traditional woodworking ~ open source programming

Education

About the Algebra One Class

The Algebra One course begins with a fast-paced review of the previous year. The beauty, clarity, and utility of algebraic reasoning are explored through practical and not so practical challenges. We will conclude with a study of the quadratic formula, and introduce formal logical reasoning.

Why Teach Woodworking?

One should guard against preaching to young people success in the customary form as the main aim in life. The most important motive for work in school and in life is pleasure in work, pleasure in its result, and the knowledge of the value of the result to the community.

— Albert Einstein

It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.

— Aristotle (384 BCE - 322 BCE)

Teaching should be such that what is offered is percieved as a valuable gift and not as a hard duty.

— Albert Einstein

One had to cram all this stuff into one's mind for the examinations, whether one liked it or not. This coercion had such a deterring effect on me that, after I had passed the final examination, I found the consideration of any scientific problems distasteful to me for an entire year.

— Albert Einstein

The (Infamous) Nine-Year Change

Many Waldorf schools go through typical stages of development, including the infamous "Nine Year Change."
Unfortunately, because each school is free to develop in their own way, each creates it's own version of the process and often doesn't recognize the overall pattern until it's too late. By then much damage is done.
The organizational nine year change is similar but not identical to the child's nine year change. The similarities include increased egotism, individuality, and loyalty resulting in deep community divisions.

Dance like no one is watching. Sing like no one is listening. Love like you've never been hurt and live like it's heaven on Earth.

— Mark Twain