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...also a time when hundreds were burned at the stake because people thought they were witches. I would come across strange little details, and I don’t know how much people believed in them or not, but for example, in the Renaissance people had this expectation that children had the potential to be magical creatures, and that was something I was really interested in.THC: You’ve said that during your time at Harvard you read many books that were so beautiful you “cried and laughed and raged.” What were some...
...Tatar is considering developing either a Greek and Roman mythology class or a world mythology class to supplement the current offerings.“We don’t really have a course in Greek and Roman mythology, especially for freshman who read those stories as children,” Tatar said.The world mythology class would be a broader year-long survey taught on a rotating basis by a set of colleagues specializing in myths from different parts of the world.Its introduction would be an appropriate one for this imaginative community.“Our students are a mirror image...
...resignation to predicted intellectual decline that others have been so quick to express. As such, the story in this Sunday’s The New York Times that suggested that many members of the American educational establishment are cautiously optimistic about the role of interactive games in teaching young children to read, was for the most part a heartening piece of news. Parents and teachers should indeed at times allow a child’s interests—even if they are in video games and movies—to work to their own educational benefit. In the Times report...
...Goals (MDGs), eight objectives to advance human welfare, “from halving extreme poverty to halting the spread of HIV/AIDS,” by 2015. Also among the targets were the establishment of universal primary education and reduction of maternal mortality rates. At present rates, with 75 million children lacking schooling and one mother dying in childbirth each minute, these two targets will not even be achieved by 2100, according to British prime minister Gordon Brown...
...Other nation-states understand the consequences of not lending a hand. At the Assembly last week, China initialized programs to promote clean energy in Africa and Saudi Arabia committed $500 million to enroll 24 million children in primary school. The U.S. only pledged a paltry $61 million over five years, despite the fact that the interconnectedness and global character of all the present crises is becoming painfully apparent. Irony is everywhere. If you think the cash for a $700 billion dollar bailout is coming from taxpayers during an election year, think again: It’s coming from Beijing?...