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First Principles: All the Children Are Trained Up To This Kind of Knowledge: They Are Accustomed From Their Earliest Years To Read the Holy Scriptures
“Among the customs which are universal among the people, in all parts of the state, one that seems worthy of remark, is, the attention that is paid to the education of children. The aim of the parent, is not so … Continue reading
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Tagged 1794, Aim, Arithmetic, Attention, Children, Common and Universal, Customs, Education, First Principles, Harvard College, Holy Scriptures, Knowledge, Law, Liberal Arts and Sciences, Newspapers, Occupations of Life, Parent, Periodical Publications, Political Pamphlets, Proceedings, Red, Samuel Adams, The Natural and Civil History of Vermont, The People, Write
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Thought For the Day: The Number of College Degrees Is Not Nearly As Important As How Well Students Develop Cognitive Skills, Such As Critical Thinking and Problem-Solving Ability
“Economists who have studied the relationship between education and economic growth confirm what common sense suggests: the number of college degrees is not nearly as important as how well students develop cognitive skills, such as critical thinking and problem-solving ability.” … Continue reading
Thought For the Day: Ultimately, It Is the Responsibility of Individuals To Pull Themselves Up By Their Own Bootstraps, Make Responsible Financial Decisions, Pursue Eduction…and Fight To Break the Cycle of Poverty
“Ultimately, it is the responsibility of individuals to pull themselves up by their own bootstraps, make responsible financial decisions, pursue education … and fight to break the cycle of poverty. Many poor remain poor because they do not know how … Continue reading
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Tagged American, Apple Pie, Better Life, Better Opportunities, Bootstraps, Break, Children, Cycle of Poverty, Education, Emmy Griffin, Example, Financial Decisions, Hard Work, Individuals, Money, Perserverance, Poor, Poverty Line, Realize, Responsibility, Responsible, Successful Immigrant Story, Tenor, Thought For the Day, Ultimate
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Thought For the Day: Excellence Demands Competition. Without A Race There Can Be No Champion, No Records Broken, No Excellence
“Excellence demands competition. Without a race there can be no champion, no records broken, no excellence — in education or in any other walk of life.” – Ronald Reagan
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Tagged Champion, Competition, Demand, Education, Excellence, Race, Records Broken, Ronald Reagan, Thought For the Day, Walks of Life
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First Principles: I Know No Safe Depository of the Ultimate Powers of the Society But the People Themselves
“I know no safe depository of the ultimate powers of the society but the people themselves; and if we think them not enlightened enough to exercise their control with a wholesome discretion, the remedy is not to take it from … Continue reading
Thought For the Day: Most People Are Mirrors, Reflecting Moods and Emotions of the Times; Few Are Windows Bringing Light to Bear On the Dark Corners
“Most people are mirrors, reflecting the moods and emotions of the times; few are windows, bringing light to bear on the dark corners where troubles fester. The whole purpose of education is to turn mirrors into windows.” -Sydney J. Harris, … Continue reading
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Tagged Dark Corners, Education, Emotions, Few, Mirrors, Mirrors Into Windows, Moods, Most People, Sydney J. Harris, Thought For the Day, Times, Troubles, Turn, Whole Purpose, Windows
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A Photographic Means
A Photographic Means(Dedicated to Berenice Abbott)To widen our knowledgeOf a world seen through camera’s eyeIt’s truly something to acknowledgeAn acquaintance of truth that will not dieThough it does sometimes fadeawayIn the meantime, it teaches us of todayThere’s an education in … Continue reading
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Tagged Acknowledge, Acquaintance, Appeal, Artistic Expression, Camera's Eye, Communication, Composition, Comprehensible, Concession, Contingent, Die, Education, Emphasisze, Facilitation, Fadeaway, Genuine Aesthetic, Hard Enough, Hint, Honest, Indication, Information, Inner Dialog, Interpretation, Isolated, Knowledge, Neutrality, Objective, Offering, Photographic Means, Photographic Print, Physics, Poetry and Poems, Squint, Summation, Tale, Teach, Times and Places, Today, Transformation, Truth, Unforgettable, Visual, Visual Art, Widen, World
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Cicero Speaks On Becoming Older
Cicero Speaks On Becoming Olderby Michael DoyleLife passes through many a stageUntil calumniating in old ageIt’s a folly to hold this in despiseWe’d be better off to open our eyesCicero offers us his philosopher’s lookIn his writing of many a … Continue reading
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Tagged Assassination, Assert, Assumption, Body, Cherished, Cicero, Clarity, Collective Wisdom, Constitutional Hall, Counsel, Despise, Die, Different, Education, Effective, Elder, Elocution, Ends of History, Essay, Estate, Eternity, Experience, Eyes, Fail, Fair Prize, Farm, Folly, Franklin, Freedom, Good Book, Grandparent, Guide, Hands, Heed, History, Ides of March, Immortality, Indignation, Infirmity, Inner Beauty, Integrity, Justice, Kingdom, Law, Leadership, Life, Life's Lessons, Loss, Meditate, Mental Abilities, Mental Faculty, Moments, Moral Duty, Observation, Offer, Old Age, Older, Open, Opportunity, Oratory, Phaedo, Philosopher, Plato, Pleasure, Poetry and Poems, Profound, Quality of Life, Reason, Sacred Ground, Sage, Sensual Pleasures, Sharp, Stage, Sweet Surprise, Teach, Throat, Tides, Time and Again, Triumph, Truth, Tyranny, Use, Useless, Valuable, Versed, Why, Wiser, Wonder, Write, Young
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First Principles: I Know No Safe Depository of the Ultimate Powers of the Society But The People Themselves
“I know no safe depository of the ultimate powers of the society but the people themselves; and if we think them not enlightened enough to exercise their control with a wholesome discretion, the remedy is not to take it from … Continue reading
In the Tragedy of Wisdom
In the Tragedy of Wisdomby Michael DoyleAs we sit writing for an audienceAimed as it is to somehow pleaseThe words of Shakespeare and SophoclesShine in all of their brillianceOne wrote for the strong, just kingThe other in the promise of … Continue reading
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Tagged Action, Aim, Annals, Aristotle, Athenian, Audience, Brilliance, Capacity, Cathartic, Central Issue, Citizenry, Confide, Consequence, Decision, Dedication, Democracy, Depths of Sorrow, Disposition, Educate, Education, Every Century, Fallen, Fear, Good, History, Human Pride, Humanity, Initiation, King, Madness, Mistake, Morality, Night, Nobility, Persuasion, Philosophy, Pity, Playwright, Please, Poetry and Poems, Pure, Recompense, Sadness, Shakespeare, Sophocles, Sovereignity, Tragedy, Truth, Unafraid, Wisdom, Works, Write
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