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Category Archives: Modernists
Other Statues to Pull Down
While we are busily engaged in the sanctimonious and largely symbolic act of pulling down statues of various confederate generals and others who promoted slavery directly or indirectly, I have a few suggestions for some other “statues” that need pulling … Continue reading
“You Cannot Train Everybody For Everything”
Whatever one may say about our twenty-eighth president’s views about The United States role as promoter of democracy and capitalism and interventionism throughout the world, I think we have to give him full hearted applause for his views on classical … Continue reading
Posted in classical education, education, Modernists
Tagged Common Core, elective system, Woodrow Wilson
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The Brain: Organ of Thought? A Dialogue Part 3
Langley: Greetings Socrates! I see that you are looking amused this morning. Socrates: Good morning Langley. Yes I was just thinking of something humorous related to our previous discussion which ended rather abruptly. But I am happy to see you … Continue reading
The Brain: Organ of Thought? A Dialogue Part 2
Socrates: I trust that you enjoyed your meal. Langley: Yes very much thank you. Socrates: Then we may as well proceed where we left off. Langley: I agree, then we shall….but wait….we must remind ourselves of the question. Do you perchance … Continue reading
Posted in Modernists, Science, Socrates
Tagged brain, dopamine receptors, Duane Berquist, neurons, Socrates
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All Hail the Common Core!
Amazing! I thought that public schools could not adopt a curriculum that is any more utilitarian than they already have! But thanks to the new almost universally adopted so-called “Common Core” we can look forward to an even more pragmatic … Continue reading
Posted in classical education, college, education, Liberal Arts, Modernists
Tagged Charles William Eliot, Common Core, francis bacon, Obamacore, utilitarianism
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Berkeley… Here We Go Again!
Well, what is summer for except for dabbling in the writings of “Enlightenment Thinkers?” I enjoy this particularly because it is kind of like investigating a crime scene…”Who Killed Liberal education?” For the past several years I have been heaping … Continue reading
