Learning
Posted on | July 27, 2008 | 2 Comments
Reading an article in The New York Times on how Kids These Days are reading more and more online, and fewer books than their predecessors, and the concerns as to whether or not this is a good, bad, or neutral development, there’s a quote from eminent biographer David McCullough: ““Learning is not to be found on a printout… It’s not on call at the touch of the finger. Learning is acquired mainly from books, and most readily from great books.”
How pathetic. Learning is “acquired” (if that’s even the right word… it makes it sound like something you can get at the store) through doing. Through processing. Through acting.
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August 1st, 2008 @ 1:32 am
Why is food cooked at home supposed to be healthy and cooked in a restaurant (irrespective of WHAT it is) unhealthy? Why is reading a book healthy and not the internet? I can think of a few answers, but the most compelling one is ……….
……..the same reason why its better to write with a quill than to write with ball point pens. In my school I actually had to use something called a “Steel Pen” before graduating to Fountain Pens. But ball points were out!
September 26th, 2009 @ 5:15 am
Не могу сказать, что мне не понравилось. Достаточно интересно и втолне интересно, но тем не менее есть кое какие добавления