Blogathon: #49 – WrapUp

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So this is the last post for the Blogathon! After our community projects on the tour, we would get together for a wrap-up session, which allowed us to process our experiences and share what we’ve learnt. So consider this a Blogathon wrap-up.
We managed to raise [...]

Blogathon: #48 – Songs Review 4

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So very near the end! Don’t miss out your chance to get exclusive Up With People tracks just for a simple sponsorship!
With Everything Changing – another Carpenters/ballad!ABBA-esque folky song wondering if anything ever stays the same; the subject matter’s rather different from all the other [...]

Blogathon: #47 – Songs Review 3

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We’re nearly at the end! We still need sponsorships though, and as I promised, any verified and proven donations get Up With People tracks for every $20. This post and the next will give more details on the songs you can choose from:
Keep The Beat [...]

Blogathon: #46 – In The News

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I get regular Google alerts whenever Up With People makes the news somewhere. Most of the time it’s just the string “up with people”, which doesn’t mean anything to me. Sometimes it’s something being compared to Up With People (i.e. it’s “shiny-happy-strange” reputation). Once in [...]

Blogathon: I Am Back

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Ok, whatever it was that took me away from the computer has ended, so I’m back now. Thank you Naoko!
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Blogathon #45 – Apprenticeships

Ok… So I’m talking about the various methods of Alternative Education.. This is interesting.
Apprenticeships.
In most places these days they’re called Industrial Training, where you learn the skills on the Job (for some reason, shows like the Apprentice and the Simple Life 3: Interns come to mind). I’m not talking about those apprenticeships.
I’m [...]

Blogathon: #44- SAC

Or Self Access Learning.
When I was a small kid, wayyy back in primary school, my classmates and I were introduced to this module called “SAL.” I always loved SAL as it meant a time to simply laze back when it came to learning English, though I was never diligent enough to finish the required [...]

Blogathon #43: Clubs and Societies

Hie guys! As you can see, Ti’s not here, so I’ll be here to cover her until the end of Blogathon. Since we’ve already covered the topic of Uniformed Societies, I thought why not continue with the theme and start covering Clubs and Societies.
In Malaysia, every subject had a Club or Society attached to [...]

Blogathon: Will I or Will I Not Be Here?

It’s O-Week at my college, and right now they have an Adventure Quest planned. My original joint blogger is nowhere to be seen, so I thought I’d have Naoko cover for the next 3 hours to wrap up.
I’m not sure if I’m going on Adventure Quest yet. I’ll wait for Naoko. But if you see [...]

Blogathon: #42 – The Show

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Thank you Naoko for covering for me for the part hour!
I was just at a meeting for our college dorm – there’s a Dancefest happening soon and they want as many people in it as possible. They showed videos of the previous Dancefest entries (theirs [...]

Blogathon: #41- Uniformed Societies, pt 2

So, what does the Uniformed Societies offer for alternative education that the schools don’t provide? Here’s where the quote from the previous post comes into play:
It offers the skills you may need in one point or another in our lives. And not only that, it gives you the opportunity to actually practise those skills [...]

Blogathon: #40- Uniformed Societies

Education is what survives when what has been learned has been forgotten.
B. F. Skinner (1904 – 1990), New Scientist, May 21, 1964
This, I think, sums up the main nature of education. It’s what left in your head after the learning’s done.
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Blogathon: #39 – United Planet Writing & Photo Contest

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United Planet, which organizes various “quests”, or volunteering activities around the world, is organizing a Writing & Photo Contest to commemorate United Planet Day on September 21st 2006.
Winners will get a free two-week Quest on any of their short-term locations worldwide. Closing date is August [...]

Blogathon: #38 – Education, Politics, and Blogs

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This is an intriguing thing I’ve observed about blogs that deal with education in some form:

Unschoolers tend to be very liberal, sometimes radically so
Homeschoolers tend to be middle-conservative, often Christian (which informs their beliefs on education)
Many general education bloggers are on the conservative side
There aren’t [...]

Blogathon: #37 – Jessica Pierce & Taking Action

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One month ago blogger and guidance advisor Ian Ybarra wrote about one of his students, Jessica Pierce, who died while trying to save some other friends from drowning in Costa Rica.
In the entry, Ybarra talks about how he had presented an opportunity to the high [...]