We expect your work to show consistency . It is not acceptable to send six writings in at once and then not communicate for weeks at a time, for that does not give us a narrative we can follow of your learning growth. It is through dialog that we learn, and a dialog does not work well when no one speaks for weeks. Our emphasis on cooperation reflects our philosophical commitment to mutuality and peacemaking as reflecting a potentially realizable reversal of the adversarialism with which humans once faced survival in the natural world. We respect and value the generosity of spirit in seeking ways to serve the whole community, not just its elite or advantaged members.
Creativity is dealt with in great detail below.
These are self tests that give you a sense of our expectations of a good student's grasp of the material. The test is for your benefit. We would appreciate your letting us know if you wish to Pass, because that gives us all a better sense of what we can assume as common ground for discussions. Every student is expected to have a Journal Notebook and to record the following things in weekly segments. Files, by filename, read that week.