March 12, 2012
Several kids cheated on this ten-day project. All the documents were supposed to stay in class. Some kids took documents home and had tons of extra time to work. That's not fair.
This made me sad. Kids were supposed to enjoy the mystery of separating and identifying their sludge. Instead, kids freaked, stressed themselves out and worried everyone around them.
The test is designed so kids get points for trying, not for getting the answers right. So by cheating and taking the papers home, you completely missed the point.
You were supposed to learn that conclusions based on sound scientific data are rewarded. Real scientists don't know the answer, so they make their best guess with the data they've collected.
Cheater kids who took papers home learned... I'm not sure what they learned.
But it wasn't the lesson I was trying to teach.
Someone told me to "Forget the rotten ones, focus on all the sweethearts you see all day."
Sound advice.
Artwork from some upstanding citizens:
Time Magazine
10 Ideas That Are Changing Your Life
1. Living Alone Is The New Norm
The extraordinary rise of solitary living is the biggest social change that we've neglected to identify, let alone examine.
Consider that in 1950, a mere 4 million Americans lived alone, and they made up only 9% of households. Back then, going solo was most common in the open, sprawling Western states--Alaska, Montana and Nevada--that attracted migrant workingmen, and it was usually a short-lived stage on the road to a more conventional domestic life.
Not anymore. According to 2011 census data, people who live alone--nearly 33 million Americans--make up 28% of all U.S. households...
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