We continue our tour of Blaise Pascal’s thoughts today where we left off: It is when a man embraces his ‘whole duty… to think as he ought’ (126) that he is faced with his inadequacies within himself. We must look outward, at something higher than ourselves “According to the doctrine of chance, you ought to […]
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“Man is obviously made to think. It is his whole dignity and his whole merit; and his whole duty is to think as he ought.” (146) Pascal explores the connection between purpose and thought. As christians we might be hesitant to agree with the mighty Pascal here. After all, isn’t the chief end of man
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Pascal’s triangle is one of the most recognizable patterns that a student explores in algebra. It’s also an essential pattern that comes up over and over again. Pascal, the man behind the triangle, was nothing short of a genius. Rumor has it that his brain worked so fast that he would write little bits of
The first step to getting a good memory is to remember! Isn’t that helpful? No? Think of it this way: Have you ever had a friend that can raise only one eyebrow? Can you raise only one eyebrow? Have you ever tried? Do you hold one down, while moving your eyebrows to try to get
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Assessment, as you can imagine, is different for each student and each class. An elementary student is assessed for mastery in different ways than a high school student. We assess a student’s mastery of woodworking differently than we do his mastery of chemistry. These observations leave us no assistance in grading our high school level
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