L. Marcus Posted February 4, 2016 Report Share Posted February 4, 2016 Also, a long, boring voyage can be a schlep. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted February 4, 2016 Report Share Posted February 4, 2016 Hey, Swedish has a cognate -- att släpa = to drag [something]. Never thought of it before. I feel like Mr Smoketoomuch. tkdguy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted February 4, 2016 Author Report Share Posted February 4, 2016 What Is The Value Of An Education In The Humanities? http://www.npr.org/sections/13.7/2016/02/02/465239105/what-is-the-value-of-an-education-in-the-humanities Why kids — now more than ever — need to learn philosophy. Yes, philosophy. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/answer-sheet/wp/2016/02/03/why-kids-now-more-than-ever-need-to-learn-philosophy-yes-philosophy/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted February 4, 2016 Report Share Posted February 4, 2016 Along these lines, everyone, and I mean everyone, should come out of college knowing how to program a computer. This can be everything from coding in C to being proficient in database programing to knowing how to work with geographical information services (GIS). No argument here. I don’t mean that we should teach kids philosophy the way they would encounter it in college. Adolescents don’t need to dive into dissertations on Plato’s theory of forms or Kant’s categorical imperative. (That kind of study is valuable, too, and should be included in secondary education somewhere, but that’s an argument for another day.) That's good, because that is the thing that more or less everyone other than philosophy majors consider to be nothing but concentrated brain death and leads down a number of rhetorical ratholes that end up at "no one but philosophers knows anything" and the narcissistic conclusion that the Greeks were the ultimate in enlightenment, even if they didn't know how to build or understand the need for sanitary sewer systems. If we fail to turn second-graders into Socrates, our kids may end up becoming expert at making a living, but they will be incompetent at creating a civil society. Oh really? We want to turn all elementary school children into people so politically and socially abusive that the rest of the population forces them to drink hemlock? This is the worst sort of hyperbole, and it's the kind of tripe that always shows up in the incessant "education should devote more time to MY discipline!!!one!!" polemics that arise almost continuously from various corners in academia. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted February 5, 2016 Author Report Share Posted February 5, 2016 That's good, because that is the thing that more or less everyone other than philosophy majors consider to be nothing but concentrated brain death and leads down a number of rhetorical ratholes that end up at "no one but philosophers knows anything" and the narcissistic conclusion that the Greeks were the ultimate in enlightenment, even if they didn't know how to build or understand the need for sanitary sewer systems. Oh really? We want to turn all elementary school children into people so politically and socially abusive that the rest of the population forces them to drink hemlock? This is the worst sort of hyperbole, and it's the kind of tripe that always shows up in the incessant "education should devote more time to MY discipline!!!one!!" polemics that arise almost continuously from various corners in academia. Different priorities between Greeks and Romans. The Romans perfected Empire, with its roads, aqueducts, sanitation, vast public baths. The Greeks found it impossible to think bigger than the polis, which is a criticism against Aristotle's Politics treatise. Also the Athenians sentenced Socrates to death in a painless manner. The Roman's crucified their enemies, then left their bodies to rot as an example for the rest. An enemy would have preferred the Greek Way as it involved no suffering. Cheers. ( ) Kids by and large have a sense of wonder, Socrates recognised that as the beginnings of acquiring wisdom. Some of that wonder is no doubt aimed at the stars on a night sky and have given kids the desire to become astronomers. tkdguy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkdguy Posted February 5, 2016 Report Share Posted February 5, 2016 I've always wanted to become an astronomer. I couldn't break into the field. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted February 5, 2016 Report Share Posted February 5, 2016 Use explosives! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted February 9, 2016 Author Report Share Posted February 9, 2016 ‘Legend of Zelda’ Live Action Series Happening at Netflix http://movieweb.com/legend-of-zelda-live-action-nextflix-series/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted February 9, 2016 Report Share Posted February 9, 2016 It was only a matter of time. I hope they remember that Zelda is the girl. tkdguy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkdguy Posted February 9, 2016 Report Share Posted February 9, 2016 This Zelda? (lower right) http://www.skooldays.com/images/sa1203.jpg. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted February 9, 2016 Report Share Posted February 9, 2016 I suspect the formatting of that site is being played merry hell with on a phone -- I see no Zelda. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkdguy Posted February 9, 2016 Report Share Posted February 9, 2016 Sorry, it was a joke. Zelda was the housekeeper on this 1970s kid show: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted February 9, 2016 Report Share Posted February 9, 2016 Oh, our Seventies kids shows were either domestic productions or Chekoslovakian stop-motion. American shows were deemed too bourgeoise and corrupting for the children -- the Muppet Show excluded. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted February 9, 2016 Author Report Share Posted February 9, 2016 Oh, Andy told me that Nintendo has denied it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted February 9, 2016 Report Share Posted February 9, 2016 What -- the Muppets? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted February 9, 2016 Author Report Share Posted February 9, 2016 No, the Zelda TV show. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted February 9, 2016 Report Share Posted February 9, 2016 Ah -- that makes much more sense. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted February 9, 2016 Author Report Share Posted February 9, 2016 it does. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted February 11, 2016 Author Report Share Posted February 11, 2016 Bump in the night. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted February 11, 2016 Report Share Posted February 11, 2016 ... if that's the way you like it, sure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pariah Posted February 11, 2016 Report Share Posted February 11, 2016 You're talking about my toes and the hope chest, right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted February 11, 2016 Author Report Share Posted February 11, 2016 Talking about Pandora's Jar. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted February 11, 2016 Report Share Posted February 11, 2016 Pandora's box was ajar. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted February 11, 2016 Report Share Posted February 11, 2016 And our snark was a boojum, you see. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted February 11, 2016 Author Report Share Posted February 11, 2016 Pandora's box was ajar. Humourous. the box was in fact a jar. Well "jar" is closer to what the original Greek word translates to in English. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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