:25 +0000 http://beyond-school.org/?p=968#comment-5150 [...] It was a revelatory moment for her and also for me. That person was a genius. [...] [...] It was a revelatory moment for her and also for me. That person was a genius. [...]

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]]> By: John Larkin http://beyond-school.org/2008/08/22/death-of-genius/comment-page-1/#comment-5079 John Larkin Tue, 26 Aug 2008 11:56:52 +0000 http://beyond-school.org/?p=968#comment-5079 I remember! I have been racking my brains as I knew that something I had heard today was relevant for this post. It just popped into my head. A Year 10 student uttered one of those great observations in history during lesson one today. I was sketching a diagram on the board. It employed stick figures. She said, "Whoever invented stick figures was a genius". That was such a revelatory moment for her and also for me. Cheers, John I remember! I have been racking my brains as I knew that something I had heard today was relevant for this post. It just popped into my head.

A Year 10 student uttered one of those great observations in history during lesson one today. I was sketching a diagram on the board. It employed stick figures.

She said, “Whoever invented stick figures was a genius”.

That was such a revelatory moment for her and also for me.

Cheers,

John

]]> By: John Larkin http://beyond-school.org/2008/08/22/death-of-genius/comment-page-1/#comment-5076 John Larkin Tue, 26 Aug 2008 11:28:09 +0000 http://beyond-school.org/?p=968#comment-5076 Enjoyed navigating the textual pathways presented by your well hewn words Clay. Your readers have expressed my thoughts. I have arrived late. Yet I need to share an anecdote that I feel illustrates the fact the system is not nurturing innate ability. Attended a professional development day not long back. All but one component was largely irrelevant. Some attendees were reflecting on it after the event and remarked that perhaps the day was designed to give the teachers present an insight into the boredom experienced by the students that attend their schools each day. Was going to blog this anecdote myself but it feels more at home here. "Tell you who you are if you nail me to your car" Cheers, John PS. Clay, the link to Ken Robonson's site is broken. ^_^ Enjoyed navigating the textual pathways presented by your well hewn words Clay. Your readers have expressed my thoughts. I have arrived late. Yet I need to share an anecdote that I feel illustrates the fact the system is not nurturing innate ability.

Attended a professional development day not long back. All but one component was largely irrelevant. Some attendees were reflecting on it after the event and remarked that perhaps the day was designed to give the teachers present an insight into the boredom experienced by the students that attend their schools each day. Was going to blog this anecdote myself but it feels more at home here.

“Tell you who you are if you nail me to your car”

Cheers, John

PS. Clay, the link to Ken Robonson’s site is broken. ^_^

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