Well, 2008 looks like a very promising year. It’s such a lovely number, don’t you think, so even and reliable.
I am enjoying school quite a lot these days. It was really good to come back after Christmas vacation. I’d love to tell you more about it, but I am dreadfully tired. So more later, hopefully. A Happy New Year to you all!
I must be earnestly seeking the connection between academics and out of classroom life. Since I am an information junkie, a card-carrying geek, I don’t always need to know why something matters before I’m interested in learning it. I like learning for its own sake, useful or not. Normal people are not like this. Many teachers are. Thus the disconnect between teachers and taught, and between those who write textbooks and those who toil over them. So is history really really important? Who cares that an eloquent preacher named Thomas Hooker founded Connecticut in 1636? It’s a great little fact to file away in my information loving brain, but honestly, who cares?