Downeast Schoolhouse » counterintuitive claptrap http://downeastschoolhouse.com Education, bread, music, orneriness. In monstrous slabs. Irony in wee drams. Wed, 21 Dec 2011 15:35:10 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Group Think: Think Groups! http://downeastschoolhouse.com/2010/06/2747/ http://downeastschoolhouse.com/2010/06/2747/#comments Thu, 17 Jun 2010 10:00:20 +0000 admin http://downeastschoolhouse.com/?p=2747 This is one of those times that an article I point to just might make you really, really angry.

Remember that one of the most important jobs of children is to subvert the will of adults.

Now read this: A Best Friend? You Must Be Kidding

Now doubt you’ll have your own favorite part;  mine [...]]]> http://downeastschoolhouse.com/2010/06/2747/feed/ 0 Who Woulda Thunk It? http://downeastschoolhouse.com/2009/02/who-woulda-thunk-it/ http://downeastschoolhouse.com/2009/02/who-woulda-thunk-it/#comments Wed, 25 Feb 2009 11:00:25 +0000 admin http://downeastschoolhouse.com/?p=1581 From the “Well, yeah!” Department:

A study published this month in the journal Pediatrics studied the links between recess and classroom behavior among about 11,000 children age 8 and 9. Those who had more than 15 minutes of recess a day showed better behavior in class than those who had little or none. Although disadvantaged [...]]]> http://downeastschoolhouse.com/2009/02/who-woulda-thunk-it/feed/ 0