I have been considering what useful skills and abilities all high school graduates should be in command of upon receiving their diploma. The Big 3 Reading, writing, and math are the big three of education. Reading: What should that mean? What should a high school graduate be able to read?…
Month: December 2019
Rethinking School, Career, and Life Approach to Education
A thought came to me this morning about how society might design education to raise the success of children, focus their education and training towards their aptitudes, and prepare them for a life doing what they do best at the highest level possible. The purpose of general education is not…
Why churches are barking up the wrong tree.
Anyone who knows me, knows that I can be rather contrary in the way I look at things. I am sure it is some sort of psychological abnormality on my part but none the less I still am one to try and look at things differently from the “party line.”…
The Mighty Klais Organs of Bonn
The years I spent in Bonn were some of the happiest and most fulfilling of my life in spite of the personal issues that were going on in my life. I miss my friends there so very much. One of the highlights of my time in Bonn was when my…
The Open Book
Having a website and writing regularly on my “personal” website is sort of a therapy for me to be honest. I am not attempting to be right about anything but rather am thinking aloud on paper. People are perfectly free to disagree with me, assuming anyone ever reads what I…