Summary Post C4T#3

 

I was assigned to comment on two blog posts of Mr. Michael Kaechele. His blog page is called Concrete Classroom. The first was Ode To Concrete. This post was something he wrote for the national day of writing. He gives a few examples of what concrete is and what concrete isn't. He loves it and so he believes concrete is beautiful, hard, natural, and aggregate just to name a few things. I told him that i have never looked at concrete in the way he suggests. I am from the country and so looking at concrete i see his other examples of what concrete is. Things like ugly, a symbol of industrialism, and weak. However in looking through his photos, he has helped me to see it in a different perspective.

The second post i commented on was The Alchemist and Louis L'Amour. This post was about his reaction to the reading of The Alchemist. He poses the question of "Do we allow space in schools for pursuing dreams." He didnt think so and explained why. He thinks that it is because schools are far too often focused only on covering the curriculum and meeting standards. I told him that i agree with him fully and that schools should allow students to expand explore different areas and ideas. He posted that he loved the quote by Louis L'Amour of "More important was that school was interfering with my education," on why he dropped out of school and pursued other things. I told Mr. Kaechele I believe that it is the standards and curriculums that schools must follow that turn kids away from schooling, hurt their chances of finding what they really want to do, and even make them drop out and leave school for good.