It is paradoxical that many educators and parents still differentiate between a time for learning and a time for play without seeing the vital connection between them. | |
— Dr. Leo F. Buscaglia, | |
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On This Day In: | |
2020 | All You Can |
2019 | No Wall And Not One Dollar |
‘Cause It Makes Me Scratch | |
2018 | Mirror, Mirror |
2017 | Keep On Keeping On |
2016 | Reflections |
2015 | Is It Time Yet? |
2014 | Ask Any Follower |
2013 | Cornered Or Surrounded? |
2012 | Escape |
2011 | Achievement |
Not Unreasonable Enough | |
Posts Tagged ‘Learning’
Dealing With Trumpism, Racism and Fascism In America
Posted in Education, Philosophy, Politics, Quotes, tagged American Politics, Difficulty, Education, Fascism, Journey, Lao-Tzu, Learning, Lucius Annaeus Seneca, Miles, Philosophy, Quotes, Racism, Steps, Trumpism on January 22, 2021| Leave a Comment »
The mind unlearns with difficulty what it has long learned. | |
— Lucius Annaeus Seneca | |
A journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step. | |
— Lao-tzu | |
[We are going to HAVE to be in it for the long haul folks. So, get settled in… There’s lots of work ahead. — KMAB] | |
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On This Day In: | |
2020 | And So Must Good Government |
2019 | Are You Done Watching? |
2018 | Spineless Capitulation By The Democrats |
Woe Is Me… | |
2017 | Sincerely Yours |
2016 | Only Good To Say |
2015 | A Series Of Temporary Conditions |
2014 | Gaps |
2013 | Duty |
2012 | Cost Not Price |
Superheroes | |
2011 | The Simple Normalcy Of Everyday Life – “Squirrel!” |
Have Republicans Figured Out Biden Won Yet?
Posted in History, Philosophy, Politics, Quotes, Science and Learning, tagged Abba Eban, Alternatives, History, Learning, Philosophy, Politics, Quotes, Teaching, Wisdom on January 8, 2021| Leave a Comment »
History teaches us that men and nations behave wisely once they have exhausted all other alternatives. | |
— Abba Eban | |
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On This Day In: | |
2020 | Careful About Myth Telling |
2019 | My Irish Diet |
Fighting With Oneself | |
2018 | Feeling Both |
2017 | Just Start |
2016 | Mirror, Mirror, On The Wall |
2015 | Restraint At The Inn |
2014 | To Not Discovering |
2013 | I Have Less To Say |
2012 | Not The Best Prediction I’ve Ever Read |
Still In School
Posted in Education, Philosophy, Quotes, Science and Learning, tagged Daniel J. Boorstin, Education, Grammar School, Kindergarten, Knowledge, Learning, Philosophy, Quotes on November 25, 2020| Leave a Comment »
Education is learning what you didn’t even know you didn’t know. | |
— Daniel J. Boorstin | |
[This education thing is taking a lot longer than I was told it was going to take back in kindergarten / grammar school. — KMAB] | |
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On This Day In: | |
2019 | Will John Bolton Testify? |
2018 | Just Maybe |
2017 | Police In My Review Mirror |
2016 | Full And Rich |
2015 | Go Deeper |
2014 | Intentional Mapping |
2013 | The Sweet Path |
2012 | Living Free And Abolition |
Morning Wood | |
2011 | I Resemble That Remark |
Growth Mindset
Posted in Philosophy, Quotes, Science and Learning, Sports, tagged Boxing, Challenges, Fran Sands, Learning, Philosophy, Quotes, Sports, The "Growth Mindset", The Beginner Boxer Toolkit, www.myboxingcoach.com on October 15, 2020| Leave a Comment »
The “growth mindset” in simple terms means that when students believe that they can get smarter, they understand that effort makes them stronger. | |
The student with a growth mindset put in extra time and extra effort and this leads to higher achievement. | |
The growth mindset student possesses the tendency to embrace challenges, persist in the face of setbacks, see effort as the path to mastery, learn from criticism and find lessons and inspiration in the success of others. | |
— Fran Sands | |
From his online book: “The Beginner Boxer Toolkit“ | |
Online at: www.myboxingcoach.com | |
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On This Day In: | |
2019 | Steps To Impeach #45 |
Science Upgrade Needed | |
2018 | Come November 6th |
2017 | Hearts And Memories |
2016 | Tremendous Energy |
Beyond Trying | |
2015 | Tell Me… |
2014 | Live Forever (To Remember Me) |
Orange October (VI) – Giants Win Game 4 | |
