Comments for Blog::Kastner http://dkastner.wordpress.com From the Potomac River to the Grand Thu, 22 May 2008 20:38:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=MU Comment on It All Comes Back to Brian Eno by graycassettetape http://dkastner.wordpress.com/2003/08/15/it-all-comes-back-to-brian-eno/#comment-1509 graycassettetape Thu, 15 May 2008 04:52:52 +0000 https://dkastner.wordpress.com/2003/08/15/it-all-comes-back-to-brian-eno/#comment-1509 By the appointment of important visions, I summon you to your senses, as previously graced by Eno. <a href="http://www.kinomapoftheuniverse.com" rel="nofollow">enter inside your mind </a> By the appointment of important visions, I summon you to your senses, as previously graced by Eno.

enter inside your mind

]]> Comment on Honda Fit by Brian http://dkastner.wordpress.com/2008/05/12/honda-fit/#comment-1507 Brian Tue, 13 May 2008 18:18:27 +0000 http://dkastner.wordpress.com/?p=472#comment-1507 Enjoy the Fit (I hope it fits, hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha) - we thought about getting one too, but the largerness and cheaperness of the xB won out in the end. Enjoy the Fit (I hope it fits, hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha) - we thought about getting one too, but the largerness and cheaperness of the xB won out in the end.

]]> Comment on Supermiling, or, How I Averaged 38mpg by Ruby Leigh http://dkastner.wordpress.com/2008/04/18/supermiling-or-how-i-averaged-38mpg/#comment-1500 Ruby Leigh Mon, 05 May 2008 05:30:28 +0000 http://dkastner.wordpress.com/?p=470#comment-1500 I hadn't heard these tips before... thanks! I hadn’t heard these tips before… thanks!

]]> Comment on Crash! by Bender http://dkastner.wordpress.com/2008/04/26/crash/#comment-1496 Bender Mon, 28 Apr 2008 21:09:26 +0000 http://dkastner.wordpress.com/?p=471#comment-1496 D-Rock, Praise the Lord indeed. Glad to hear you're in one piece. Hope you're feeling better, Chris D-Rock,

Praise the Lord indeed. Glad to hear you’re in one piece.

Hope you’re feeling better,

Chris

]]> Comment on Lansing: Day 1 by The Century Club « Blog::Kastner http://dkastner.wordpress.com/2007/04/23/lansing-day-1/#comment-1492 The Century Club « Blog::Kastner Sat, 12 Apr 2008 21:47:03 +0000 http://dkastner.wordpress.com/2007/04/23/lansing-day-1/#comment-1492 [...] month also marks a full year that I’ve lived in Michigan.  It seems like so long ago that I packed up and drove 10 hours [...] [...] month also marks a full year that I’ve lived in Michigan.  It seems like so long ago that I packed up and drove 10 hours [...]

]]> Comment on The Anti-Homeschooling Post by Sarah http://dkastner.wordpress.com/2008/03/25/the-anti-homeschooling-post/#comment-1483 Sarah Fri, 28 Mar 2008 16:22:21 +0000 http://dkastner.wordpress.com/?p=467#comment-1483 So some of your comments have made me think more about the fine line between what is our role as parents. God has given some of us the gift of children and has also laid down commandments as to our responsibilities towards them. I think some of that affects how we view whose responsibility it is to educate them, etc. So you got me thinking but I'm not very intellectual so I probably won't conclude anything in the near future. It's up to each family really. But as far as examples you asked for on Brian's blog I have one for you. My family - My parents decided they wanted to put us in Christian schools while we were little for various reasons - I think mainly because of the importance of the early formative years with relation to our faith and godly examples. Nothing to do with evolution, etc. Their plan was to transfer us to public school when we were highschool age (I probably would have done middle school but I wasn't the parent). So my sister was enrolled in public highschool. Her 1st year she received a 4.0 without studying and was not academically challenged. In fact she knew more German that her German teacher. So rather than have her get behind (the school had a long history of being horrible academically) academically they enrolled her in the private highschool. They were not impressed with the schools Christian education but it was ranked 1 of the top 10 schools in the midwest. This was the days before you could enroll your child in a school outside your neighborhood. My sister then went on to a public university and spent 9 years ministering to the poor in the inner city of Pittsburgh. That same highschool has now started a montessori program for kids who are above their classmates. So in order to keep them challenged academically they are removed from the general public anyways and put on their own educational track. So some of your comments have made me think more about the fine line between what is our role as parents. God has given some of us the gift of children and has also laid down commandments as to our responsibilities towards them. I think some of that affects how we view whose responsibility it is to educate them, etc. So you got me thinking but I’m not very intellectual so I probably won’t conclude anything in the near future. It’s up to each family really.

But as far as examples you asked for on Brian’s blog I have one for you.

