tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8438349.post114946359042068028..comments2024-03-28T00:28:06.035+13:00Comments on leading and learning: Principals suffering from HAS Syndrome?Bruce Hammondshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07031065790535111400noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8438349.post-36874399571585302932008-11-08T04:22:00.000+13:002008-11-08T04:22:00.000+13:00New to your blog, Bruce. Thanks so much for your ...New to your blog, Bruce. Thanks so much for your insight and ideas. As a middle school principal in the U.S., I look to expert guidance regularly. Typically though, the experts I look to are not the self-proclaimed experts (politicians) who are determining the policies and direction of public education.<BR/><BR/>Maybe we'll see some changes with the new President's administration.Chuckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17682289156821335095noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8438349.post-1150639005708046042006-06-19T01:56:00.000+12:002006-06-19T01:56:00.000+12:00A lot of principals, if given the opportunity to l...A lot of principals, if given the opportunity to lead, would run for cover! Such people hide in their 'HAS syndrome' to avoid leadership.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8438349.post-1150587913612555262006-06-18T11:45:00.000+12:002006-06-18T11:45:00.000+12:00A lot of principals suffer from HAS!!A lot of principals suffer from HAS!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8438349.post-1150111942378530342006-06-12T23:32:00.000+12:002006-06-12T23:32:00.000+12:00The trouble is we have default position in our col...The trouble is we have default position in our collective brains that says somebody else always knows best.<BR/><BR/>A recent book, 'Wisdom Of Crowds', suggests that the opposite is true in the right conditions. Through conversation and dialogue it is possible for a group of people to be 'wiser' than an individual 'expert'.<BR/><BR/>This ought to be the basis of democracy. If, as politicians seem to believe, people don't know enough then they ought to inform them . Mind you, letting others make our decisions might be just a way of not being forced to take personal responsibility - it's aways easier to blame others!Bruce Hammondshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07031065790535111400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8438349.post-1150094372204686902006-06-12T18:39:00.000+12:002006-06-12T18:39:00.000+12:00Why do our Wellington based 'experts' have to blin...Why do our Wellington based 'experts' have to blindly follow failing overseas trends and in the process ignore the creative talents that reside in our own country?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8438349.post-1150094196885553802006-06-12T18:36:00.000+12:002006-06-12T18:36:00.000+12:00Sure does. Bad luck for Jackson though that he was...Sure does. Bad luck for Jackson though that he was a bit of a manic depressive and commited suicide! He didn't get the money! <BR/><BR/>Art still remains a vital part of creative teaching programmes but it is a shame that is all to often often squeezed out by literacy and numeracy. And often it lacks personal expression - due to an overdose of criteria , teacher intentions and exemplars!Bruce Hammondshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07031065790535111400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8438349.post-1149573560580653692006-06-06T17:59:00.000+12:002006-06-06T17:59:00.000+12:00A Jackson Pollock painting recently sold for US$11...A Jackson Pollock painting recently sold for US$11 million. This gives a whole new meaning to New Entrants doing splatter painting doesn't it. I would be happy with even half that for a whole classload of New Entrants work...... think of the teachers we could employ, the G&T programmes we could do etc.<BR/>Go on, get to it - Splatter away.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com