Re: LOGO-L> logo language

["Dale R. Reed" <dale-reed@worldnet.att.net>]

Michael Tempel wrote:
<snip>
> >They argue that the concrete style of learning of the bricoleur or the
> >tinkerer has been unjustly sidelined by the dominant logical culture of
> >the computing world. One point you need to be aware of about Logo is
> >that it presents a radical challenge to traditional School culture.
<snip>

I suggest that you compare the article about the present establishment
from yesterday's(Thursday, 8/6/98) Seattle Times:
http://www.seattletimes.com/news/education/html98/summ_080698.html
Academic boot camp' appears effective 
by Jolayne Houtz Seattle Times staff reporter 
    An unusual "academic boot camp" for struggling Seattle fifth-graders
ends tomorrow amid
    promising signs the <snip>

with the article about what could be describing Robert Redford's
Sundance in today's USA Today:
http://www.usatoday.com/life/enter/movies/lfilm218.htm
Summer camp for Redford's rising stars
  SUNDANCE, Utah — Each January, hundreds of Hollywood trendsetters,
media types and everyone
  who is anyone descend upon the Sundance Film Festival to wallow in the
hype of the latest
  must-see movie, get a whiff of the next big thing and ski a little on
the company dime. <snip>  

All I am trying to say is learning can be a lot more fun and effective
and satisfying if we really want it to be.  If it is not mixed into an
attempt to toughen little kids up for the "real" world of 8 hours of
day/5 days of week…nose to the grindstone/School to Work and all
that.     Dale
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