pirate version of my book

[Jeff Reynolds]

Yes true, but when you try and teach, you need to reach your students in ways they can grasp and understand. With this understanding comes the tools to understand greater things and build higher. in this case its the ability to not just learn a rule, but to understand the rule and thus be able to apply it to a more complex situation which life brings us all the time. I started out with the kids spouting rules, but as the year wore on it moved to discussion about producing material and how it worked. the kids would really get into asking about my multimedia work and how i got into it and how to make a living off it. from all of this and their own experiences they gained (i would like to think) a good set of tools to think about the issue of content creation and ethics with paying or not paying for it. We had great discussions on issues of what should be in the public domain, copyrights and patents. It actually was the most stimulating part of the teaching for me and where i saw the most connections being made in the brains as they were in that teen to adult transition. I would like to think that when they think about those situations now they come to a good conclusion with a good feeling that they know they are doing the right thing, not just out of memory of the pain of being yelled at. there is a lot of strength in knowing you are on the right course that is needed to maintain that course.

jeff

On Sep 4, 2012, at 1:00 PM, use-livecode-request at lists.runrev.com wrote:

> Snip snip. I think the best we can do as responsible adults is first to set an example in our own lives, and then to express the principles which guide us in life. Eventually people will make their own choice about what kind of person they want to be. We hope as many as possible will choose to be "good" people. None will achieve total success, but I have been told that it is more about the direction you are heading than the place you happen to be at any time. 
> 
> Bob