This Memoir is about ten years in the life of the author, from age 6 to age 16. Those years are not seen through the filter of Freudian complexes. Nor is childhood seen through the prism of John Dewey's instrumentalism where one happily accommodates to one's place in a godless, secular, humanist, industrial society. Nor is his childhood heroic like that of Helen Keller. It is about his mother's isolation and his bitterness towards her, his father's macho cynicism, his competitive bright schoolmates, and his persecution at the hands of a son of Nazi German immigrants. The author's story is...
This Memoir is about ten years in the life of the author, from age 6 to age 16. Those years are not seen through the filter of Freudian complexes. Nor...
Conversations about education are often vacuous. The "body of knowledge" for each subject should come back to the fore as the key to a meaningful education and not merely statistics about graduation rates, passing rates on standardized tests, and the implementation of tablets, smart boards, and other software innovations. We also need to restore prayer in the schools, family values, and patriotism (where the inspirational aspects of the U.S.A. and Western civilization are placed front and center rather than themes of oppression and victimization). With Common Core State sic] Standards, we...
Conversations about education are often vacuous. The "body of knowledge" for each subject should come back to the fore as the key to a meaningful educ...
