I’ve enjoyed close relationships with a great many elderly folk over the course of my life. And I have learned so many things from them all. I’m writing today about one of those things – the value experience has to education. So, this post is not about aging, it’s about the role of experience […]
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An amazing friend of mine who is also an amazing photographer took this photo. When I look at it I am transported back in time to my childhood growing up in rural Canada. When I was a kid we knew the location and condition of every pond within a five mile radius of home. I
A few weeks back I promised a friend I would do some research into the unhealthy eating habits so prevalent in our culture with the consequent health issues that are epidemic these days in our part of the world, and rapidly spreading globally. Personally, I have made some conscientious efforts to eat healthy for most
Today is Holocaust Remembrance Day. A number of years ago (2008 actually) I was privileged to spend some time in Israel and got to visit the Yad Vashem, the World Holocaust Remembrance Center. Located on the Mount of Remembrance, Yad Vashem is a 45-acre campus with nine interactive galleries using personal items, testimonials, and documents
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A few weeks back (The Primacy of Reading) I shared this quote: “Social media has evolved from text to photo to video to streams of text, photo, and video, and finally, it seems to have reached a kind of settled end state, in which TikTok and Meta are trying to become the same thing: a
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I recall a teacher many years ago saying something like, “If you can’t put it in words, you don’t understand it.” That’s an interesting thought to consider – the relationship between words and concepts (ideas) and our ability to understand. As well as our ability to communicate well. I remember being greatly challenged by his
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I know a lot of people who read very little. They can read. But they choose not to. Because they don’t really want to. Because they don’t like it. And to be fair, reading is up against some pretty stiff competition … there’s sports, going out, fishing, television, traveling, spending time with family and friends
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