Comments on A Robert Brault Reader: Let's Not Waste All That Waste

Daisy, well, I did think that schools long ago wen...

2010-03-07T04:33:16.507-08:00

Daisy,
well, I did think that schools long ago went to felt-tip markers, but "yours magazine" (above)obviously doesn't think so. I guess we;ll have to ask Maria.

smiles,
rb

I'm obviously very late to the party, but coul...

2010-03-06T17:22:57.720-08:00

I'm obviously very late to the party, but could not let this one slide. Absolutely love this post, although I have a stupid silly question (no, not what century was ww1); don't kids/teachers use chalk anymore?

Anon, I guess I'm just a tool of Big Tobacco, ...

2010-03-04T14:48:44.873-08:00

Anon,
I guess I'm just a tool of Big Tobacco, Big Pharma and Big Chalk. You're right, I will chalk this one up to experience. There are all sorts out there.

smiles,
rb

Re this post: I suppose you'll just chalk thi...

2010-03-03T20:27:07.389-08:00

Re this post: I suppose you'll just chalk this one up to experience. Me? I'll go out and dust the erasers. dk

Brault your effort is appreciable ! it also encour...

2010-03-02T19:53:39.808-08:00

Brault your effort is appreciable ! it also encouraged me .I will go to my nearby schools and institutions and suggest them to use marker in place of chalk . thanks for your response Robert .

yours magazine, I encourage all to heed your warni...

2010-03-02T04:28:11.974-08:00

yours magazine,
I encourage all to heed your warning. I am immediately resigning my position as a bought and paid-for lobbyist for the chalk industry.

rb

hi thanks for such a nice post . chalk is most com...

2010-03-02T01:10:21.338-08:00

hi thanks for such a nice post . chalk is most common thing that we uses in normal routine. By inhaling chalk dust we get disease
INHALATION: (Silica, Crystalline-Quartz)
Human: LCLo: 300 μg/m3 intermittent exposure over a 10-year period produced
pulmonary system effects.So preferably use marker in place of chalk

KC Mom, A laughing doormat? Well, I guess having ...

2010-02-28T05:27:59.154-08:00

KC Mom,
A laughing doormat? Well, I guess having people wiping their feet on you can tickle a bit.

ShaneH,
We're opposites, for a fact. I'm grateful for every bit of information that was ever pounded into my head, the less job-related the better. Life is all about knowing stuff.

Maria,
Congratulations to Jason. When the learning curve goes parabolic, it is a wonder to behold. Looks like Jason had a pretty good first teacher. (Yup, Albany is the snow capital on this one.)

khushi,
Yes, I still say "blackboard", causing my 9-year-old grandson to screw up his face in puzzlement.

Wendy,
Welcome. Glad you like. I prefer to have my thoughts referred to as "wisdom" rather than a "way with words," but my dad used to call them "Bob's squibs," so I can't complain.

Raj,
It sounds like quite an enterprise -- introducing the person you are to the person you were 37 years ago. It will be fascinating to see which person returns.

smiles all,
rb

"LOVE the thought about getting to know the p...

2010-02-27T05:51:25.706-08:00

"LOVE the thought about getting to know the people you know as a way to get to know new people. There is so much going on in the world (a very noisy place in many respects)and our lives are so full and busy that we just don't take the time we should to really see and understand people who are already in our lives. " Thanks Robert & Jan - Yours truly is on a brief visit to India - essentially catching up with family & friends - am trying to spend all the time possible with people I have known over the years - some of them for all of my life time !! Have visited few sacred places as well after 37 years !! A very important part of me is consists of the moments shared and steps covered !

I just found some of your quotes on a site called ...

2010-02-26T08:44:34.857-08:00

I just found some of your quotes on a site called Quote Garden. I'm not normally a link follower, but I was interested in finding out who you were. I've read a few entries so far, and have been laughing quite a bit. You have a wonderful sense of humor and a quite a way with words.

KC Mom, ShaneH, Maria, khushi Thanks for comments...

