Category Archives: Teaching and Learning

Heaven Is A Traffic Jam On The 405

Posted on February 7, 2018 by randomyriad

Originally posted on synthetic zerØ:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=09M3C4VD1Fg

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Quotes from the Tao Te Ching #2

Posted on January 8, 2018 by randomyriad

From: #67 Three Treasures: I have three treasures, I keep and treasure them. The first, mercy, the second, moderation,  the third, modesty. If you’re merciful you can be brave, If you’re moderate you can be generous, and if you don’t … Continue reading →

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Quotes From The Tao Te Ching #1

Posted on January 8, 2018 by randomyriad

17 Acting Simply True leaders are hardly known to their followers.  Next after them are the leaders the people know and admire; after them, those they fear; after them, those they despise.   To give trust is to get trust. … Continue reading →

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Some More Ways to Sustain and Develop Open Minds.

Posted on March 5, 2017 by randomyriad

Illustration by Maurice Sendak Bertrand Russell’s Ten Commandments for teachers who wish to promote the development of open minds. 1: Do not feel absolutely certain of anything. 2: Do not think it worthwhile to produce belief by concealing evidence, for … Continue reading →

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Education Does not Prepare You for Life: Life is Your Education.

Posted on January 15, 2017 by randomyriad

There is only one way to read, which is to browse in libraries and bookshops, picking up books that attract you, reading only those, dropping them when they bore you, skipping the parts that drag — and never, never reading … Continue reading →

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