Terminology

The word education is derived from the Latin educare meaning "to raise", "to bring up", "to train", "to rear", via "educatio/nis", bringing up, raising. In recent times the myth has arisen of its derivation from a different verb: educere, meaning "to lead out" or "to lead forth"; however the English word from this verb is "eduction": drawing out. This false etymology is used to bolster one of the theories behind the function of education—to develop innate abilities and expand horizons.
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Education was the natural response of early civilizations to the struggle of surviving and thriving as a culture. Adults trained the young of their society in the knowledge and skills they would need to master and eventually pass on. The evolution of culture, and human beings as a species depended on this practice of transmitting knowledge.
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The goal of education is the development of individuals' capacity to be happy, successful, and productive members of society. Current education issues include which teaching method(s) are most effective, how to determine what knowledge should be taught, which knowledge is most relevant, and how well the pupil will retain incoming knowledge. Educators such as George Counts and Paulo Freire identified education as an inherently political process with inherently political outcomes. The challenge of identifying whose ideas are transferred and what goals they serve has always stood in the face of formal and informal education.

- Education

He attacked everything in life with a mix of extraordinary genius and naive incompetence, and it was often difficult to tell which was which.
Douglas Adams

He felt that his whole life was some kind of dream and he sometimes wondered whose it was and whether they were enjoying it.
Douglas Adams, "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy"

Nothing travels faster than the speed of light with the possible exception of bad news, which obeys its own special laws.
Douglas Adams, "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy"

Ah, this is obviously some strange usage of the word 'safe' that I wasn't previously aware of.
Douglas Adams, Arthur Dent in "The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy"

The major difference between a thing that might go wrong and a thing that cannot possibly go wrong is that when a thing that cannot possibly go wrong goes wrong it usually turns out to be impossible to get at or repair.
Douglas Adams, Mostly Harmless

trust = to allow without fear

Writing in this blog as though my eyes are the only ones to roll after reading my entries. This writing-without-consideration is good for the humility department. (There's restructuring of the sacred temple of being Sonya -- yes, a new department! Your services are welcome, humility.)

I think that when a person checks a certain website compulsively, grows irritable with each passing minute that the projected image of one's heart does not e-mail nor acknowledge the existence of me - I mean a person -- and then dances with identified feeling in front of a mirror to Backstreet's "Quit Playin' Games With my Heart" -- that I have temporarily allowed myself to waste my imagination on fruitless wonderings. I mean, a person has. And so, I submit for thoughtful consideration, to a person who is engaging in such behaviour unfit for one of noble rank and self-respect and interest in cool things, to go to work on activities that create the goods. So, off I go. =D

"Your kiss feels like a half-opened door" - gotta love that 80s hurtin' love song.

PS If you read this and roll your eyes, I knowwwwwwww. I'm half-joking. I just added this PS line to please you. And by adding this line, I have given attention to external approval-seeking. Yet by adding the sentence before this one, my conscious mind is okay with that.

Labels Divide and Conquer - by Jason Howard

Calling vs. Occupation: How to Find Out What You Should Do With Your Life - by Gary North

Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis

"The best education for the best is the best education for all." - Robert Maynard Hutchins

An education from Russia


The Advanced Math and Science Academy Charter School, Massachusetts

Article on the idea of the school, from 2004

I love sweet potatoes.


(20:45:01) ¤Ñ!ÇK€R$¤: Haha, wanna know something terrible and funny at the same time?
(20:45:31) Sonya!: yes.
(20:46:10) ¤Ñ!ÇK€R$¤: Whenever Tim and I would swear (usually Tim!) Mom would be like "Only people who aren't intelligent enough to think of other words swear." Then we'd be like "But Sonya swears sometimes." Then Mom would walk away, defeated.