Saturday 15 October 2005

How A Simple Computer Simulation Will Save The World

What if a simple computer simulation could change the entire world and the field of science itself? It is possible that you can actually upload a photo or video through a computer simulation, and it will come to life because of its essence. An essence is any mark or imprint left of a real-life person, place, event, or thing. Any essences could come to life, as the impression still has all the details embedded in them, and are simulated into a visualized environment, where it is taken apart and put back together through reverse engineering!

If you could actually upload an entire cancer cell, reverse engineer it to figure out how cancer works, and then make them into healthy cells, we could do this in life, just because the essence is real! Imagine not only eradicating cancer, but we could also figure out new types of technology, not to mention new forms of science. Scientists would be able to come up with new, cleaner, and efficient types of energy, that isn't so hard on the environment and it's inhabitants, such as you and me. Imagine never running out of power or energy, which would then be more affordable, cheaper, and accessible!

This is like no other type of computerized environments, as it isn't just based on guess-work, or even building simulation from scratch, as you would already have the necessary resources when you upload or scan the essence into the virtual world! We could figure out how to eradicate and cure any and all known diseases, and the governments of the world wouldn't be able to censure or destroy it! This technology would literally give us back the 1000 years of science that we had lost through the Dark Ages, as this would give us a technologically advanced society in just a few short years, maybe up to a decade at most!

You would never run out of food or go hungry, as the scientists would be able to reproduce the foods and they would figure out how to genetically modify the foods so that they are nutritious and tasty! The scientists would learn how plants grow, so that they could make better foods, and how to grow them exponentially, and plentiful and even larger! The environment would improve substantially, as CO2 emissions would drop definitely. This would be the miracle technology that we would need!

How does having the technology of your dreams sound, say such as being able to go directly inside of a virtual reality game, to fight the malevolent aliens, and to save the good aliens who are just trying to help, the ones that they are at war with! To save our planet in your own way, in your own personal space, in your own virtual reality simulation! And not to mention the better ways to communicate, as the process would be unlimited and have an ease of use. If we could dream big, and make this a total reality, the world would possibly be at peace!

Having a pet would be much more simple as well, because the food would be plentiful and healthy, improved for that matter! You would literally be able to cure your own pet, because that type of care would be easy to use once society had advanced. You wouldn't have to euthanize your pets just because they got had a broken leg, nor would you have to put them down just because you couldn't pay for veterinary costs. You would be able to live longer with your pets, and you would live longer also.

This technology is known as Essence Generation and Simulation, as the simulation would allow scientists to figure out problems, while the generation would allow the researchers the necessary tools to fix any and all problems. Such advances like making traffic safer, fighting against violent criminals and figuring out who was innocent and who was guilty. It would allow the law enforcement to weed out who actually committed the crime, and who was just at the wrong place at the wrong time! Essence Generation and Simulation would power the world for all of time, better than solar, wind, biofuel, and much more! Nothing is off-limits when you have a technologically advanced society, which this science would allow.


Tuesday 14 June 2005

Porous and Permeable - Essential Characteristics of New Teachers

Across the nation it is becoming more and more difficult to recruit classroom teachers. It is not that we are lacking in young folks with special ideology for making a difference in the lives of children and adolescents, it is just that the job is exceeding tough with ever-increasing expectations plus the salary is generally quite low when compared with other professional opportunities with equal education. In addition, no matter how hard a teacher works and applies him/herself, kids are the variables - some get it; some don't; sadly, some won't. But having taught students, future teachers, and new hires for over 45 years, I can tell you that it is fun, exciting, and rewarding job, coupled with bits or worry and frustration. No other profession keeps you young through the insight of kids or on top of understanding and thinking of young minds. It is fascinating, awesome, and gratifying.

Because it is hard to find teachers in most locales, alternatives have been implemented. This includes alternative licensure, teaching full time while earning a degree, hiring long-term substitute teachers, team and co-teaching, recalling retired teachers to service, and many more clever methods. These choices have been effective overall, especially when a well-organized mentoring program is also instituted. Instead of a new teacher being handed keys and a grade book, s/he also receives a hands-on, committed guide and coach to help establish a successful first year of instruction (and the many to follow). The mentor must be wise, well-versed, attentive, and strong with experience in teaching and leading. So what characteristics constitute the ideal new teacher? Being porous and permeable.

Now you may be wondering why porous and permeable are prime traits. In my years as a mentor/coach, these two ingredients indicate a new professional who is ready to learn, try, listen, revise, readjust, realign, and bring understanding and achievement to all students. Porousness allows for absorbing new ideas, techniques, and methods while permeability permits the spongy intake of concepts, designs, and new ways of thinking, explaining, and applying knowledge. Teachers with these skills are easy to work with as they take every suggestion and build it into their repertoire of teaching practice and manipulate it to meet the needs of their particular students. Remember the part about students being the variable? Since no student learns or thinks in exactly the same way at the same time about the same thing, a teacher requires an incredible supply of talents to modify lessons in numerous ways. It is part of the thrill as well as part of the challenge of the classroom.

When I have had new teachers fresh from college or veterans who have moved to my district who are included in our introduction courses, the porous/permeable types soar. The disenfranchised, solidified, non-porous/impermeable sort does not. The latter category includes those who already know everything about everything and refuse to listen to any ideas or items presented. Their old way is the "best" way and deafness invades their ears and brains. It also is comprised of those who know everything about everything even though they have spent little or no time in a classroom. For this last group, mentoring and coaching are an impossibly impossible task. You can lead a teacher to knowledge, but s/he may refuse to absorb a lick!

If you are considering becoming a classroom instructor, give yourself the porous/permeable test. Are you malleable? Smart enough to admit that you do not know everything (yet, if ever)? Brave enough to work with young folks as you bring knowledge and understanding in 99 different ways? Willing to listen, try, read, and learn every day? Work from early morning until late at night and many weekends with fretting on the side? If you can answer yes, schools and kids need you! Make the professional change today by contacting your school district, college or university that offer teaching credentials, your State Department of Education, and your favorite teacher of all time. A fulfilling and satisfying career awaits you.