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Monthly Archives: October 2006
Educating the Guardians
I love talking with freshmen about what the heck they’re in college for. That was the subject today, and as usual, Plato provided us a clear, theory-heavy model against which students could push. Without much effort at all I got … Continue reading
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Resistance to Civil Government
I stayed away from my standard manner of teaching Thoreau’s anti-government essay, and my delivery suffered. In the past I’ve spent the whole period “playing Thoreau,” taking what I take to be his position and answering students’ questions in-character. This … Continue reading
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Micah and Mom at the pony ride at the Statham fall festival (yes, it’s been a while since I uploaded pictures)?
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Where’s Micah’s ear? And for that matter, what is that in Micah’s mouth??
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It’s not easy to snap a picture of Micah while he’s tackling me?
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Pittsburgh’s defense gets ready for a goal line stand after Santonio’s opening kickoff fumble?
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How many of you are there?
HowManyOfMe.com There are: 2 people with my name in the U.S.A. How many have your name? I’ve been Googling about, and I think the other one lives in Washington state.
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Revsion and Such
No new Plato material until next Monday, so I get to ramble a bit. (I don’t think anyone would stop me were I to ramble anyway, but I need to give myself an excuse on occasion.) I’m genuinely pleased with … Continue reading
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Plato’s cave
Just my luck–the day comes to teach Plato’s allegory of the cave, and my voice is failing because of a cold. Ah, well. I think that most famous bit of Plato will serve nicely to introduce paper 4, the most … Continue reading
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Human Nature, Empiricism, and Idealism
Today I was far more articulate in 10:00 than in 9:00. I’m trying to use our class’s online discussion board to alleviate my ineptitude early, but I’m going to have to do some serious recovering in class Wednesday. The discussion … Continue reading
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Particular Plato
My discussions over sex and child-rearing in Plato were less than satisfactory; I could not keep together the disparate elements and form them into coherent discussions. Plato’s jumps from new ways of marriage to child-rearing practices to the use of … Continue reading
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Moral education and levels of engagement
The weather report this morning called for highs in the seventies and partly-cloudy skies, so I decided to take my classes outside. 10:00 really is just a quiet group of people; even outside of the tunnel that is Park 123, … Continue reading
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Upcoming sermon
Amos 5:6-15: 6Seek the Lord and live, or he will break out against the house of Joseph like fire, and it will devour Bethel, with no one to quench it. 7Ah, you that turn justice to wormwood, and bring righteousness … Continue reading
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Common Good and indoctrination
The last couple days’ discussion haven’t left a consistent impression upon my memory. In the afternoon I remember them going well, yet by evening, I can’t articulate whether or not I taught anything, much less what I might have taught. … Continue reading
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