Comments on: Why is it so hard to change? http://brentloken.edublogs.org/2008/05/26/why-is-it-so-hard-to-change/ Making purposeful choices in education and lifestyle that promote a sustainable planet Mon, 16 Feb 2009 05:01:36 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 hourly 1 By: Kevin Liao http://brentloken.edublogs.org/2008/05/26/why-is-it-so-hard-to-change/comment-page-1/#comment-37 Kevin Liao Sun, 08 Jun 2008 13:40:14 +0000 http://brentloken.edublogs.org/?p=44#comment-37 so anyways I will sum it up in a nut shell. I really enjoyed really this blog YES....And (not yes...but) I would like to point out that sometimes changes are not made because we do not have to. We often make changes when it is absolutely necessary and I agree with you absolutely that there are many things in the world that we just need to go out and change. Step out of our comfort zone and just change. Sometimes I ask myself though, does this really need to change??? If it works then why change. Yet something like global warming, we need to do something now because by the time we do panic it will be too late. However there needs to be a push, we are humans and we naturally are very self-centered in our "own" busy lives. More than four in 10 Tokyo residents -- 41.6 percent -- said they "don't want to sacrifice a convenient lifestyle to prevent global warming," http://green.yahoo.com/news/afp/20080519/sc_afp/japanenvironmentclimate.html That is a horrible yet predictable statistic. Regarding your 7-11 example, I can see why the students do not change. We do not change because sometimes we do not care. Frankly and bluntly the students do not care about the animals, the convenience overcomes the feelings. I do not blame them because after all we are selfish ignorant beings. Everyone cares about something though and that something is powerful enough for the person to change or to change his or her surroundings, for you it is education and for the students each and every one will have something to change. It is hard to make everyone care enough about something to change because changing is so hard. Without a push or a must it is exteremely hard. However an issue like our Earth, we are pushed to the edge, there is a Chinese proverb " You do not see the coffin you wont cry, this basically sums it up. We are not going to cry until we see our Earth die. Regarding the educational part. I had absolutely no idea that education was such a force, included such revolutionary ideas, was such a big community, so much thought is put into it and that it is so discussed. As a student kind of makes me feel special haha. so anyways I will sum it up in a nut shell.

I really enjoyed really this blog YES….And (not yes…but) I would like to point out that sometimes changes are not made because we do not have to. We often make changes when it is absolutely necessary and I agree with you absolutely that there are many things in the world that we just need to go out and change. Step out of our comfort zone and just change. Sometimes I ask myself though, does this really need to change??? If it works then why change. Yet something like global warming, we need to do something now because by the time we do panic it will be too late. However there needs to be a push, we are humans and we naturally are very self-centered in our “own” busy lives.

More than four in 10 Tokyo residents — 41.6 percent — said they “don’t want to sacrifice a convenient lifestyle to prevent global warming,”

http://green.yahoo.com/news/afp/20080519/sc_afp/japanenvironmentclimate.html

That is a horrible yet predictable statistic.

Regarding your 7-11 example, I can see why the students do not change. We do not change because sometimes we do not care. Frankly and bluntly the students do not care about the animals, the convenience overcomes the feelings. I do not blame them because after all we are selfish ignorant beings. Everyone cares about something though and that something is powerful enough for the person to change or to change his or her surroundings, for you it is education and for the students each and every one will have something to change. It is hard to make everyone care enough about something to change because changing is so hard. Without a push or a must it is exteremely hard. However an issue like our Earth, we are pushed to the edge, there is a Chinese proverb ” You do not see the coffin you wont cry, this basically sums it up. We are not going to cry until we see our Earth die.

Regarding the educational part. I had absolutely no idea that education was such a force, included such revolutionary ideas, was such a big community, so much thought is put into it and that it is so discussed. As a student kind of makes me feel special haha.

]]> By: Kevin Liao http://brentloken.edublogs.org/2008/05/26/why-is-it-so-hard-to-change/comment-page-1/#comment-36 Kevin Liao Sun, 08 Jun 2008 13:22:49 +0000 http://brentloken.edublogs.org/?p=44#comment-36 I just wrote a huge comment on your blog however due to the absolutely unnecessary anti spam guard my whole comment was deleted... I just wrote a huge comment on your blog however due to the absolutely unnecessary anti spam guard my whole comment was deleted…

]]> By: David Carpenter http://brentloken.edublogs.org/2008/05/26/why-is-it-so-hard-to-change/comment-page-1/#comment-35 David Carpenter Tue, 27 May 2008 09:01:43 +0000 http://brentloken.edublogs.org/?p=44#comment-35 As you pointed out in our conversation, going through change is an emotional process. Giving up of old habits means loss and the feelings that come with it. I think this might be worth a second post as you really have something with our need as change agents to think about managing the loss our students and educators experience as they go through the process of change. As you pointed out in our conversation, going through change is an emotional process. Giving up of old habits means loss and the feelings that come with it. I think this might be worth a second post as you really have something with our need as change agents to think about managing the loss our students and educators experience as they go through the process of change.

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