Ben Stein in The New York Times, Sunday, January 25, 2009
"Learn to be self-sufficient through your own contributions, as the saying goes.
This advice has served me well. It was propounded to me by my late father, who often said,
"BE PRUDENT". (His father was Herb Stein, a well-respected chairman of the Council of Economic Advisors in the Nixon Administration.)
"Maybe, upon second thought, I did not learn well about prudence. Then I think that maybe it's too late for far too many of us. The age when money was a free good, available in unlimited quantities just for signing a note, may well be over. What the heck will we do when we have to start acting like mature adults? How will we cope with the limits? With reality?
"America, a nation of free-spending Peter Pans. Where are our moms and dads when we need them? It's their fault.
Wednesday, January 28, 2009
Wednesday, January 21, 2009
Benefits of An Educated Generation
"Let's assume, just for a minute, that we've learned a lesson: that amassing billions is no longer seen as a road to happiness and the enjoyment of life. Security, it may be dawning on us, lies elsewhere.
The educational system needs a large influx of money. Schoolteachers should all be paid twice what they get now, as they are the ones who will make this city financially and socially livable in the future. An educated generation will create, will be employed, will be healthier and more involved."
--David Byrne
Musician and artist
In suggestions from New Yorkers on how the president-elect can create a New Deal.
The New York Times, January 18, 2009
The educational system needs a large influx of money. Schoolteachers should all be paid twice what they get now, as they are the ones who will make this city financially and socially livable in the future. An educated generation will create, will be employed, will be healthier and more involved."
--David Byrne
Musician and artist
In suggestions from New Yorkers on how the president-elect can create a New Deal.
The New York Times, January 18, 2009
"Just Do It"!
When you aren't sure how to handle a tough situation in life, remember these words:
"There is no better sign of a brave mind than a hard hand."
-- William Shakespeare
"Just Do It" -- Nike slogan"
"When the One Great Scorer comes to write
against your name--
He marks--not that you won or lost--but
how you played the game."
--Grantland Rice (1880-1954)
"There is no better sign of a brave mind than a hard hand."
-- William Shakespeare
"Just Do It" -- Nike slogan"
"When the One Great Scorer comes to write
against your name--
He marks--not that you won or lost--but
how you played the game."
--Grantland Rice (1880-1954)
Give Teachers More Value and More Pay!
Letter to The New York Times, December 26, 2008
"Bob Herbert's reminder of the importance of teachers and the average worker hits a fundamental problem of our society--when given the choice to value people who are providing worthwhile services or people who exist purely to satiate their own wealth and fame, we choose the latter.
How else to describe a society that believes that the average teacher or autoworker should take a pay cut while the average millionaire shouldn't be overtaxed?
No amount of bailout money will save us from a profoundly dysfunctional society in which actors, pop stars and hedge fund managers impress us more than the people teaching our children how to read."
Lynne Goldhammer
Brooklyn, Dec. 23, 2008
"Bob Herbert's reminder of the importance of teachers and the average worker hits a fundamental problem of our society--when given the choice to value people who are providing worthwhile services or people who exist purely to satiate their own wealth and fame, we choose the latter.
How else to describe a society that believes that the average teacher or autoworker should take a pay cut while the average millionaire shouldn't be overtaxed?
No amount of bailout money will save us from a profoundly dysfunctional society in which actors, pop stars and hedge fund managers impress us more than the people teaching our children how to read."
Lynne Goldhammer
Brooklyn, Dec. 23, 2008
Wednesday, January 14, 2009
Teaching for Today's Students
More Personal Teaching Methods
As we celebrate the New Year 2009, we can also look back on the first decade of the 21st century and see that some enlightened teachers are realizing that there's a better way to teach students in smaller classes and more personal attention from the professor assigned to the course rather than substitutes or graduate assistants.
The following quote was in Forbes magazine in January 2009:
"The great art of learning is to understand but little at a time." -- John Locke
Coincidentally, The New York Times on Tuesday, January 13, 2009, wrote the following under the headline:
"At M.I.T., Large Lectures Are Going the Way of the Blackboard"
"The physics department has replaced the traditional large introductory lecture with smaller classes that emphasize hands-on, interactive, collaborative learning. . . . with research showing
that most students learn fundamental concepts more successfully and are better able to apply them."
"In an article in the education journal Change last year, Dr. Carl Wieman, a Nobel Prize-winning physicist at the University of British Columbia, noted that the human brain can hold a maximum of about seven different items in its short-term working memory and can process no more than about four ideas at once. . . .we should not be surprised that that students are able to take away only a small fraction of what is presented to them (in a typical hour-long science lecture).
As we celebrate the New Year 2009, we can also look back on the first decade of the 21st century and see that some enlightened teachers are realizing that there's a better way to teach students in smaller classes and more personal attention from the professor assigned to the course rather than substitutes or graduate assistants.
The following quote was in Forbes magazine in January 2009:
"The great art of learning is to understand but little at a time." -- John Locke
Coincidentally, The New York Times on Tuesday, January 13, 2009, wrote the following under the headline:
"At M.I.T., Large Lectures Are Going the Way of the Blackboard"
"The physics department has replaced the traditional large introductory lecture with smaller classes that emphasize hands-on, interactive, collaborative learning. . . . with research showing
that most students learn fundamental concepts more successfully and are better able to apply them."
"In an article in the education journal Change last year, Dr. Carl Wieman, a Nobel Prize-winning physicist at the University of British Columbia, noted that the human brain can hold a maximum of about seven different items in its short-term working memory and can process no more than about four ideas at once. . . .we should not be surprised that that students are able to take away only a small fraction of what is presented to them (in a typical hour-long science lecture).
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