2013 | More Than Just Words |
2012 | Egotist, n. |
2011 | Good And Bad |
I Am Learning
Posted in Philosophy, Quotes, Science and Learning, tagged Fear, Learning, Louisa May Alcott, Philosophy, Quotes, Sailing, Ships, Storms on August 31, 2020| 1 Comment »
I am not afraid of storms, for I am learning how to sail my ship. | |
– Louisa May Alcott | |
From her book: “Little Women“ | |
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On This Day In: | |
2019 | Day 2: All Things Considered |
The Path To Reward | |
2018 | Ryan, McConnell & The Republican Controlled Congress |
The Proud Dad | |
Day 35: Five(5) Weeks Completed! | |
2017 | Serving Is Proving Harder Than Winning For #DumbDonald |
2016 | Come Again… |
2015 | At Five |
2014 | Touching The Past |
The Supreme Question | |
2013 | Children Will Judge |
2012 | Liar, n. |
2011 | Freedom To Doubt |
A Humbling Learning Process
Posted in Education, Leadership, Philosophy, Politics, Quotes, Science and Learning, tagged Dr. Anthony Fauci, Humility, Leadership, Learning, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, New Data, Philosophy, Politics, Quotes, Science on August 3, 2020| Leave a Comment »
As a scientist, the thing you must always do is to be humble enough to know that when you get additional information, even information that might conflict what was felt earlier on, you then change your viewpoint and you change your recommendations based on the data. That’s what science is all about. Science is a learning process. | |
— Dr. Anthony Fauci | |
Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases | |
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On This Day In: | |
2019 | Another Thought On #45’s Poor Education |
2018 | As Long As You Survive Each Experience |
WordPress to Facebook Test… | |
Day 7: Oh, Yeah! | |
2017 | A Good Habit |
2016 | The Minds Of Trumpism |
2015 | Expressing Nonsense |
2014 | A Real Fight |
2013 | Unravelling |
2012 | I Resolve |
2011 | Practice, Practice, Practice |
2009 | Phoenix Trip (July ’09) |
At Least Until The Rainbow Comes
Posted in Faith, Philosophy, Quotes, Science and Learning, tagged Attitude, Dancing, Faith, Learning, Life, Passing Storms, Philosophy, Quotes, Rain, Vivian Greene, Waiting on June 24, 2020| Leave a Comment »
Life isn’t about waiting for the storm to pass. It’s about learning to dance in the rain. | |
— Vivian Greene | |
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On This Day In: | |
2019 | And/Or A Great Soulmate |
Austen Stalking | |
2018 | Dead Red |
You Ain’t Done Yet | |
2017 | Just Because |
2016 | As Close As They Can Get |
2015 | And So I Blog |
2014 | Take Flight |
2013 | Contributing Joy |
2012 | More Than A Race |
2011 | Institutionalized Leadership |
Still Learning
Posted in Faith, Philosophy, Quotes, Science and Learning, tagged Faith, Learning, Philosophy, Prayer, Quotes, Ralph Waldo Emerson on June 9, 2020| Leave a Comment »
No man ever prayed heartily without learning something. | |
— Ralph Waldo Emerson | |
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On This Day In: | |
2019 | Almost Hallmark |
Beyond All Reason | |
2018 | Daydreams And Wanna-Be’s |
Or Work For #45 | |
2017 | Summer Pale |
2016 | Ain’t It Funny |
2015 | At Both Ends |
2014 | Whiner(s) |
2013 | Just Passing Through |
2012 | Dog-gone Heaven |
2011 | Occasional, Sad Results |
No Answers Yet
Posted in Education, Philosophy, Quotes, tagged Answers, Failure, Friedrich Nietzsche, Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche, Learning, Philosophy, Quotes, Success, Thinkers on January 16, 2020| Leave a Comment »
A thinker sees his own actions as experiments and questions – as attempts to find out something. Success and failure are for him answers above all. | |
― Friedrich Nietzsche | |
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On This Day In: | |
2019 | Stationary Target |
2018 | And Firmly |
2017 | Nearer My Goal To Thee |
2016 | Relatively Simple Actions |
2015 | And Yet, You Did |
2014 | Difficult Learning |
2013 | Four Things To do |
2012 | When I Was Young… |
Emergence | |
Still Willing
Posted in Education, Philosophy, Quotes, Science and Learning, tagged Failure, John W. Gardner, Learning, Philosophy, Quotes, Risk on January 4, 2020| Leave a Comment »
One of the reasons people stop learning is that they become less and less willing to risk failure. | |
