Comments on: Square Peg, Round Hole

By: Big Paradigm Shifts | Reflections of the TZSTeacher

Big Paradigm Shifts | Reflections of the TZSTeacher — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 15:36:32 +0000

[...] visual from Kathy Sierra that I found from reading Pair-aDimes for Your Thoughts from David [...]

By: “Chasing the A” | David Truss :: Pair-a-dimes for Your Thoughts

“Chasing the A” | David Truss :: Pair-a-dimes for Your Thoughts — Fri, 29 May 2009 13:58:23 +0000

[...] But why to ‘WE’, educators and students, put so much weight on ‘the grade’ in the first place? How much do they matter?

On his blog, “A Boundless World: Connecting Humanity Unleashing Potential”, Bud answers that question on behalf of himself and many of his graduating friends of the class of ‘09:

Why Our Current Education System Is Failing [...]

By: I was thinking… - Learning to be me.

I was thinking… - Learning to be me. — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 19:42:10 +0000

[...] “It’s about creating an environment where every child can thrive.” (David Truss from http://pairadimes.davidtruss.com/square-peg-round-hole/) [...]

By: Jan Smith

Jan Smith — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 12:23:16 +0000

Hi Dave,
I am sending this on to my favourite administrator, whose main job at the board office is looking at graduation rates, or, in less bean-counterish language “improving the life-chances of every child.” This puts the discussion on one plate. Thanks.

By: Dave Truss

Dave Truss — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 04:29:20 +0000

Thank you for this very insightful comment Doralisa... wisdom beyond your years:-) I especially like this line: How can we expect to teach children to appreciate and respect the differences in others if we don’t appreciate, respect, and, at least, try to understand those differences amongst ourselves. That's one of the reasons why I like what technology can do in education... it allows students to differentiate the learning for themselves, it lets students take charge of their own learning, and it gives students the power to extend their learning into interests beyond the classroom. I tried to share this idea in my video that I just blogged about, Who are the people in you neighbourhood? Thanks again for this thoughtful comment!

By: Doralisa

Doralisa — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 04:15:57 +0000

I never knew where the quote came from, and had never seen it (in all my 31 years)until I saw it covering a wall at the entrance of my son’s school. I felt as if both of us had come home. Let’s not forget that these “misfits” grow up and are forced to conform to other ideas/values. They are persecuted and misunderstood in every profession including teaching. How can we expect to teach children to appreciate and respect the differences in others if we don’t appreciate, respect, and, at least, try to understand those differences amongst ourselves. Different is not a threat or a lack of intelligence…it is, put quite simply, difference. It is what makes the world what it is, and how we learn from each other. The thinkers are often stifled in the workplace in an attempt to force them to conform and “break’ them. There are some horses, like people who cannot be broken, because, if they are, so is their spirit.