tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34011427.post1899925938282989665..comments2024-03-16T10:26:53.460-05:00Comments on Wisdom of the Hands: Wissenschaft and KenntnisDoug Stowehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13003845322415622289noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34011427.post-62784726153945243582019-03-20T21:11:53.142-05:002019-03-20T21:11:53.142-05:00Hi Doug, I came to this particular article of your...Hi Doug, I came to this particular article of yours referred by a dad at a local school who is hoping they can bring Dr. Sax in to speak to the parents and children about social media. I was so proud to say that I knew you!<br /><br />My comment regarding your post here is: WOW! How could you possibly have anticipated in 2009 the demagoguery which in a decade would be unleashed from politicians and media!?? AND: your prediction that many among us would be unprepared by their education to discriminate fact from fake!Kim J. Brandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02241312959214875576noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34011427.post-68570631589884026562009-07-27T06:49:11.527-05:002009-07-27T06:49:11.527-05:00It is such a small world. Is there such a thing as...It is such a small world. Is there such a thing as other people's children. I have a daughter. Does that mean I don't need to be concerned with the education of other people's sons? The crisis affecting the education of young men means that my daughter in choosing a mate will have to sort through those whose minds and behaviors have been disturbed by video gaming, insensitivity to their educational needs, etc. Are any children not my own when in the long term their well being is the well being of my descendants?<br /><br />The needed change in education is monumental.Doug Stowehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13003845322415622289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34011427.post-7333613015324933252009-07-27T01:12:07.116-05:002009-07-27T01:12:07.116-05:00If all you've ever known is cheap particle-boa...If all you've ever known is cheap particle-board furniture, you can't even imagine what quality furniture looks and feels like. If (as a society) all we've known is cheap (and second-hand) education ourselves, how hard might it be to imagine a better way? <br /><br />One key is to ask how much we're willing to invest in the education of <b>other people's</b> children. Are we willing to provide them with enduring, solid foundations (teachers with <i>kenntnis</i> don't come cheap), or are we content with funding particle-board education?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com