By Nature, I Am Not

Beauty Reveals Itself In The Course Of An Experience With An Object.

When Speaking To Parents, I Encourage Them To Take Their Child(ren) To A Children's Museum And Watch Carefully What The Child Does, How She/she Does It, What He/she Returns To, Where There Is Definite Growth. Teachers Could Do The Same Or Could Set Up 'play Areas' Which Provide 'nutrition' For Different Intelligences... And Watch Carefully What Happens And What Does Not Happen With Each Child.

The Wonderful Thing About The Theater Is That It Can Emphasize Both Our Diversity And Our Common Humanity. In Many Ways, The World Of Shakespeare (or Aeschylus Or Racine) Is Totally Different From Our World; And Yet Any Human Being Can Look Through The Differences In Dress And Mores And Discover Our Common Problems, Passions, And Potentials.

Perhaps, Indeed, There Are No Truly Universal Ethics: Or To Put It More Precisely, The Ways In Which Ethical Principles Are Interpreted Will Inevitably Differ Across Cultures And Eras. Yet, These Differences Arise Chiefly At The Margins. All Known Societies Embrace The Virtues Of Truthfulness, Integrity, Loyalty, Fairness; None Explicitly Endorse Falsehood, Dishonesty, Disloyalty, Gross Inequity. (five Minds For The Future, P136)

Distinguish Between The Work And The Job Title. When I Was Leaving School In The Early 1970s, Many People Wanted To Be Journalists, Carrying Out Investigative Reporting For Print Newspapers. Print Newspapers May Not Exist In Twenty Years. But Good Thinking And Good Writing About Issues That Need To Be Reported And Investigated Will Always Be Needed; But Where This Happens, What It Is Called, And Who Pays For It May Be Quite Different Than Could Have Been Envisioned By The Great Journalists Of The Past.