<html><head><style type="text/css"><!-- DIV {margin:0px;} --></style></head><body><div style="font-family:times new roman,new york,times,serif;font-size:12pt"><div>I agree.<br><br>But now we have to figure out how "to help the helpers", because besides wisdom, many need much more knowledge than they have<br><br>Best wishes,<br><br>Alan<br></div><div style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; font-size: 12pt;"><br><div style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><font face="Tahoma" size="2"><hr size="1"><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">From:</span></b> K. K. Subramaniam <kksubbu.ml@gmail.com><br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> Alan Kay <alan.nemo@yahoo.com><br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Cc:</span></b> squeakland@squeakland.org; Chunka Mui <chunka.mui@devilsadvocategroup.com>; voluntarios y administradores OLPC para usuarios docentes <olpc-sur@lists.laptop.org>;
"america-latina@squeakland.org" <america-latina@squeakland.org>; Carlos Rabassa <carnen@mac.com>; Maho 2010 <maho@realness.org>; olpc bolivia <olpc-bolivia@lists.laptop.org>; OLPC Puno <olpcpuno@gmail.com><br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Sun, February 6, 2011 8:53:53 AM<br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: [squeakland] [IAEP] Plan Ceibal y/and General Electric<br></font><br>
On Sunday 06 Feb 2011 8:13:55 pm Alan Kay wrote:<br>> I don't think of "teachers" or "teaching" as dirty words. And I don't<br>> separate them by age group, profession, or whether parents or not. (Do I<br>> have to say that good teachers facilitate learning ....?)<br>Neither do I. The debate around good vs. bad teachers is a distraction that <br>gets us nowhere close to ensuring that all our students get education. The <br>real debate should be around empowerment of people who are assisting learners. <br>What we found is that teachers, even in crowded schools, were able to find <br>their own resources to ensure that their wards acquired basic skills.<br>Learning happens if we leave teaching to teachers.<br><br>Subbu<br></div></div>
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