The Scriptorium Daily

Month: January 2005

  • The Three Essentials for Education: Part II

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    John Mark Reynolds, 2005. Read Part I here, and Part III here. Part II — Right Questions Find an educational enthusiast and you will meet someone with more faith than a fighting fundamentalist at a tent meeting. Whatever his system, he believes it contains the answers to all of life’s problems. Just do what he…

  • Musings from a Guest

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    Chris Leigh, 2005. Before beginning, I offer my apologies—I am hardly capable when it comes to blogs. I feel too much as if I am talking to myself, and though I have seen others write about really interesting things, without some response I have had a difficult time entering into the blogosphere. So, please forgive…

  • Playing Piano with Jane

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    John Mark Reynolds, 2005. Today I was working on a book project while my daughter Jane had her piano lesson. She decided to fool Dad by announcing that she was going to play a song for me. What followed was no longer “Lightly Row” or “Twinkle” or any other piece with which beginners delight parents.…

  • The Three Essentials for Education: Part I

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    John Mark Reynolds, 2005. Read Part II here, and Part III here. Part I — Community If I tell you to be a good student, you think of being alone in a library or sitting in a room chewing on the end of a pencil as you work on a hard problem. There is little…