“ People who say it cannot be done should not interrupt those who are doing it
— Chinese Proverb
Life In Practice
Daily accounts of a Summer Research-Action Project. An Attempt at soliciting advice, encouragement, and criticism. Click the number at the bottom of the posts to see them in full. Look at the FEEDBACK tab and CLICK!!!
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Nerd Love: Fridays with ERIC (Electronic Reserves Index)
My fave title so far: Reconceptualization of Social Capital in the Light of Resilience
Kiss that!
Background Music: Everything Changed Nothing Instrumental, Oddisee
Riot at Edison High School, PA
Have riots broken out in Philippine public schools? do I just not hear about them?
Via a my sister who teaches at Edison.
“During my 8th period class, a huge fight broke out in which 300 students rushed the hallways. This was sparked, literally, over spilt milk. The “goth” kids in the lunch room were being picked on yesterday and a carton of milk was thrown at a table of 10 girls.
Today, the same thing happened and the students said they just couldn’t stand it anymore. I am not exactly sure what happened but supposedly 6 or 7 kids in the hallway started shoving one another around and then all hell broke loose. Pretty soon nearly 300 students swarmed the hallways: punching, throwing full trash cans, pushing, etc. The Philadelphia police were called in and 30 officers raided the hallways: throwing kids in classrooms, tasering some, arresting, etc. I saw the principal get jumped from behind by a student and the police threw him into the locker in a head-lock and then put a taser to his chest. INSANE. The entire school was on lock down, shutting down every classroom and locking us in. I have never seen anything like it…it was unreal. This is Philadelphia Public Schools.
In class now, talk to you all soon.”
“ innovation in education costs significantly less than in any other field… the assumption of so many efforts within is usually that financing reform is key, but the issue is not purely economic…
— someguy whose nameillremember later
“ The Philippine public school budget for each child each year is US$150.00 while Thailand’s 6x more and Malaysia‘s 10x more. Technology can not be the driver, it is only
the tool.
the tool.
— Minutes of the Meeting, Philippines-Finland association
The picture came with this narrative: (in high school) “nagkaroon po ako ng bisyo, kagaya ng paglalaro ng komputer games” (I developed vices, like playing computer games)
My American audience always smiles at the this remark. I know the word vice doesn’t call to mind that image here as much as it would at home. What’s interesting though is that boys who talked about computer games didn’t mention class discrimination as part of their experience within the private school they were attending. So, while they themselves recognize an addictive quality, they also benefited from the social networking aspect of these spaces. I don’t have enough evidence in this study to prove that association… but someone should look into that.
I’m not saying the class divide is erased, because it isn’t, but how did manifestations change because most boys had this “ito yung bonding time naming mga lalake” (this was our male bonding time) while the girls may have tried to play these games, but didn’t develop an interest (for reasons I have hunches on).
