As a music fanatic, I am contemplating what pop music would be today without Michael Jackson. Cable news is busy retelling 1,000 sordid details of his tragic life, but I urge you to turn to MTV instead and consider what he contributed to the world of music. One of those contributions is harnessing the power [...]
Posts from ‘June, 2009’
My Wish for You: A Letter to My Students Past, Present and Future
Katie Reen graciously shared a copy of her oral exam paper incorporating her insighhts from the National Academy at Occidental College last summer. Katie’s students are 11 and 12 years old and she explains, “The concept of my paper is a letter to my students, past, present and future about what I wish for them [...]
My Serial of Boxes (A Post Script)
Yesterday, we concluded the We the People text, returning again to the politicolor boxes! The role of citizenship emerged, and I invited the students who wished to submit a pledge to be active. As you may note, not all of my little citizens chose to record a pledge, which is beauty unto itself. Have a [...]
The Wave, Human Nature, and Our Radical Evolution
Published in 2005, Joel Garreau’s Radical Evolution offers multiple perspectives on the future of human kind. Interviewing world-class thinkers, engineers, and philosophers, the author examines not only our decisions, but our decision making process—for the heart of Garreau’s thesis maintains that human nature changes. We’ve all wondered whether we’re still part of that process. Over [...]
