In my opinion, a reason for so many following DT and his minions is the simple fact that we as a nation have become so uneducated regarding our government....the duties and responsibilities of our leaders as well as the power and importance of the vote.
Civics should be required and taught , in some form from kindergarten throug…
In my opinion, a reason for so many following DT and his minions is the simple fact that we as a nation have become so uneducated regarding our government....the duties and responsibilities of our leaders as well as the power and importance of the vote.
Civics should be required and taught , in some form from kindergarten through high school.
"The People's Business" within our state and nation should be shared once a week in every classroom, as well as what those decisions mean to "We the People".
We are so easily manipulated by the words of a candidate expressing empty promises. We have closed our minds and ears to what some of those words from a certain candidate would mean for the free and fair governing of "We the People."
The lives of so many before us...their sacrifices.....their brilliance have been given to build up our great nation. We need such men and women again.
I am so grateful for that little "Spit Fire" from Texas and news reporters who are true freedom fighters.
We each have our part to play to keep our country free and healthy for the next generations!!!
Due to the economic impacts of the Great Depression neither of my parents were college educated, but they remained intensely curious all of their lives. Among other things, my mother told me that one could be clever yet not wise, and that wisdom began with knowing how little one really knew. That makes the subject a bit tricky to approach, and warnings abound about any presumption of possessing wisdom, but I think, if we are attentive, that wisdom can grow with experience; with the caveat the experience is only an opportunity to learn; and teen Greta Thunberg towered(s) in comparison to elderly Trump.
My take on it is that wisdom constucts cautious, observant guesses as to both the accuracy and the value of the information one gathers. Value is the trickier one because it's both subjective and not. Priorities and actions obviously have consequences, as we are just beginning to see with respect to climate change, and many other knock-on consequences of political choices. At the end what really matters? I'm not saying that that's easy to determine, or that I personally am anywhere close to having mastered it, but that seems that such a question would be a beneficial mantra in which to engage throughout the day. It also seems to me that I was offered some real gems, even in my elementary school, but also a ton of what (both then and now) felt like "busy-work".
All of that is a round-about way to say that I think the quality of our individual and societal lives are profoundly affected by the quality of our education, and here I am speaking of a kit that empowers rather than regimentation. Also that education is not just what you do when you are young. A democratic society has a responsibility to educate indefinitely, irrespective of age and certificates. This blog models that; HCR presents salient lessons from the past, anchored with footnotes, along with suggestions of the relevance to current circumstances. That's living history, patterns that can be seen playing out in similar yet uniquely novel circumstances. I think that wisdom involves optimal grasp of the relevance of what can be known with allowance for what is unpredictable. I think this can make a hell of a difference.
JL Graham,
In my opinion, a reason for so many following DT and his minions is the simple fact that we as a nation have become so uneducated regarding our government....the duties and responsibilities of our leaders as well as the power and importance of the vote.
Civics should be required and taught , in some form from kindergarten through high school.
"The People's Business" within our state and nation should be shared once a week in every classroom, as well as what those decisions mean to "We the People".
We are so easily manipulated by the words of a candidate expressing empty promises. We have closed our minds and ears to what some of those words from a certain candidate would mean for the free and fair governing of "We the People."
The lives of so many before us...their sacrifices.....their brilliance have been given to build up our great nation. We need such men and women again.
I am so grateful for that little "Spit Fire" from Texas and news reporters who are true freedom fighters.
We each have our part to play to keep our country free and healthy for the next generations!!!
Due to the economic impacts of the Great Depression neither of my parents were college educated, but they remained intensely curious all of their lives. Among other things, my mother told me that one could be clever yet not wise, and that wisdom began with knowing how little one really knew. That makes the subject a bit tricky to approach, and warnings abound about any presumption of possessing wisdom, but I think, if we are attentive, that wisdom can grow with experience; with the caveat the experience is only an opportunity to learn; and teen Greta Thunberg towered(s) in comparison to elderly Trump.
My take on it is that wisdom constucts cautious, observant guesses as to both the accuracy and the value of the information one gathers. Value is the trickier one because it's both subjective and not. Priorities and actions obviously have consequences, as we are just beginning to see with respect to climate change, and many other knock-on consequences of political choices. At the end what really matters? I'm not saying that that's easy to determine, or that I personally am anywhere close to having mastered it, but that seems that such a question would be a beneficial mantra in which to engage throughout the day. It also seems to me that I was offered some real gems, even in my elementary school, but also a ton of what (both then and now) felt like "busy-work".
All of that is a round-about way to say that I think the quality of our individual and societal lives are profoundly affected by the quality of our education, and here I am speaking of a kit that empowers rather than regimentation. Also that education is not just what you do when you are young. A democratic society has a responsibility to educate indefinitely, irrespective of age and certificates. This blog models that; HCR presents salient lessons from the past, anchored with footnotes, along with suggestions of the relevance to current circumstances. That's living history, patterns that can be seen playing out in similar yet uniquely novel circumstances. I think that wisdom involves optimal grasp of the relevance of what can be known with allowance for what is unpredictable. I think this can make a hell of a difference.
Well said!