Daily Archives: May 27, 2003

REALITY CHECK FOR TEACHERS, LOVERS, WRITERS, AND LOVERS OF LANGUAGE

A thoughtful and provocative quote from educator John Holt (1923-1985) from How Children Learn: We teachers – perhaps all human beings – are in the grip of an astonishing delusion. We think that we can take a picture, a structure, … Continue reading

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CARRY ON

Sitting here listening to some old Crosby Stills Nash & Young songs, and it occurred to me how powerful many of the lyrics of that era were. I must be getting old, or listening to the wrong stuff. If anyone … Continue reading

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