tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4956989639073843954.post2397259907044498152..comments2024-03-21T05:30:03.220-04:00Comments on Science teacher: Agent of the statedoylehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12901661320505882735noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4956989639073843954.post-10623458971546248052014-04-18T11:58:02.475-04:002014-04-18T11:58:02.475-04:00Dear John,
Unless you're literally sharing th...Dear John,<br /><br />Unless you're literally sharing the air around you with someone else, language frames everything we do.<br /><br />It's what got us here; it's what's going to cause our extinction.doylehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12901661320505882735noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4956989639073843954.post-68534214111858706412014-04-13T10:24:58.397-04:002014-04-13T10:24:58.397-04:00It's amazing how much language frames this.
...It's amazing how much language frames this. <br /><br />If you say "agent of the state," it has implications. If you say, "public worker," it has a different set of connotations. If you say, "representative of the community," it means something else. <br /><br />I think I'm all three of those. <br /><br />Our school is still funded by the community. It is still, in this sense, "owned" by everyone. However, there are systems at work making it a plutocracy. <br /><br />I recently made a Google doc of things Pearson owns. The list was massive. I could have used McGraw Hill, too. Our district will drop three quarters of a million per year for Success Maker but they do not have money to pay librarians or school counselors. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10956056168256756705noreply@blogger.com