chuck - howdy, pull up a stump ... getting to be a long time now since Winspear, eh ... where are we going to find the next production that inspires us to such passionate squabbling? ... you know what i think was largely behind all that? - every male present deeply resented the fact that other males got to talk to Sophie, just like he did ... i wonder who's phonin' her now
Not much attraction in the diamond biz, with Snap going for five loonies per ... and yes, in the PGMs January's bloom is definitely off the rose, of course new buds could show if the russians play it right this coming winter .... in the golds, maybe? ... a little air coming out of the greenback seems logical, seems to be at least a short term trend as well ... PoG of 325 and the high leverage juniors start making practice flights
Education, that's my lead hobby horse ... it is not a synonym for 'schooling', not at all, it is head and tails above schooling, which gets in its way more than it lends aid, imho ... this thing of being largely a baby-sitting service with predictable hours and a one size fits all curriculum designed around the lowest common learning denominator, this just bores kids silly, they know it's a waste of time, you can't keep a kid bullshitted for long ... computers can and do help in this imho because the hand on the mouse can click on what interests the connected brain, it's like setting them free in an endless library
Language is the most neglected aspect generally imho - everybody should know well two languages minimum, with a functional understanding of others ..... a little latin and less greek for everybody, then say for english speakers lots of french and german, since it was from the loins of their predecessors that english was originally bastardised .... then for anyone in these Américas spanish for sure, otherwise you won't understand the majority ... then a little chinese, japanese, russian, why not, it's good for you .... i've had a fair bit of experience with multilingual kids, imho their capacity to grasp language is greatly underestimated ... example - one completely fluently trilingual at ten years of age, now using all three regularly twelve years later ... another - a five year old with both english and spanish beyond normal for her age, whose mother is arranging for her to enter french immersion where she will certainly do well in that one - i've seen this kid translate words you wouldn't expect an eight-year-old to know in a single 'mother tongue' .... the whole learned is much more than the sum of the parts, since the mind has been interested, broadened, exercised
Coming on the radio now, 690 am Vancouver, there's a brit talking about the 'Ur-map', the first geological map, now on display in the royal geological society in London .... sounds promising, he says it inspired the thinkers who inspired Darwin .... guy named William Smith made it, haven't caught the year yet .... sounds interesting, maybe altavista or google has something on it .. [edit] - it was a book promotion, publisher Harper Collins, didn't catch author's name .... cheers |
