Comments on: School Project of The Year, Right Here!

By: paying for private school

paying for private school — Fri, 27 Jul 2018 03:03:25 +0000

That is awesome!! Great assignment too (gets out pencil – I have some learning to do!)

By: J. Money

J. Money — Mon, 02 Jul 2018 19:35:09 +0000

LOVE THAT!!!

Was it you who recommended that video to me the other week? I finally watched it with the baby late one night and couldn’t stop thinking about it for a week.. Finally had to stop because it was saddening me too much, haha… (but I did soak up the message and trying to implement more in my life!)

By: Primal Prosperity

Primal Prosperity — Mon, 02 Jul 2018 19:25:11 +0000

Great idea! I saw there was a section on minimalism…

One time when I was a substitute teacher, I made up a project for the 5th grade kids. I had them watch “The Story of Stuff” (20 minute free video online), then I broke them up into groups and had them pick an item and research the entire life cycle from extraction, manufacture, distribution, use and then disposal. Then they gave a presentation on what they found. When I asked what they learned, almost all seemed to agree to buy and get less stuff. They even said they would ask their parents to buy them less stuff for birthdays and holidays. I couldn’t believe it, I was blown away.

Also, another good website for the older high schoolers could be this: steadystate.org. This is run mostly by economists.

By: J. Money

J. Money — Fri, 29 Jun 2018 14:23:13 +0000

In reply to Frogdancer. that used to be one of my favorite words! :)

By: Frogdancer

Frogdancer — Fri, 29 Jun 2018 12:31:34 +0000

In reply to Grizzly Bear Finance. LOL. I think she has enough to do teaching her own students, without laying the responsibility on her for teaching the whole of America!!

By: Grizzly Bear Finance

Grizzly Bear Finance — Fri, 29 Jun 2018 04:43:32 +0000

I absolutely love this idea! Ever since leaving school it has always bothered me how little finance was touched on and how much seemingly every other topic was “required”. This teacher needs to cascade this idea to every school in America.

By: Frogdancer

Frogdancer — Thu, 28 Jun 2018 20:33:53 +0000

This is a fantastic idea. I particularly like the idea of giving the kids autonomy to follow their own interests, but by reporting back to the whole class then they all get to hear a smattering of information that will more than likely cover all bases, by the time a whole class gives their reports.
I’d love to do this, but as a Theatre Studies and English teacher, my time is taken up by other, more ‘wordy’ concerns… onomatopoeia anyone?

By: J. Money

J. Money — Thu, 28 Jun 2018 17:20:07 +0000

In reply to Slackerjo. I hope he's saving all his pennies now!

By: J. Money

J. Money — Thu, 28 Jun 2018 17:19:40 +0000

In reply to Lindsey. I bet if you take it on your own this summer she'll grade it for you :)

By: Slackerjo

Slackerjo — Thu, 28 Jun 2018 16:06:31 +0000

My 15 year old nephew wants to be a rich lawyer, with a big house and two cars. A sports car and a regular car for doing groceries cause doing groceries in a sports car is stupid.

The good news is that we live in Ontario.