Gary, Does temporally past the age of direct involvement imply we’ll be more involved when we’re 80? or 90?
Seriously though, I believe a lot can be accomplished by us old farts by being willing to get out of our comfort zones. A few years ago I would have never thought I’d be involved working with 4th-6th graders in the worst performing school in Santa Fe. But here I am making videos about CS ideas for the closed schools. Anyone who is willing to help can work with us through the SF Alliance for Science. Ed _______________________ Ed Angel Founding Director, Art, Research, Technology and Science Laboratory (ARTS Lab) Professor Emeritus of Computer Science, University of New Mexico 1017 Sierra Pinon Santa Fe, NM 87501 505-984-0136 (home) an...@cs.unm.edu <mailto:an...@cs.unm.edu> 505-453-4944 (cell) http://www.cs.unm.edu/~angel <http://www.cs.unm.edu/~angel> > On Jul 31, 2020, at 12:24 PM, Gary Schiltz <g...@naturesvisualarts.com> wrote: > > Well, you and Debbie are late bloomers. > > On Fri, Jul 31, 2020 at 1:03 PM Frank Wimberly <wimber...@gmail.com > <mailto:wimber...@gmail.com>> wrote: > Yep. We are raising an 8 year old but he goes to private school. > > On Fri, Jul 31, 2020 at 11:37 AM Gary Schiltz <g...@naturesvisualarts.com > <mailto:g...@naturesvisualarts.com>> wrote: > Probably the reason K-12 underfunding isn't addressed much here has to do > with the fact that the list is populated by a high proportion of us old farts > and fartesses :-) who are temporally past the age of direct involvement with > K-12 and kids in general. I suspect that the more politically left-leaning, > as well as many of the centrist-leaning inhabitants would support > significantly higher and more evenly distributed funding of K-12 public > education. I would make the same claim for health care spending. Ultimately, > a modern society depends on a well-educated, healthy citizenry, which the USA > seems determined to make a luxury. > > On Fri, Jul 31, 2020 at 11:11 AM Angel Edward <edward.an...@gmail.com > <mailto:edward.an...@gmail.com>> wrote: > [...] > Nevertheless, what I see as the overriding issue that doesn’t get addressed > on this list is the underfunding of public K-12 schools. Whatever position > any of us might have as what we’d like to see at the college level, it isn’t > going to happen with the present situation of the public schools. As long as > the public schools can’t provide an equal education for all its students, we > can’t expect the colleges to solve the educational problem. > - .... . -..-. . -. -.. -..-. .. ... -..-. .... . .-. . > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Zoom Fridays 9:30a-12p Mtn GMT-6 bit.ly/virtualfriam > <http://bit.ly/virtualfriam> > un/subscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com > <http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com> > archives: http://friam.471366.n2.nabble.com/ > <http://friam.471366.n2.nabble.com/> > FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ > <http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/> > > > -- > Frank Wimberly > 140 Calle Ojo Feliz > <https://www.google.com/maps/search/140+Calle+Ojo+Feliz+Santa+Fe,+NM+87505?entry=gmail&source=g> > Santa Fe, NM 87505 > <https://www.google.com/maps/search/140+Calle+Ojo+Feliz+Santa+Fe,+NM+87505?entry=gmail&source=g> > 505 670-9918 > - .... . -..-. . -. -.. -..-. .. ... -..-. .... . .-. . > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Zoom Fridays 9:30a-12p Mtn GMT-6 bit.ly/virtualfriam > <http://bit.ly/virtualfriam> > un/subscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com > <http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com> > archives: http://friam.471366.n2.nabble.com/ > <http://friam.471366.n2.nabble.com/> > FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ > <http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/> > - .... . -..-. . -. -.. -..-. .. ... -..-. .... . .-. . > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Zoom Fridays 9:30a-12p Mtn GMT-6 bit.ly/virtualfriam > un/subscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com > archives: http://friam.471366.n2.nabble.com/ > FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/
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