Hans van Dam
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Loves a comment: "Writing books is so 2012, let's make a cocreation-movie about your..."January 1 2013
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"UK"December 28 2012 on Continue this project by building a platform which enables everybody...
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"Think you're right Maarten. Remember those old days, where workers were just single workers? Complaining their working situation, being exploited and not being able to change anything in heir lifes? Now we have UNIONs, all (most) countries in the world have worker-unions fighting for the right of the worker. Thát's why they are strong, thát's why they can make a change. Following various groups on FB, I see the same thing happening. Be it on 'changing teaching' or 'sustainable gardening' or 'saving one specific animal' or ....... Why not JOIN an existing group? Why trying to save a little tiny 'ant in the forest in Borneo' in stead of joining Greenpeace or som other bigger organisation? Because they emphasize on other things than your 'ant'? Maybe so, but they still are going in pretty much the same direction and they have POWER. So, find your topic and connect people, in this case 'people that have to do with teaching' and make some kind of a union. I understand that you are a websitebuilder, so make some attractive platform 'Better Teaching Union' (BTU?) and try to connect..... You may find 20-30-40 different groups within the BTU. Maybe even far more. But, after having collected all these different groups, with more or less that same goal, you might, one by one, try to change the BTU just a little bit, so the group dissolves into the BTU. After some time of negotating, the BTU might be the one big strong union, that is covering such a large area, that things really can be changed. All these small 'powerless' groups have become one strong. There are other ways of doing this, the main thing is building a strong union out of small powerless groups."December 9 2012 on My added value
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Loves a comment: "Joining the book proposal!"December 7 2012
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Loves a comment: "More people told me to write a book, maybe I should find a..."December 4 2012
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Loves a comment: "Deze is anders minder radicaal misschien dan het op het eerste..."December 2 2012
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Loves a comment: "This project is almost finished and in a way that's good, since I'm..."December 1 2012
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"Hahaha, good idea Maarten. Do reaalise though, that the links are showing a very radicle change in education system. A needed one, but far too large leap. My suggestion is, that you follow the ideas that some people have given, who know teachers, some unemployed maybe, and that you form a group. Jolanda knows people in the free-school system. Try that one. Also here in Denmark, with those people you have the best changes. They have less rules to keep to. I'm very interested in what you achieve."December 1 2012 on Change the way we educate (Dutch) children: let it change from a...
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"I think it is very nice that people are having a discussion with good arguments on whatever blog-comment. It's a pity to kill an exchange of ideas and the discussion that follows. So, I still hope lots of people show their support for the education idea. :)"November 29 2012 on Help transform a former Catholic convent in Rotterdam into a...
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Loves a comment: "Nicollete, A lot of people (a least 97 who voted) are already the..."November 29 2012
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"Chicken and egg Nicolette. We have to start somewhere. Waiting for the 'others'to take to principals makes no change. It's easiest afterall, to maintain the situation, keep going. In their later life, kids will remember that there as been some talking about things. So, I believe, that if you want to change, you have to start with kids and school is a superb institution for that. Isn't there anybody, who can ask a whole classroom of kids or a whole school, to vote for the 'education' idea? I hope so much that it wins."November 29 2012 on Help transform a former Catholic convent in Rotterdam into a...
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Loves a comment: "I agree on the importance of teaching children sustainability peace..."November 29 2012
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"To be honest, I think it's far more important to teach sustainability peace and compassion to children, then to anybody else. In helping to change the way we teach, maybe the convent is not needed anymore, so that idea goes far beyond this one."November 29 2012 on Help transform a former Catholic convent in Rotterdam into a...
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Loves a comment: "Het wordt nog spannend of dit idee het gaat worden, dus nog even goed..."November 28 2012