Have you considered taking a DNA test to find out where your family is from? I sure have. I suspect that soon I’ll be among the millions of people who have done so. I’m glad I read It’s All Relative by A.J. Jacobs first though because it provides background information … Read More
Month: January 2018
“The enthusiasm of the educators statistically predicted their students’ ratings of enjoyment and perceived value in the subject matter.”
This is the first week in the spring semester at my college, and it’s a critical time for setting the tone and energy level in our classes. That’s why I’m turning again to James Lang’s excellent book Small Teaching, which focuses on simple ways to apply current research on teaching … Read More
“The deepest vocational question is not ‘What ought I to do with my life?’”
Rather, Parker Palmer writes, the more important questions are: “What am I? What is my nature?” These questions are more important because they require more self-knowledge. This knowledge must include, Palmer writes, acknowledgement of our limits and our potentials. Of course, it’s much more difficult to develop self-awareness than it … Read More
“Michael reciting the Declaration of Independence was an echo of something that existed elsewhere.”
In The Underground Railroad, Michael is a slave in Georgia in the 1850s who was taught to recite, “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal…” This is one of many powerful scenes in this novel that show how the ideal of “equality” fell short … Read More