The Scarecrow was a clever and resourceful individual, but he was not satisfied with mere cleverness. He wanted to think deep thoughts; he wanted a real brain instead of a head of straw. And so he sought the Wizard of Oz, the greatest wizard in the Land of Oz, who could surely help him. In [...]
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Diplomas
Posted in Family Tales, Musings, tagged brains, diplomas, education, graduation on 2011-05-31 | 1 Comment »
Inert Ideas
Posted in Commonplace Book, tagged Alfred North Whitehead, creativity, education on 2009-06-20 | Leave a Comment »
In the history of education, the most striking phenomenon is that schools of learning, which at one epoch are alive with a ferment of genius, in a succeeding generation exhibit merely pedantry and routine. The reason is, that they are overladen with inert ideas. Education with inert ideas is not only useless: it is, above [...]
The Great Conversation
Posted in Pretentious Claptrap, tagged creativity, culture, education, Great Conversation on 2009-06-20 | Leave a Comment »
A few weeks ago I made the mistake of picking up the first volume of the set of Great Books of the Western World that is sitting in our dining room. This is a slim volume, considering that it serves as an introduction to 51 bulky, erudite tomes, representative works of classic thinkers of the [...]
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