My family -
My parents decided they wanted to put us in Christian schools while we were little for various reasons - I think mainly because of the importance of the early formative years with relation to our faith and godly examples. Nothing to do with evolution, etc. Their plan was to transfer us to public school when we were highschool age (I probably would have done middle school but I wasn’t the parent). So my sister was enrolled in public highschool. Her 1st year she received a 4.0 without studying and was not academically challenged. In fact she knew more German that her German teacher. So rather than have her get behind (the school had a long history of being horrible academically) academically they enrolled her in the private highschool. They were not impressed with the schools Christian education but it was ranked 1 of the top 10 schools in the midwest. This was the days before you could enroll your child in a school outside your neighborhood. My sister then went on to a public university and spent 9 years ministering to the poor in the inner city of Pittsburgh.

That same highschool has now started a montessori program for kids who are above their classmates. So in order to keep them challenged academically they are removed from the general public anyways and put on their own educational track.

]]> Comment on The Anti-Homeschooling Post by Sarah http://dkastner.wordpress.com/2008/03/25/the-anti-homeschooling-post/#comment-1482 Sarah Fri, 28 Mar 2008 13:05:35 +0000 http://dkastner.wordpress.com/?p=467#comment-1482 Derek, Do you have any examples of schools that have that kind of flexibility? I've certainly never seen one and only seen quite the opposite. I'm not going to let my children's education and self-worth suffer just waiting for schools to adjust to kids who need different paces. Alex is getting in to stuff gotta go. Derek,
Do you have any examples of schools that have that kind of flexibility? I’ve certainly never seen one and only seen quite the opposite. I’m not going to let my children’s education and self-worth suffer just waiting for schools to adjust to kids who need different paces.

Alex is getting in to stuff gotta go.

]]> Comment on Clearing the Cache by Bender http://dkastner.wordpress.com/2008/03/26/clearing-the-cache/#comment-1481 Bender Thu, 27 Mar 2008 14:04:00 +0000 http://dkastner.wordpress.com/?p=468#comment-1481 Derek, I'll echo David's sentiments, and Brian's comments on the other post, and thank you for spurring the conversation on. I don't think anyone who knows you well took offense, and we shouldn't be afraid to have the conversation, passionate as we each may be on the issue. Love seeing Romans 14 worked out, and those in the body of Christ loving each other, Chris Derek,

I’ll echo David’s sentiments, and Brian’s comments on the other post, and thank you for spurring the conversation on. I don’t think anyone who knows you well took offense, and we shouldn’t be afraid to have the conversation, passionate as we each may be on the issue.

Love seeing Romans 14 worked out, and those in the body of Christ loving each other,

Chris

]]> Comment on The Anti-Homeschooling Post by Brian http://dkastner.wordpress.com/2008/03/25/the-anti-homeschooling-post/#comment-1480 Brian Thu, 27 Mar 2008 12:18:13 +0000 http://dkastner.wordpress.com/?p=467#comment-1480 Derek, thanks for your response to my response. You definitely have some very good points. I'm not sure if I'll have time to respond, but it was fun to make a foray into the fray. Much love. Derek, thanks for your response to my response. You definitely have some very good points. I’m not sure if I’ll have time to respond, but it was fun to make a foray into the fray. Much love.

]]> Comment on The Anti-Homeschooling Post by David Altenburg http://dkastner.wordpress.com/2008/03/25/the-anti-homeschooling-post/#comment-1476 David Altenburg Thu, 27 Mar 2008 04:54:33 +0000 http://dkastner.wordpress.com/?p=467#comment-1476 I feel I should clarify one thing. My last comment certainly reveals my generally negative opinions to public schools. That said, I have nothing but respect and gratitude for those who make it their work to teach in them. Julie, along with several of my other teacher friends, are doing noble, important work - the real fault in the state of public schools, as far as I can tell, is in the failure of communities to support schools, financially and otherwise. Some of the most talented, intelligent people I know are school teachers - people who could easily be making fortunes in finance, IT, or other fields, but who have chosen something more significant. I also suspect that the model of teaching used in schools is really out-of-line with what we know about learning now, but I'm sure your wife knows much more than myself about that. I feel I should clarify one thing. My last comment certainly reveals my generally negative opinions to public schools. That said, I have nothing but respect and gratitude for those who make it their work to teach in them. Julie, along with several of my other teacher friends, are doing noble, important work - the real fault in the state of public schools, as far as I can tell, is in the failure of communities to support schools, financially and otherwise.

Some of the most talented, intelligent people I know are school teachers - people who could easily be making fortunes in finance, IT, or other fields, but who have chosen something more significant.

I also suspect that the model of teaching used in schools is really out-of-line with what we know about learning now, but I’m sure your wife knows much more than myself about that.

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