I was called into my old school to do substitute teaching last Friday, and by Sunday I was down with a bug. For reasons I won’t go into, I am absolutely certain that’s where I got sick. And sick is where I remain. So this is a short post! The Vatican is supposed to put [...]
A day late …
Last week I wrote about Daniel Willingham’s book, Why Don’t Students Like School. I’ve been rereading it, and it’s fascinating all over again. It’s also a very odd experience, because he wrote a lot about memory and how it relates to thinking. One of his most important points in the beginning is this. A mind [...]
Reading weirdness
After some intense days last week, I wanted words to flow past my eyes. That often means Project Gutenberg, because if I’m going to be undiscriminating about what I read, it’s best if I don’t also pay money for it. One category on the Project Gutenberg website is the latest uploads. In January, 2024, that [...]
If you want good analysis, you have to begin with facts.
I’ve read a lot, recently, about concerns over children using electronic media, too early in their lives, and too often. It’s been a concern for a long time; I remember my father pointing to his temple and saying “TV rots the brain.” There’s a book review by T. Mattingly on The Anxious Generation by Jonathan [...]
A Jack of all trades …
I am a jack-of-all-trades when it comes to hand crafts. I know how to do lots of different things, like knitting and spinning and weaving and tatting, but I’m not really an expert at any of them. Especially sewing. I’m a very amateur seamstress. But I watched a very brilliant seamstress work when I was [...]
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