As is often the case with my blog, something I read got me going. So, before you hear me out, you should read the article as well: http://www.dailynews.com/news/ci_3866254.
There, now you hopefully understand that I am bothered by a law suit claiming discrimination on the basis of failing a test. I don’t know enough about the [...]
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My previous post today concerned itself with vacation, and I wondered aloud if we need vacation from school because we are so work oriented. If you have read Joseph Pieper’s Leisure: the Basis of Culture then perhaps you are anticipating some of this, but should true learning be viewed as labor? I am not asking [...]
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Ahhh, summer vacation is coming soon. Here are the questions such a thing bring to my mind:
Should a student take a break?
Is it necessary that we take a break several months long every summer?
Is there something about learning that demands we rest from the schedule of school?
Is our need for a vacation (and believe me [...]
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