It may not seem like it, but I have been doing my homework. Been reading many articles from the dawn of the modern American library for my History of Service to the Public seminar. Here are some interesting tidbits: Those of us who have faith in the future of democracy can only hold our faith [...]
Entries from January 2005
Thoughts on the library and democracy
January 30th, 2005 · Comments Off
Tags: Current Affairs · Education · Librariana
Education and the false dichotomy of depth vs. breadth
January 30th, 2005 · Comments Off
Just found this wonderfully lucid article on this false dichotomy and the fallacy of "they can just look it up." Article by E.D. Hirsch Only one of the very salient points: For instance, there is a domain of cognitive science called "expert-novice studies." Two of its leading figures are Herbert A. Simon, the Nobel prize [...]
Tags: Education
Iraqi Elections
January 30th, 2005 · 1 Comment
Iraqi Elections For once, someone trying to see things a little more than either/or. Thank you Dylan! This is certainly a vast improvement to the post I saw a few minutes earlier that invited ‘liberals’ to "die, just a little faster!" I won’t give that person the dignity of linking to her. Such a grand [...]
Tags: Current Affairs
The criminals we call our leaders
January 30th, 2005 · Comments Off
From Sivacracy.net: The Normalization of Horror "Before gangsters like Alberto Gonzales seduced us into abandoning our values, a person was considered innocent before being proven guilty. Now we’re locking people away because "the government does not have enough evidence to charge [them] in courts." And everyone, including Democrats, is OK with this." I am vastly [...]
Tags: Current Affairs
A Soldier Returns From Iraq
January 30th, 2005 · Comments Off
URL: A Soldier Returns From Iraq This is very painful stuff people but you need to read it and more like it! They sent my "baby boy" to this damn war of theirs (yours and ours?) and he seems to be doing much better than this soldier, but I doubt I will ever forgive my [...]
Tags: Current Affairs · Military and War
Should we blame the linguists?
January 29th, 2005 · Comments Off
Interesting article about the American people’s lack of grammatical skills thanks to Nicole at A Capital Idea. Blame the Linguists! Not really sure the blame should be placed on the linguists though. Seems more like it should be placed on the departments of Education that misappropriated the theory in the first place. And yes, I [...]
Tags: Education
Putting oneself into one’s writing
January 29th, 2005 · Comments Off
Since I graduated (undergrad) in 2001, I’ve been putting/bringing myself into my writing in the classes that I’ve been taking as a graduate student at large⦠First, a matter of scope. By "one’s writing" I am referring to non-fictional, academic writing. I believe that is as broad as I want to construe it. Of course, [...]
Tags: Education
So, what is this about, and for?
January 29th, 2005 · 4 Comments
It is an experiment in self-expression, cultural critique, and the use of social software. I, for one, do not expect that I have anything more important to say than most others. But, I have been told several times lately by people whom I respect that I need to say some of the things I have [...]
Tags: Weblogs
