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In article <1ikgl4$t8h@agate.berkeley.edu>, bh@anarres.CS.Berkeley.EDU (Brian Harvey) writes:
|> Sheila,
|> 
|> Although I haven't read the books you mentioned, anything with "Every
|> Minute Counts" in the title *has* to start teachers out on the wrong
|> foot, even if it's full of good practical ideas.
|> 
|> Every minute *doesn't* count, not in the way they mean.  John Holt points
|> out that when a kid is out of school for a long time because of extended
|> illness or something, the school sometimes sends around a home teacher
|> for a few hours a week, and those few hours are enough to keep the kid
|> caught up.

I was talking to a friend who works for a mining company. His salary is
such that the cost of picking up a dropped paper clip exceeds the cost of
the clip. To save money, the clip should be ignored. Of course, this
argument hardly reflects reality. He is paid for his results, but he
is not expected to work at a constant pace to achieve them. I doubt that
one works best by working at a constant pace, but I don't know the optimum
work-time relation.


-- 

Henry Choy
choy@cs.usask.ca

What rolls down stairs alone or in pairs            This has been brought to 
Rolls over your neighbor's dog?                     you by the numbers 4
What's great for a snack and fits on your back?     and 9 and the letter P.
It's Log, Log, Log!  -- "The Log Song", from            -- Big Bird
                         Ren & Stimpy

Math is tough!       -- Barbie