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SimWord of the Day: The Eighth Paradox of Educational Simulations

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Sat Jan 14 2006

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SimWord of the Day: The Eighth Paradox of Educational Simulations-027ae61ffd429881bba67acba165cedde0fa07cd58d04f503425b29f396a090d

The eighth paradox, and this is true of any transformation (from getting a big promotion to moving to a better house), is that things get worse before they get better, even when the transformation is sought after and desired. New clarity only follows frustration. New power comes from not being able to do things the way you have in the past.

Maybe this song will help, I mean chart will help, about the experience of going through a tranformative educational simulation:

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