— John W. Gardner | |
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On This Day In: | |
2019 | Another Prayer |
2018 | After Silence |
2017 | Are You Looking Forward To A Trump Presidency? |
2016 | Three Errors From Eureka |
2015 | Limiting Choices |
2014 | Praise The Lord And Pass The Hypocrisy |
That Sound | |
2013 | Still Waiting For Answers |
2012 | Informal Leadership |
2011 | A Little More Progress |
2010 | Bec’s Gone Again… |
A Surprisingly Good Way
Posted in Education, Faith, Quotes, Science and Learning, tagged 3:16 Bible Texts Illuminated, Donald E. Knuth, Faith, Gallup Poll, Learning, Quotes, Stratified Sampling on December 8, 2019| Leave a Comment »
My idea for a Bible class was based on a fourth way to select Bible verses for study, making use of a mathematical principle that provides an effective way to gain knowledge about complicated things: A large body of information can be comprehended reasonably well by studying more or less random portions of the data. The technical term for this approach is stratified sampling. It something like the Gallup poll, in which a lot can be learned from studying comparatively little. Stratified sampling is a surprisingly good way to magnify our perceptual abilities. | |
— Donald E. Knuth | |
From the Forward to his book: “3:16 Bible Texts Illuminated“ | |
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On This Day In: | |
2018 | Weight / Health Update |
What’s Happening With You? | |
2017 | The Great Leveler |
Conservative Depressions | |
2016 | Election + 1 Month |
2015 | Dance And Sing |
2014 | A Measuring Stick For Progress |
2013 | Courtly Love Or Victory Over Habit |
2012 | Have We Met? |
2011 | Efficiently Useless |
The Most Pressing Task
Posted in Education, Quotes, Science and Learning, tagged Change, Learning, Peter F. Drucker, Quotes on December 6, 2019| Leave a Comment »
We now accept the fact that learning is a lifelong process of keeping abreast of change. And the most pressing task is to teach people how to learn. | |
— Peter F. Drucker | |
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On This Day In: | |
2018 | Seek A Clear View |
2017 | Living With Myself |
2016 | Still Looking In Mirrors? |
2015 | Fear No Evil |
2014 | And Nothing Can Be As Tragic As… |
2013 | Your Tax Dollars At Work |
2012 | Historically Unacceptable |
2011 | Niners Are NFC West Division Champions!! |
The Essence Of Leadership | |
Sampling 3:16
Posted in 2019 Book Review, Book Review, Education, Faith, History, Philosophy, Reading, Reviews, Science and Learning, tagged 2019 Book Review, 3:16 Bible Texts Illuminated -- book review, Amazon, Aramaic, Calligraphy, Donald E. Knuth, Education, Faith, Greek, Guide To The Bible, Hebrew, Hermann Zapf, History, Isaac Asimov, Latin, Learning, Philosophy, Roman Catholic, San Francisco Library, Stratified Sampling, The Holy Bible, Things A Computer Scientist Rarely Talks About, Very Highly Recommended Book on December 3, 2019| Leave a Comment »
“3:16 Bible Texts Illuminated” — book review | |
Today’s review is for “3:16 Bible Texts Illuminated” (1991©) written by Donald E. Knuth. Back in 2011, I read another book by Knuth, titled: “Things A Computer Scientist Rarely Talks About“. (Review here.) That book, was a discussion about the author’s faith and his prior book, which is being reviewed in this post. When I retired (in 2017), I was presented with an Amazon gift voucher, which I promised to “waste” on books, music or technology. In this case, part of it was used to buy this book (along with a number of other Knuth books). | |
To save everyone the time of reading my earlier review, basically, Knuth wanted to know if one can learn anything unique or unusual about the Bible by doing a stratified (but random) sampling / review of a particular Bible verse. In theory, if you have a sufficiently large sample to draw from, you can gain “some” knowledge about any topic by analyzing a random sample of the topic’s data. | |
Because Knuth was not sure this type of investigation would work for literature, Knuth chose a verse he knew would have at least one interesting data point: “Chapter 3 Verse 16”. The chapter and verse he was confident about was John Chapter 3: Verse 16 – “Yes, God loved the world so much that he gave his only child, so that all people with faith in him can escape destruction, and live forever.“ | |
