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Faith is hard. LOL & also UGH… Harvesting the fruits of faith is difficult even though they are among the sweetest of things. Faith, in one estimation, is the belief that something WILL happen without having absolute PROOF that it will. Faith means … Continue reading
Words …even normal, daily yakkings … carry scars, culture, history, and a family lineage with them…much like people do. If one is an over thinker like I am (not a badge of honor, to be sure…like Aristotle once said, you … Continue reading
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By all means, marry. If you get a good wife, you’ll become happy; otherwise, you’ll become a philosopher. ~Socrates Socrates was married. We know that from several sources. Socrates had more than one child. That is also mentioned in several sources … Continue reading
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I was blessed with a demeanor that helped me quickly create fairly strong bonds with my high school seniors. Despite my dry sense of humor, students could always tell that I cared about them whether I intended on communicating that … Continue reading
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I talk to myself…a lot…in my car. I know it’s ok to admit this because I see others either doing the same or worse (ie. picking nose, reading papers, yelling on phone at someone). At least we car talkers have … Continue reading
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Models are interesting things. They both are and are not the thing they represent. So, for example, a model of Jupiter points to but can never be the real Jupiter. A painting, an appropriately colored Styrofoam ball, or a set … Continue reading
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When I first came to the United States from Costa Rica in 1980 I was intimidated by everything I saw. Especially here in Texas, everything seemed bigger and better than what I had experienced in San Jose. It was, to … Continue reading
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The US Constitution doesn’t know what it’s defending. It claims to protect individual rights, but that term is never defined within the four corners of the document. Rights are, however, more closely addressed in the Declaration of Independence. Here’s a … Continue reading
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Guiding students to answer their own questions: Plato’s Meno Introduction Plato’s curriculum could be summarized as “Education as Constructive Frustration”. On the surface many of Plato’s dialogs seem either frustratingly heavy or seemingly simplistic. Plato, at any rate, was a … Continue reading
The Constitution is the greatest protector of rights ever penned by man’s hands. Simply by being a written Constitution, the document professes to be a touch-stone of liberty. Like a rulebook, if you want to know if someone is cheating … Continue reading
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