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A response on perspectives « Suifaijohnmak’s Weblog — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 04:09:57 +0000

[...] 8, 2009 · Leave a Comment Well said Mike in his Regaining some perspectives. I think I could resonate with your ideas in many of my posts in Education and Learning [...]

By: suifaijohnmak

suifaijohnmak — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 03:56:06 +0000

Well said Mike.
I think I could resonate with your ideas in many of my posts in Education and Learning http://suifaijohnmak.wordpress.com and so I won't repeat my responses here.
It takes great courage to voice our opinions as bloggers, irrespective of the pressures we all face. When it comes to education reforms, it may be like landing on the moon, one small step in human (our individual "transformation"), but a big step in human history (our voices resonated through). We have aspired to an education and learning paradigm which opens up the door to more people in society - like open education, cooperative/collaborative community and networked learning that could benefit more people, more businesses in society, locally, and globally. These initiatives would be more equitable, more responsive to the needs of society, and equip people with 21st century skills. These are all attributed to people who like to contribute, and make a difference to the present system. If we are to start from ourselves in this education movement, then we could each behaves like a butterfly, flap our wings, and change ourselves to serve and help others. These are the bridges that each of us is building through these sharing, interaction and support. You have been instrumental in this leadership initiative. Would I call this passion? That I share?

By: gminks

gminks — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 23:13:33 +0000

I feel the same way – about different things. Ok, grad school and mapping the history of HPT isn't helping. The trick (I think) is realizing what the game is while remembering that you can never truly change this game. You have to create change that runs in parallel to the current system, and build build bridges from the old to the new, and find out how to convince folks to cross the bridges and leave the old behind.
It takes time. It takes patience. It requires support from others, so you know when to take a break from it. Breaks are the only way to build up a tolerance for the resistance you'll meet (which includes the apathy).