Strange Communications

Between email and cellular communication, I have had a few strange moments.

Both Kara and I have been harassed by random people.

When we lived in Victoria, Kara had a random phone-phile.

This creep would call at the weirdest times seeking sexual conversation.

We had to get the police involved and found that cell phone companies protect people who abuse others.

Due to the fact that there hadn't been any actual physical abuse or threat "in person" (telecommunications is actually a virtual reality : see Ray Kurzweil,) the police couldn't get a warrant to get the number released from Bell.

Without the number they can't confront the abuser.

The person being harassed has to do a lot of work to get no results.

In the end the only option is to change your number.

The world has some people that are in need of some serious social counseling/training.

also,

"The System" has some major flaws.

Watched Blood Trail yesterday and found it to be enlightening.

War photographers are an interesting group.

The movie only focuses on one man, which fails to provide a greater sense of the field.

There are people with issues in every line of work.

I have heard of another documentary called ?War Photographer?

I am waiting on getting the link from Mitch about it.

Had a meeting with Bonnie Murdoch in Extended Studies about the Calgary Board of Education video project. CBE is looking for teaching resources and the assignment is tied into the MADT 416 class. It is nice when one's ambitions and goals line up with one's obligations.

I am focused on the idea of learning resources that provide for self-paced absorption of information. Books are great for learning at your own pace, they fail to reach a lot of people though. There are so many different learning styles.

We must continue to create more learning options.

If we can develop nanobots that deliver oxygen to the blood, we can develop free education that is tailored to the individual.

The biggest question in education is?

There are so many issues that it's mind boggling.

Funding seems to be a major repetition in the excuses column.

I have the feeling that it's ambition more than anything.

The research and resources available are incredible, their distribution is another thing.

Is the world of man really so disconnected from itself?

Are we in need of producing disposable plates and paper decorations for the same parties we throw every year?

I watched The Office, and felt the sting of destruction when they all threw out red plates and cups after the party. Are we incapable of reusing things that last for years?

As a species, are we dependent upon trivially decorating our environment for small events?

There are a lot of questions.

"They" say: 

Don't sweat the small stuff.

The problem is that the small stuff adds up.

How many corporate parties in small, medium and large size offices have similar events to the one in the show I watched this evening?

Combining all that waste and contemplating the resource depletion resulting from its production stretches the mind's capacity to understand the environment we live in.

I feel that we need to teach a connection to natural resources at a very young age.

Do we even understand our connection to teach it?

What resources went into the production of the laptop I'm typing on?

Source every single part and every material that goes into creating those parts, then do the same for the tools that create it.

Does the company that produces the final salable ware even know those details?

Can we engage ourselves to commit to tracking the details from the start to finish?

From the mining of raw/war materials (that's a whole other day of thought) to the tools that put the pieces together.

Perhaps one day we'll start to understand our impact.

I think that will be the day when people disconnect from the must make money approach and start living the must make others' lives better approach.

In the meantime, we have douches tying up the communication waves that were made with the intent of intellectualism.

Respect Future Tolerance

iHuman

The Red Tear Project

I believe that we can make it happen.

Everything has to be timed right to be successful and now is the time.

Now is the only time, ever.

I found over a thousand pages of readings from Alberta Learning today.

Everything is focused on curriculum and studies of technologies for learning.

I am intent on setting up a small group learning environment.

Positive Affirmation

I have taught three groups of children, from the age of five to eight, Alberta's elementary curriculum successfully.

This statement may seem crazy, but it's the key to my achieving it.

I'll continue to re-affirm this concept in my mind and in the future it will come to fruition.

Small groups that have individualized learning can allow people to be ahead of the curve.

The key is creating a connection to passion and the overwhelming sense of interest.

Clarity/focus training is the foundation to all learning afterwards.

Commitment to an outcome, combined with patience, sees results.

There is only so much time in a day.

I am using relax focused time now.

Stop and breathe and listen.

FIND A QUIET MOMENT!!!!!

:there's a social experiment:

response to direction.

tone matters

wording matters

intention matters

Now getting to bed matters.

I am spending more time to spend with Kara and son.