On a lighter “note”…
Blogger Sean Evans lists 3 ways for students to take a breather during this stressful time of year.
Notes from the Lecture Hall: Custom and Innovation
“I believe what really happens in history is this: the old man is always wrong; and the young people are always wrong about what is wrong with him. The practical form it takes is this: that, while the old man may stand by some stupid custom, the young man always attacks it with some theory that turns out to be equally stupid.” – G.K. Chesterton Illustrated London News, July 3, 1922
Dada, Surrealism and the Universe(ity).
In a class on Modern literature we are taking a week-long look at the Dada movement in the early 20th century. What’s the Dada movement you ask? Dada is essentially anti-art.
Notes from the Lecture Hall: CNN, Mubarak and The American Revolution
Is it just me, or does CNN (and Fox News, for that matter) seem a little bit too excited about the current situation in Egypt? Anderson Cooper and his minions lick their chops at the very thought of a story like the “Crisis in Egypt” (the title of their coverage) that can be run 24 hours a day for weeks at a time.
Notes from the Lecture Hall: What is the role of educators?
Blogger Sean D. Evans asks the questions everyone’s thinking about education and the role of educators. What do you think?
Notes from the Lecture Hall: The trouble with postmodernism
If I ever have the pleasure of making your acquaintance, you will find that I tend to poke fun at postmodernism (all in good fun). I believe in objective truth. The sort of truth that makes it universally unacceptable to murder, cheat, tail-gate, and cheer for the Calgary Flames (or their farm team…).
Notes from the Lecture Hall: A collection of thoughts, musings and questions
As I have pursued what some call ‘higher education’, it has become apparent to me that many have vastly different motives for seeking knowledge. A History Professor once told me that he studies the past because he thinks it’s “interesting”, refusing to admit any pragmatic value to studying the past. History had been neutered in his classroom.
