Sometimes, I am embarrassed to admit that I indulge in certain types of media: for example, I love me some Slipknot, revel in Eminem, and even enjoy things like “I’m on a Boat!” I have to ask myself, “Self, are you just being base and falling for stuff that diverts your mind from reality for […]
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I want to offer two excerpts that I have come across as we move from 2009 to 2010, that really strike me and have stuck with me as I reflect on the state of our nation/ governement. “Only the combination of the intemperateness of lustfulness with the lazy inertia incapable of generating anger is the […]
Category: John Adams, Joseph Pieper, politics
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Practice vs. Theory
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Sep 2009
Is anything without the underpinning of theory? What is the role of theory in education? Ought one to teach theory before or after practice? Many actions can be executed without formal theoretical knowledge: fighting for example can be known theoretically, yet one can still win a fight without formal martial training. It seems to be […]
Category: Art, Mimetic Theory, Pedagogy, Perspective, Practice
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