Archive for October, 2006
« Previous EntriesThinking is Rare
Sunday, October 29th, 2006Also from Teacher in America by Jacques Barzun:
It is only fair to add that determined thinkers are few. For most people, thinking is dreary uphill work; their mind is set in motion by only a rare stimulus….
Overhear a group of average students talking about their teachers and you will find the near majority agreed on [...]
The power of “principles” and “associations” in education
Sunday, October 29th, 2006I’m only about 50 pages into Teacher in America , but it’s fascinating reading. Barzun is obviously a master teacher.
Well, much of good teaching is of the “watch me” order, but the more abstract the knowledge, the less easy it is to imitate the teacher, and the genuine student wants to do the real thing [...]
Library Thing
Saturday, October 28th, 2006If you’ve ever thought about cataloging your books, but the task seems overwhelming–after all, it’s only after you have lots and lots of books that you find the need to have the books cataloged–check out Library Thing. You can enter books by ISBN or Library of Congress catalog number for easy entry of all the [...]
The life of the servant and the life of the scholar
Saturday, October 28th, 2006These two blog posts highlight two different ways of living out the Christian life. They’re not mutually exclusive, but are ways not commonly appreciated by many in the evangelical world.
The Ministry of Small Things (HT: The Common Room)
Dewian Debacle
Education vs. Training
Saturday, October 21st, 2006I know many of us in classical ed. circles have heard this distinction before, but I thought Nock explains it well in the essay “The Disadvantages of Being Educated.”
My interest in education had been comfortably asleep since my late youth…I then discovered…our educational system had changed its aim. It no longer…contemplated the same kind of [...]
Justice Clarence Thomas speech
Saturday, October 21st, 2006In the introduction to The Disadvantages of Being Educated, Thornton says this:
Speaking at Hillsdale College in 1994, Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas gave a powerful message about the importance of educatioin for a black person coming from a background of poverty and prejudice.”I must first admit,” declared Justice Thomas, “That I am somewhat old-fashioned about [...]
The Disadvantages of Being Educated by Albert Nock
Saturday, October 21st, 2006The title of this book is the title of one essay within the book. I just now looked at it again for the first time since finishing it two weeks ago.
In the introduction, Robert Thornton, reminiscent of Jayber Crow’s underlying motivation for going to college, says:
“Nock was once offered the chance to be head [...]
Fun Dance
Saturday, October 14th, 2006Once again our friends the Cook family had their annual barn dance and shoot-out. A good time was had by all.
Jed and Abbie (Abbie made both costumes)
Grace and Ben
Ben
Abbie & Grace
Not family members, but I liked the photo.
Another photo I just liked. Tracy later lost his mustache and claimed to have inhaled it.
Couldn’t resist just [...]
Trip and Books
Thursday, October 12th, 2006I just returned from a very long trip bringing my dad to come live with us from California. His health is not good, and he had some trouble breathing at the high elevations in New Mexico. Otherwise we had an uneventful trip with no breakdowns. It was great to have Jed along. He drove my [...]
Maybe something only a mother could love…..
Wednesday, October 4th, 2006I loved this email exchange which can be found on my daughter’s blog:
http://hobbits8.com/Equosamo/?p=5