Monthly Archives: January 2015

“Can Students Have Too Much Tech?”

Insightful article by Susan Pinker in NY Times, Jan. 30/15 As said here earlier, e-technology ain’t no panacea. Key questions are: How much does e-technology actually influence classroom learning positively progression-wise? What is the concrete evidence to support that a … Continue reading

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Ode to Rod McKuen

To begin with every page is blank except for Rod looking cool & alone searching for his cat Sunny. Clouds form as Rod walks barefoot on a beach in Califorrnia. Man of few trite words & fewer thoughts. Bard of … Continue reading

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Back Then

And weary I was, awakening again to I feel, therefore I am. Stood in the rain beneath a tree reconsidering the ruins and haunts of all that I have seen or been. But most, the light that moved and changed … Continue reading

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As many (grand)parents dumb down their kids by giving them e-media devices,

my 3-year-old grandson recently discovered the joys of decorating a gingerbread man and reading a book about him. Why rob kids of their primary imagination and natural creativity before they even get to kindergarten? .

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We live in an age of care-less word use and fuzzy thinking.

How far we are today from Voltaire’s “One word in the wrong place will ruin the most beautiful thought.”

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As the public falls prey to entitlements, declining public education, soft news, infotainment, and political propaganda,

the self-evident truths become fewer and irrelevant to the mass of people. As Orwell predicted, obfuscation has replaced enlightenment.

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With innumerable solicitors and advertisers invading your home, life, and privacy,

realize how much our modern life is based on nuisance, distraction, and exploitation.

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A Life of Beauty and Comfort=

A Civilized Life.

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Freedom of Mind, Spirit, and Soul=

True Independence and Meaningful Autonomy. Auteurship of One’s Life.

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Dependencies

Think of all the people who would be affected–starting with you–if you fall down and sustain injuries in Katzville–the new globally-warmed, ice capital of Canada. How will you stand up? move? live with one arm? recover from a cracked skull? … Continue reading

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