Posted By:  zephyr Posted On:  Oct 24, 2008	Capitalist alienation
By BÜLENT KENEŞ: Every day hundreds of analysts comment on the global economic storm triggered by the subprime mortgage crisis, which is gradually crippling all world economies. I will not delve into a technical commentary, as I am no expert on the issue. However, I am well...... [view]

Posted By:  freechild Posted On:  Oct 12, 2008	Addicted to ACTION
Over the last 19 years of doing this work I've been part of my fair share of schemes, plots and plans to change the world. Maybe the first one was in the 10th grade when I decided that my school 's environmental club was an elitist polo team in disguise and that students from my neighborhood...... [view]

Posted By:  freechild Posted On:  Oct 1, 2008	Youth Rights Theory
There are murmurs out there about the lack of Youth Rights theory * * . I want to address that directly. I believe there is a misconception about what theory actually is, what it does, and who makes it. Let me begin with an explanation of what Youth Rights theory needs to be: Youth Rights...... [view]

Posted By:  freechild Posted On:  Oct 1, 2008	Not Adultism - Corporal Punishment
Spanking, slapping, smacking, pulling ears, pinching, shaking... Hitting with rulers, belts, wooden spoons, extension cords, slippers, hairbrushes, pins, sticks, whips, rubber hoses, flyswatters, wire hangers, stones, bats, canes, or paddles... Being forced to stand for a long period; hold...... [view]

Posted By:  vincehof Posted On:  Sep 24, 2008	Moving Data | Gustav Bertram on the liberation of information
Moving data into South Africa is expensive, but moving it around inside the country doesn’t have to be. Freedom toasters are a great way to move data inside the country, but there aren’t enough of them to go around. This is probably because they cost about R 39 000 each. One...... [view]

Posted By:  freechild Posted On:  Sep 21, 2008	The Role of Intensity in Youth Activism
Empowering young people to create social change happens best in intensely personal, intensely local, intensely focused opportunities that engage children and youth in deliberate, meaningful action and learning. None of these things can happen independently of each other. One of the best...... [view]

Posted By:  vincehof Posted On:  Sep 18, 2008	Formulating Fiction: ‘Make it so’
As everyone knows, Captain Jean-Luc Picard of the USS Enterprise spends all his time lost in space, getting picked on by morally inferior aliens. Space, in Captain Picard’s scientifically suspect world, is a place where sound travels and where lasers shoot in short, modest spurts, like a...... [view]

Posted By:  freechild Posted On:  Sep 7, 2008	The Joy of Youth Engagement
This month's Educational Leadership magazine really impresses me. The first article, entitled " Joy in School ," is one of the bravest I have ever read, if only because the author boldly supposes that schools and teachers can "bring some joy into children's formal education." Now, that isn't as...... [view]

Posted By:  zephyr Posted On:  Aug 31, 2008	Christian Values and Education In The Bahamas
You 'gotta' have faith: By KARAN MINNIS, Guardian Lifestyles Reporter - Nassau, Bahamas: Darron and Crystal Philip-Pitt say they have always thought about the spiritual education of their four-year-old daughter, Danae, which is the reason why they sent her to a Christian-based...... [view]

Posted By:  freechild Posted On:  Aug 24, 2008	Democracy Schools
About five years ago, in one of my final conversations with Sasha Rabkin (whom I've mentioned before ), I learned about his conceptualization of "democracy schools," different from democratic schools. This isn't the same as some national programs already at work, but they aren't entirely...... [view]

Posted By:  freechild Posted On:  Aug 19, 2008	Young People as Enviable
This is post 2 of 5 exploring popular perceptions of young people today. Marketers have spent more than a half century trying to convince consumers to buy the image of youth being a perfect time, filled with frivolity and carelessness. Literature portrays an idyllic time of life that is airy,...... [view]