Against the Wind

Are there a couple things you still want to do? Victora lists her two. What are yours?

Lately I’ve had an earworm of a sort. A recurring thought theme. “What is the chief end of man? To Glorify God.” “And what would you do to God’s Glory if you weren’t so afraid?”

One of the things I’d do is get into education and research. But not in any form in which I’ve experienced it up to this point. I keep thinking somehow I could start a very small very private school. The grandboys? Maybe I could use students who had been ejected from the public schools or maybe I could just do private teaching for some wealthy client who needs a tutor for their child/children. Or maybe the church needs to open a small school. We need to touch young lives. The part of the puzzle that came into play today was this.

Of all the qualities that distinguish humans from other species, how we learn is one of the most significant. In the July 17, 2009 issue of the journal Science, researchers who are at the forefront of neuroscience, psychology, education, and machine learning have synthesized a new science of learning that is already reshaping how we think about learning and creating opportunities to re-imagine the classroom for the 21st century.

“To understand how children learn and improve our educational system, we need to understand what all of these fields can contribute,”

We need to teach children in ways that they can be involved in social skills and use the setting to learn about the world we are leaving them.

This is what I want to do, this is where I want to be.

It goes to Steve Chapman in his discussion of the government’s health care reform proposals and what they promise:

But efficiency is to government programs what barbecue sauce is to an ice-cream sundae: not a typical component.

Today Neo-neocon takes time out from politics to highlight a wonderful bird clip.

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