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<DIV><FONT face="Arial Cyr" size=2>Colleagues,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Arial Cyr" size=2>I forgot to include one thought on
OS:</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2>After I was trained in OS, I realized that I learned Russian
in a public US high school essentially in OS in the mid-80's. Before we were
plunged straight into OS, the teacher gave us the bare minimum for Russian: we
learned the letters, pronounciation, and a little more. Then he said
(essentially): "OK, you need to complete 2 chapters per quarter. You need to do
the following written, oral, aural assignments for each chapter (lists were
handed out). What pace you do them is up to you. But 2 chapters is the quota. If
you complete more than 2 chapters, you get a 2% bonus for each additional
chpater. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2>So we went to class each day, we could sit quietly and study;
we could ask each other questions and figure out the grammar by ourselves. The
teacher almost never "taught" anything. Rather, he was available whenever we
wanted to complete an assignment. If we thought we were ready to do an oral
exercise, we banded together with others who were ready too and approached the
teacher, who conducted the oral grammar exercise with us. If we successfully did
the assignment, he would sign our task sheet; one more task had been completed;
one more step closer to finishing the chapter. With time, other students were
deemed knowledgeable enough to conduct certain exercises instead of the teacher-
and sign off for the teacher.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>We were self-managed, self-organizing. The principles and law
all applied here...</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>So maybe skills can be learned in OS?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>Other stories?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>Raffi</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>
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