“Our schools are broken” by Alexandra Heeney
Questioning. Independence. Self-directed thought and action. These are very important values that should be developed during one’s education and that are discussed in Alexandra Heeney’s article …
Philosophy
Myers-Briggs Should be Much Maligned
What we have here, in developing the test, is a failure to engage in induction and integration.In “Why the Myers-Briggs test is totally meaningless” (Vox Media, July …
Health Practictioner Doing It Right
Beginning “The Curse of No Symptoms,” Christian Wernstedt writes: A frequent misunderstanding in the world of health is that having no symptoms equals health. This …
The Benefits of A Good Teacher or Tutor
In “NBER Report: Great Teachers Are Worth $400,000 A Year” (Huffington Post, 12-22-2010): How much is a good teacher worth? Some would say they’re priceless, …
Writing and Debating: Fundamental Issues of Government and Politics
On WYNC.org, they say “starting March 10, WNYC’s Brian Lehrer will be moderating First Principles, a series of three debates on the moral underpinnings of …
What are the benefits of a rational study of mathematics?
Study of Euclid’s Elements had a tremendous influence on Galileo Galilei, Sir Isaac Newton, and Abraham Lincoln. Lincoln’s study of geometry is mentioned at the National Park …
A Lecture on “Hierarchy” in Education
Lisa VanDamme, the founder and director of the VanDamme Academy in California, has an excellent lecture on the importance of hierarchy in eduction, which you can listen …
On Francis Bacon
From History of the Conflict Between Religion and Science by John William Draper: “[Lord] Bacon was not only ignorant of mathematics, but depreciated its application …
Aristotle: A Quote
“Theories must be abandoned, unless their teachings tally with the undisputable results of observation.” –attributed to Aristotle in Fathers of Biology by Charles McCrae, within …