If you can’t describe what is wrong with your idea, your claims of what is right with it are not worth attention.

Ideas are usually a mutual endeavour... 

@garyackerman
Ideas are usually a mutual endeavour...

...therefore I must disagree as it seems / sounds like a more binary style statement... and while not overreacting about that I'd also be open to hear why it's not mutual to help others or expecting people do be able to describe what's wrong as not worth the attention.

If you have more of a context that helps but generally

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I have also tried to make contact with you before so it can be tough on this side hearing fairly good stuff and slowly realising you might not ever answer...

I know you are doing good overall and this is asking for response or recommending more with a few here... ( think of your statement and perhaps apply it to those that don't get reply or any opportunity to interact / contribute / find a way on Mastodon if you don't reply to anyone).

I believe there is a way and willing to even develop it slowly without it commanding all your time.

(Said with love care respect.)

Many might avoid contact here as it sucks too much time or they don't see the added benefit of merging and making relative streams with people but again your thoughts welcome... and almost needed.

(just for my filing - it can be frustrating if not getting any response)

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Ideas are usually a mutual endeavour... 

@freeschool Thanks for the poke to get me to respond :)

I am getting older and have worked in fields where they has been "controversy." Early on, my interest as an undergraduate was science education, specifically issues like evolution/ creationism, addressing pseudoscience, etc. Later in life, I have been interested in responding to myths in education (e.g. learning styles).

What I have learned is that many ideas that are seen as "cutting edge" by a new generation were throughly debunked in earlier generations (Stephen Jay Gould's response the The Bell Curve is a favorite example).

How we respond to tired old ideas matters. I am hopeful a new generation will push back on them, because I am trying to use my time left to explore what makes me curious.

Ideas are usually a mutual endeavour... 

@garyackerman Elated to hear back and sentiments received.

As a quick check Y/N or Maybe...

Do I read you correctly:

1- you might be looking to improve education if it gets results more obviously?

2- At this stage in life you are leaving it to next generation more often (while posting messages collected from your notes from the past online for people to learn from instead)?

3- You prefer not to do the same old and looking for new ways?

( Y/N/Maybe is fine )

Ideas are usually a mutual endeavour... 

@freeschool 1- Y, 2-Y, 3-Y
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@garyackerman Ok - I read that as a small chance in some way... ( not totally hermit yet!...) and I think as final effort on my part may I send you my "best of" ideas in a small audio recording (sent privately here) explaining those "best of" ideas by voice because I think this will convey my efforts a lot better.

Won't mind resigning after and calling my endeavour of checking with you complete :)

Finding people of certain calibre is hard...

(so is it OK if I send you an audio file to play whenever you like?)

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