The first problem Knuth encounters is that not all of the books of the Bible have 13 verses in their chapter 3. To get around this, he simply carried the sample forward the same number (count) of verses and take up wherever that left him. There were, however, a number of books which were simply to short to use even this method. In those instances, he simply chooses to drop the book. Knuth ends up with a sampling size of 59 verses. | |
The second issue was Knuth found scholars did not always (rarely, in fact) agree on what exactly was meant by the writings in the various Bible sources. Not only were the scholars interpretations differing, so were the texts across the various Bible versions. There was (is) even disagreement on if some source material is valid and / or should be included in the Bible. | |
In order to determine why this was happening, Knuth determined to read the Bibles in their original Hebrew / Aramaic and Greek / Latin. He could then present his own translations as he felt they should be interpreted. In addition, he felt he needed to translate the verses immediately before and after the target verse to ensure he was accurately relating context as well as the literal meaning. | |
The method of describing each of the 59 verses itself is interesting. Each verse is covered in four pages. Page one provides overall historic, geographic and character background information. The second page is devoted to a calligraphic representation of the verse. The final two pages are a word by word breakdown of the verse. In order to do this in a manner which makes sense, Knuth sometimes adds an analysis of the preceding or following verse(s). Just a word on the calligraphy. Knuth approached a friend who happened to be a world renowned typeface designer to assist with the book cover illustration. The friend (Hermann Zapf), in turn commissioned calligraphers from over 20 countries to provide the “illustration” pages. This calligraphy, in turn, became part of a formal exhibit which I believe is currently “owned” by the San Francisco Library. I don’t know if it (the entire exhibit) is ever shown publicly. I know it was back in 2011, but I was not able to go view it back then. My loss, I am sure. | |
So, is this book interesting? Is it entertaining? Is it enlightening? Yes. Yes, and Yes! I am a life-long Roman Catholic, but I have never read the Bible through cover to cover. I tried to a few years back, but had limited knowledge of the names and places and found it rather boring. I attempted to co-read Isaac Asimov’s “Guide To The Bible“, but even this was of limited value. I now think I just gave up too soon. Mea culpa. | |
Almost every chapter of this book explained something I didn’t know or fully appreciate about the book being covered in that chapter. Some were simple “interesting”. Some were “that never occurred to me”. And, some (a few) were “Wow! I’ve got to go back and read that!” Anytime I read a book which prompts me to read more or more in-depth, I am grateful to the author. (I’m still not sure if I’m weird that way…) In any case, I’m now more determined than ever to read more of Knuth’s books. | |
In this case: final recommendation – very highly recommended!! Even if you are not a Biblical scholar or particularly religious, this book will provide insight into one of the greatest books in all of literature. At less than 270 pages, this is a fast read and the calligraphy is truly beautiful. Two final notes: 1) in the afterward, Knuth wonders if his selection of “3:16” was not “influenced” and therefor not entirely random. His conclusion was, with further analysis, it may have been, but was not intentional. He adds, however, that he enjoyed the process so much he intends to use the methodology for further future study of other verses. And, 2) I’ve seen in various places this book was copyright in 1990. My version says 1991 and that’s the year I’m using above. | |
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On This Day In: | |
2018 | Happy 34th Anniversary, Hil!! |
2017 | Happy 33rd Anniversary, Hil!! |
2016 | Happy 32nd Anniversary, Hil!! |
2015 | Happy Anniversary Hil!! |
2014 | 30th Wedding Anniversary |
2013 | Number 29 (And Counting) |
2012 | Hammer ‘N Roses |
Happy Anniversary | |
2011 | I Can Hear It Now |