whatever happened to joy?

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What Ever Happened to

Joy?Dean ShareskiDENSI 2013Burlington, VT

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“People seem to get nostalgic about a lot of things they weren't so crazy about the first time.”

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joy /joi/

Noun

joy /joi/

Noun

1.the emotion evoked by well-being, success, or good fortune or by the prospect of possessing what one desires

2.the expression or exhibition of such emotion

Hackschooling Makes Me Happy: Logan LaPlante

Hackschooling Makes Me Happy: Logan LaPlante

“TO GET THE FULL VALUE OF JOY YOU MUST HAVE SOMEONE TO DIVIDE IT WITH.”

Mark Twain

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Feel-Bad EducationThe Cult of Rigor and the Loss of Joyby: Alfie Kohn

http://www.alfiekohn.org/teaching/edweek/feelbad.htm

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"Why are our schools not places

of joy?"

Feel-Bad EducationThe Cult of Rigor and the Loss of Joyby: Alfie Kohn

http://www.alfiekohn.org/teaching/edweek/feelbad.htm

http://www.flickr.com/photos/judybaxter/2333068171/

"Why are our schools not places

of joy?"

Feel-Bad EducationThe Cult of Rigor and the Loss of Joyby: Alfie Kohn

http://www.alfiekohn.org/teaching/edweek/feelbad.htm

http://www.flickr.com/photos/judybaxter/2333068171/

"Why are our schools not places

of joy?"

Feel-Bad EducationThe Cult of Rigor and the Loss of Joyby: Alfie Kohn

http://www.alfiekohn.org/teaching/edweek/feelbad.htm

http://www.flickr.com/photos/judybaxter/2333068171/

Feel-Bad EducationThe Cult of Rigor and the Loss of Joyby: Alfie Kohn

http://www.alfiekohn.org/teaching/edweek/feelbad.htm

I’m appearing to accept an odious premise—namely, that joy must be justified as a means to the end of better academic performance. Not so:

It’s an end in itself.

It’s an end in itself.

BE MINDFUL

BE MINDFUL

BE MINDFUL

BE MINDFUL

BE MINDFUL

CREATE SOMETHING

CREATE SOMETHING

CREATE SOMETHING

GRATITUDE

GRATITUDE

GRATITUDE

TURN PSEUDO LEARNING INTO REAL LEARNING

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TURN PSEUDO LEARNING INTO REAL LEARNING

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TURN PSEUDO LEARNING INTO REAL LEARNING

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BE SILLY AND LAUGH EVERYDAY

BE SILLY AND LAUGH EVERYDAY

BE SILLY AND LAUGH EVERYDAY

"There is a direct correlation between the level of happiness in one's life and the amount of silliness they allow into it." She said, "I know. I've done studies."

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"If people did not do silly things, nothing intelligent would ever get done."- Ludwig Wittgenstein

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I’m not afraid of stupid

I’m not afraid of stupid

I’m not afraid of stupid

THE FIRST WEBCAM

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Joy

We must play. But our merriment must be of that kind

(and it is, in fact, the merriest kind)

which exists between people who have, from the outset,

taken each other seriously.”C.S. Lewis

“

We must play. But our merriment must be of that kind

(and it is, in fact, the merriest kind)

which exists between people who have, from the outset,

taken each other seriously.”C.S. Lewis

“

Dean Shareski@shareskihttp://shareski.ca

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