tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7691251033406320222.post3198600615889237490..comments2024-03-26T04:19:38.862-07:00Comments on kitchen table math, the sequel: Linda Seebach on ZigCatherine Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03347093496361370174noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7691251033406320222.post-77901857499788831502007-02-28T15:30:00.000-08:002007-02-28T15:30:00.000-08:00Yhat's a great idea, Catherine. I had no clue this...Yhat's a great idea, Catherine. I had no clue this was unpublished!Ben Calvinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03023097289417830674noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7691251033406320222.post-77663762135250061112007-02-28T10:25:00.000-08:002007-02-28T10:25:00.000-08:00Still, I'd like to know how it is possible not to ...<I>Still, I'd like to know how it is possible not to be able to find even one publisher for the book.</I><BR/><BR/>I'm going to see if my agent will handle the book (I've never communicated with Zig, so I probably should ask him if that's OK!)Catherine Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03347093496361370174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7691251033406320222.post-5909625616174604212007-02-28T06:50:00.000-08:002007-02-28T06:50:00.000-08:00Thanks for the kind words.It's hard to find a publ...Thanks for the kind words.<BR/><BR/>It's hard to find a publisher if you don't have an agent, and it's hard to get an agent if you're saying something that goes against the establishment's prejudices. Nobody thinks it will sell.<BR/><BR/>I suggested to Zig (via e-mail) that he should just publish it himself with a print-on-demand house. (My son's spouse did that with a novel that had been languishing for a couple of years, and they've been very pleased with the results.)<BR/><BR/>Given all the blogs that have linked to the book since he put it up, I'd expect he could do well with word-of-blog marketing!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7691251033406320222.post-91862595560660192772007-02-28T04:50:00.000-08:002007-02-28T04:50:00.000-08:00I love Linda Seebach'a opening lines:"I've been re...I love Linda Seebach'a opening lines:<BR/><BR/>"I've been reading one of the most important education books you'll likely never have a chance to read."<BR/><BR/>That statement speaks volumes about the regnant ideology shaping education. Still, I'd like to know how it is possible not to be able to find even one publisher for the book. It sounds like the trouble Orwell had publising Animal Farm.<BR/><BR/>Could the dislike of DI also be permeating all publishers? They can't all be fans of constructivism.<BR/><BR/>Apropos constructivism, I am struck by this comment in another thread:<BR/><BR/>"On the other hand, creationism is a strictly religious belief. Creationists believe in a literal six-day creation and a young earth."<BR/><BR/>For me, it highlights a major difference between constructivism and creationism.<BR/><BR/>Whereas it supposedly takes an unspecified number of YEARS for fuzzy math to show miraculous results, G-d was able to accomplish a most astonishing feat in only a few DAYS.Instructivisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01652458042291988959noreply@blogger.com