Comparison: Comparison sometimes comes before definition, but we are exploring it second. While I admit that we tend to compare things before we truly understand what they are, I also acknowledge that the only way to compare things thoroughly is to first define them. We compare things instinctively, which is why you won’t be shocked to […]
Common Topics : Comparison Read More »
In the Lost Tools of Writing we learn about the five common topics. These topics are 5 categorical questions that we ask in order to invent something. Asking questions is essential for thinking. I tell my children that there is a world of difference between the man who enters a room saying, “this is nice”
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This month we contemplated the relationship between numbers and their reciprocals. This simple idea that 2 times 1/2 is equal to 1 quickly moves from stating “the number that when multiplied by 2 makes 1 is one-half” to “one over 1/2 is 2”. If we started with the truth that 1/1/2 = 2, then we’d
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Having young students and toddlers is hard. They need you to do so many things with them, even sending them outside to play is a huge ordeal of tying shoes and zipping coats. When I would look forward to the high school years, I only saw that I no longer needed to do simple things
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The beginning of the school year is full of promises. Piles of freshly bought and bound books pose beside bouquets of freshly sharpened pencil while the autumn sun streams in the window. In the fall, the world is our oyster. Educators, much like gardeners in spring, plan great things and venture forth into the ideal.
