tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29235839.post3549693855059092745..comments2024-02-05T05:15:04.759-08:00Comments on Wandering Scientist: Weekend Reading: The Extra Long Weekend EditionCloudhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09317847285050447789noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29235839.post-76855787700611350162016-02-17T08:52:54.021-08:002016-02-17T08:52:54.021-08:00re: your tweets, this link isn't protected: &...re: your tweets, this link isn't protected: "http://www.wsj.com/article_email/bosses-harness-big-data-to-predict-which-workers-might-get-sick-1455664940-lMyQjAxMTA2MzE0NzExODcxWj"<br /><br />Also from the article: "Employers generally aren’t allowed to know which individuals are flagged by data mining, but the wellness firms—usually paid several dollars a month per employee—provide aggregated data on the number of employees found to be at risk for a given condition."nicoleandmaggiehttp://nicoleandmaggie.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29235839.post-59144159433145247372016-02-12T20:00:11.278-08:002016-02-12T20:00:11.278-08:00Great links!
The one about abusive teaching. I ca...Great links! <br />The one about abusive teaching. I can tell you this is not news to me, shaming and humiliation were used liberally as teaching tools when I was growing up. Here's a routine example from elementary school. The teacher brings back a graded test, stands in front of class, and calls out students and says out loud their grades, starting from the 5's (highest) down to 1's (fail). This means everyone knows how everyone else does, who's "dumb" and who's "smart." This also means that the worse you did, the longer you have to wait for your pitiful grade, sweating and waiting to be called out and told in front of everyone that you are worthless. <br /><br />In college: results of all tests were posted on the department bulletin board. Everyone knew who was a good student and who wasn't. <br /><br />The result is that my tiny country is ridiculously over-represented in US academia. There are probably many really fucked up people. <br /><br />I am in no way condoning abuse of young children. But this charter school is hardly revolutionary in its use of shaming and humiliation to filter out the mentally toughest high performers. If that's one's only goal, I can attest that shaming and humiliation are effective and used a lot in many places in the world. Many kids get crushed, though, and no one ever asks how they would have done with a more nurturing environment. They are simply discarded. <br /><br />So yeah, this brought memories. <br /><br />In a different vein, I enjoyed the Sady Doyle article. Thanks for linking to it!xykademiqzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18306861394466282929noreply@blogger.com