tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9799907.post2209748799728005021..comments2024-03-21T03:35:20.539-04:00Comments on writing as jo(e): Despite the hacking coughjo(e)http://www.blogger.com/profile/01488562158252331555noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9799907.post-90740968259726096862008-09-20T00:39:00.000-04:002008-09-20T00:39:00.000-04:00I'm torn between beaming with pride and wanting to...I'm torn between beaming with pride and wanting to scold the lot of you for not staying home to rest. <BR/><BR/>(I know that even if they'd stayed home, they'd probably used the time for something else, but still...)<BR/><BR/>I don't know about getting colds as something "healthy" - but I myself tend to view them as a good reason to rest and take a bit of time for myself - especially since I usually don't get sick unless I've been over-extending myself.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9799907.post-79430788038438297562008-09-19T11:59:00.000-04:002008-09-19T11:59:00.000-04:00FA: Today I'm just staying home and bed and takin...FA: Today I'm just staying home and bed and taking it easy (I teach Tues/Thurs), and I have to say that I like that about colds: a bad cold gives me an excuse to just do nothing all day ....jo(e)https://www.blogger.com/profile/01488562158252331555noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9799907.post-66565593415041473292008-09-19T11:58:00.000-04:002008-09-19T11:58:00.000-04:00Jennifer: Oh, in my classroom it's never a simple...Jennifer: Oh, in my classroom it's never a simple essay question....<BR/><BR/>Here was the process: First we read the book _Cradle to Cradle_ by McDonough and Braungart, a book that proposes that one solution to the environmental crisis is that we rethink the way we design products, moving to a cradle-to-cradle design instead of a cradle-to-grave design. We had a campus-wide discussion of the book, bringing both scientists and landscape architects into the discussion. Then we talked about the book in class, and the students wrote one-page reflections, responding to the text. Then, based on the discussions and the student responses, I came up with nine paper topics, just to show the range of topics the students might choose. They weren't limited to the topics; they were supposed to come up with an essay topic that grew out of their discussions and writing. So then each student came up with a topic -- and that's what we were sharing in class. Each student had something different.jo(e)https://www.blogger.com/profile/01488562158252331555noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9799907.post-27225756745162464622008-09-19T09:24:00.000-04:002008-09-19T09:24:00.000-04:00There is a wholistic view of colds, that holds tha...There is a wholistic view of colds, that holds that they are the sign of health. A cold every now and then rids your body of stuff that it needs to be rid of. And that NOT getting them is not healthy.<BR/><BR/>FAYourFireAnthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03428838843235292696noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9799907.post-21581825330603163362008-09-18T23:49:00.000-04:002008-09-18T23:49:00.000-04:00their enthusiasm and wonderful ideas make me feel ...their enthusiasm and wonderful ideas make me feel so hopeful.kathy a.https://www.blogger.com/profile/14479337952651746193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9799907.post-14705864408812963012008-09-18T22:26:00.000-04:002008-09-18T22:26:00.000-04:00What was the essay question, if I can ask?What was the essay question, if I can ask?Jennifer (ponderosa)https://www.blogger.com/profile/17712875613623664156noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9799907.post-66499158155230917382008-09-18T20:42:00.000-04:002008-09-18T20:42:00.000-04:00Hope you feel better soon!Hope you feel better soon!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9799907.post-27683707554118865392008-09-18T20:17:00.000-04:002008-09-18T20:17:00.000-04:00Jennifer: One of my landscape architect students ...Jennifer: One of my landscape architect students spent a semester in Denmark studying these "Adventure Playgrounds" that were really cool -- they included mudpits the kids could play in on rainy days, firepits for building fires, wood and tools to make forts with, all kinds of fun stuff. She said the tough part about making playgrounds in this country is that Americans have an obsession with their kids being "clean" and "safe."jo(e)https://www.blogger.com/profile/01488562158252331555noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9799907.post-77221385880644114942008-09-18T20:09:00.001-04:002008-09-18T20:09:00.001-04:00Ooo, I like the idea of redesigning a playground. ...Ooo, I like the idea of redesigning a playground. At my son's after-school class last year (kindergarten), in the spring the kids actually ignored all the playground equipment to play in a rivulet of melting snow. They made dams and broke them, they tried floating bark chips downstream... It was cool. I did hear some parents reprimanding their kids for getting so dirty, though.Jennifer (ponderosa)https://www.blogger.com/profile/17712875613623664156noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9799907.post-9378657996575246392008-09-18T20:09:00.000-04:002008-09-18T20:09:00.000-04:00Bad colds here too! Im going to buy stock in klee...Bad colds here too! Im going to buy stock in kleenex. Tis the time of year.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9799907.post-33407795503358449772008-09-18T20:00:00.000-04:002008-09-18T20:00:00.000-04:00As I said in the post, these students all live tog...As I said in the post, these students all live together. So they are all in contact with each other even when they "stay home." That's why sicknesses spread so quickly on a college campus.jo(e)https://www.blogger.com/profile/01488562158252331555noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9799907.post-52728422411478131852008-09-18T19:56:00.000-04:002008-09-18T19:56:00.000-04:00Wait - it was virtuous of the originally sick stud...Wait - it was virtuous of the originally sick student to attend, knowing it was likely to mean infecting the rest?<BR/><BR/>Is it really so slothful or otherwise wrong to stay home when sick and just recuperate?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com