Comments on: maps http://www.metamorphosism.com/?p=1258 We of course all understand it, being intellectuals. Thu, 05 Jun 2025 17:47:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.0 By: Gordon http://www.metamorphosism.com/?p=1258&cpage=1#comment-3907 Wed, 29 Jun 2005 20:17:33 +0000 http://vermeer.hmdnsgroup.com/~metamorp/?p=1258#comment-3907 I second Brian’s comment. Even though as a first-grader, I know we were let loose in the zoo on school trips. I don’t remember any maps, but I do remember a camel spitting on this one kid. His shirt looked like he’d been sprayed by a firehose, if firehoses sprayed mucus along with water. (That might be my answer to your “what’s the most impressive thing you’ve ever seen” question).

Anyway, if I were a parent, that might freak me out a little now. Both the unsupervised zoo thing and the camel thing. And I don’t really think the zoo is a more dangerous place than it was 20 years ago.

]]> By: Jessica http://www.metamorphosism.com/?p=1258&cpage=1#comment-3906 Wed, 29 Jun 2005 20:03:54 +0000 http://vermeer.hmdnsgroup.com/~metamorp/?p=1258#comment-3906 Cripes! Do you mean to say that treating kids like responsible individuals may encourage their development into, dare I say it, responsible individuals? The geniuses who devised our No Education Beyond Standardized Testing Act may have to recruit their ex-business partners to research this phenomenon, then get lobbyists black out key passages in the report!

]]> By: mig http://www.metamorphosism.com/?p=1258&cpage=1#comment-3905 Tue, 28 Jun 2005 00:12:43 +0000 http://vermeer.hmdnsgroup.com/~metamorp/?p=1258#comment-3905 It’s a really radical idea, isn’t it.

]]> By: Brian http://www.metamorphosism.com/?p=1258&cpage=1#comment-3904 Mon, 27 Jun 2005 17:59:08 +0000 http://vermeer.hmdnsgroup.com/~metamorp/?p=1258#comment-3904 I suspect that if an American teacher gave her kids maps and set them loose at the zoo, she’d be drawn-and-quartered in the media, fired summarily, and given a multimillion-dollar book deal and a guest shot on Oprah.

]]> By: TH http://www.metamorphosism.com/?p=1258&cpage=1#comment-3903 Mon, 27 Jun 2005 17:02:11 +0000 http://vermeer.hmdnsgroup.com/~metamorp/?p=1258#comment-3903 Great teacher. *very* courageous teacher. One stubbed toe could probably get the teacher in bad trouble if they’re dealing with cantankerous parents.
But definitely the better way to go to the zoo…

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