I liked Peter Heineman's phrase conveying his view about some of the
posting we read concerning where education might go, or should go.
Peter typed:
"It appeared to me, and probably incorrectly so, that from some postings
people are looking for a Cliff Notes approach to education."
***end of quote***
Being involved with many community organizations which seek to improve
ties between business and education, I hear from deep inside me a howl
about the aesthetic in education, about learning for learning's sake (as I
see and feel it). And I'm torn between utilitarianism in its modern
clothes, and humanism at its best, conveyed sometimes by educators in
settings which I romantically recall, where pressed dirt on academic paths
of many generations still seems to stand for empathetic Truth.
Rumi writes about it in this quatrain:
My work is to carry this love
as comfort for those who long for you,
to go everywhere you've walked
and gaze at the pressed-down earth.
So who are you?
Best regards,
-- Barry Mallis bmallis@markem.com Total Quality Resource Manager MARKEM Corporation Keene, NH U.S.A.Learning-org -- An Internet Dialog on Learning Organizations For info: <rkarash@karash.com> -or- <http://world.std.com/~lo/>