2010-02-25T14:38:14.427-08:00

KC Mom, ShaneH, Maria, khushi

Thanks for comments. Pardon my silence. I'm away from home without the power hookup for my laptop and down to 15% power. Trying to conserve untl Saturday. Talk to you then.

smiles,
rb

You've really chalked out the route of chalk.....

2010-02-25T12:38:04.709-08:00

You've really chalked out the route of chalk...And oh boy do I remember when we had black-boards and not white boards; and chalk instead of markers. I was a teacher for a long time and I had my time with dry markers towards the latter half of my career...:)I like the idea of "renewing the acquaitance" with myself.

Hi! This is a great essay, Robert... I am reading...

2010-02-24T17:14:56.639-08:00

Hi!
This is a great essay, Robert...

I am reading two books this year for professional development. They both have some interesting new perspectives...but... they always come back around to 'the basics.' Practice and the acquisition of knowledge are building blocks.
Practice makes knowledge permanent and automatic. Then this becomes a building block for new and more more complex work.
~Amen~
The last time I saw my son's math homework was when he was in high school and I could still recognize a few things... now, Jason's atmospheric science and differential equations notes look like a foreign language.
He's certainly worn out several cases of 'chalk' laying down those building blocks!
~Maria
ps. Did you get snow today? We had over 17"
And, ohhh, was it heavy!

Learning back in the days was something to pride o...

2010-02-24T09:47:53.899-08:00

Learning back in the days was something to pride over.

nowadays teachers are held down with a time-line to there throat threating if they dont smash our brains with all the info...weather it stays or not they risk losing money or there jobs.

meh.

nowadays theres to many ways to ESCAPE learning.i always loved class time where we went to the computer lab.teachers thought it was a better way to learn.i took it as a way to deceive...simple enough to open another tab with a teacher who has to manage 20 other kids thinking along the lines of what im thinking.

but then again im a straight forward thinker.i never liked school nor did good in it.not because im dumb.i simply dont believe in learning something that has nothing to to do with what i see as my own personal goal in life.

(if we were studying about the great "tea party" it would fly in 1 ear and out the other.because i saw no place for this kind of info to be used in my life or any job id take up.most adults replying with "you dont know what you could be doing in 10 years from now" to which i reply your right i dont.but knowing the person i am im 101% positive i still wont care for that info 10 years from now)

my mother calls this kind of thinking tunnel vision.you set everything else aside to reach 1 goal even if you set aside things you need to get to that goal.

Tis a curse and a blessing.

You had me laughing right out loud with the doorma...

2010-02-23T05:30:03.148-08:00

You had me laughing right out loud with the doormat quote.
Welcome...I'm a doormat...
Have a great day.:)

Ken, Always happy to explain you to yourself. Wha...

2010-02-23T04:26:51.865-08:00

Ken,
Always happy to explain you to yourself. What do you suppose they did do with all that chalk marl -- just dump in back in the ocean?

Jan,
Yes, there are many ways to say it. Another way to get to know a new person is to read the blog of someone you've known all your life.

Marlene,
Agreed. And if what I wrote is the truth, I don't even care to know that much.

smiles all,
rb

"You wonder if the nuclear holocaust that des...

2010-02-22T18:05:07.596-08:00

"You wonder if the nuclear holocaust that destroys one world is the Big Bang that starts the next."
There may be more truth in this statement than we would care to know.

LOVE the thought about getting to know the people ...

2010-02-22T14:46:54.431-08:00

LOVE the thought about getting to know the people you know as a way to get to know new people. There is so much going on in the world (a very noisy place in many respects)and our lives are so full and busy that we just don't take the time we should to really see and understand people who are already in our lives. Thank you!

"I've concluded, after many years, that m...

2010-02-22T12:56:34.203-08:00

"I've concluded, after many years, that my mind works by process of elimination, although, as yet, it hasn't actually eliminated anything." Thanks Robert. I now see why I get hedged up from time to time.

I can't see the French (or the English) considering anything as magnanimous as giving the stuff away to help educate others. SELLING their waste to fund the project is the likely scenario.