[ExI] OWS Rolling in the Mud

[Giovanni Santostasi]

But away, the silly chanting in the OWS meetings is a humane loudspeaker.
The idea is to have everybody in the crowd to be able to hear what the
speakers is saying.
I was turned off by it when I heard it on youtube the first time but now it
seems an interesting idea.



2011/11/19 Kevin G Haskell <kgh1kgh2 at gmail.com>

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> Date: Tue, 15 Nov 2011 22:20:33 -0700
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> 2011/11/13 Kevin G Haskell <kgh1kgh2 at gmail.com>:
> > Giovanni Santostasi's first reply to Kevin G Haskell, and Kevin's
> response:
> > There would be a lot more types of people like Steve Jobs if people were
> > properly educated in our public schools on how to start and effectively
> run
> > businesses.? They don't, so most creative people feel confined to
> practicing
>
> > within the career they were were trained within, and not taking those
> skills
> > to a higher level to expanding it.
>
> >>On December 1st, I am going to a fifth grade all day exercise where
> they set up little mini businesses, and try to make a microcosm of
> capitalism for the day. I will be sure and report back how well they
> are educating the fifth graders. Interestingly, my son is a special
> needs student, and he is still invited as long as I escort him. That's
> pretty cool from my point of view.
>
> So, perhaps this sort of education is not entirely dead... just "mostly
> dead"...
>
> -Kelly<<
>
> Good start, Kelly.  In middle school, We had fake money and budgets. I
> remember doing that for one week.  I ended up running out of money, and had
> no idea why.  Had the training gone on for the entire year, or years, every
> student who graduated high school would have been extremely well versed on
> how to manage their own fiances and credit, probably obtained a good idea
> about how Capitalist macroeconomics work, and the ability to run a business
> if they so chose, as well.  If you can get around your school dictators,
> perhaps you could repeat that form of teaching throughout the year whenever
> you can.
>
> As for now, good for you, and good luck, as well.
>
> Kevin
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