tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5117005533318160902.post38451722985476686..comments2024-03-27T19:53:53.708-06:00Comments on growing changing learning creating: Educating for the next economyTom Haskinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12658791778134826289noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5117005533318160902.post-35328804082495804312009-01-20T06:42:00.000-07:002009-01-20T06:42:00.000-07:00Thanks for adding a dimension here Ken. I had not ...Thanks for adding a dimension here Ken. I had not considered those stances to be extremes until you pointed it out. Our minds go to extremes like those in times of danger. Perhaps a way to alleviate the opposition to changes in education is to calm people down, structure some safety into their experiences and provide some handles to grasp what's occurring beyond their control. <BR/><BR/>I'm glad you contributed to this!Tom Haskinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12658791778134826289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5117005533318160902.post-22313847068319858132009-01-19T14:16:00.000-07:002009-01-19T14:16:00.000-07:00Kia ora Tom.Thanks for this list of four follies.T...Kia ora Tom.<BR/><BR/>Thanks for this list of four follies.<BR/><BR/>The thing about the mind sets is that they also tend to be extreme. I aliken the almost capricious changes that do occur in the mindset to the movement of a pendulum that oscillates between extremes.<BR/><BR/>The balance point, which often is the preferred optimum, happens to be the one position where the movement is at its greatest, so the pendulum spends least time there. Unfortunately, the pendulum spends most of its time at the extremes.<BR/><BR/>Catchya laterBlogger In Middle-earthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08722634477041121797noreply@blogger.com