Word: comprehend
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...understand to some extent the exodus and the reasons you ascribe for it. I cannot comprehend the utter rejection of the ancient church in bitterness by those who formerly served it. It's almost like renouncing one's mother just because she's a bit behind the times...
...Angeles, San Francisco, Chicago, Washington and Boston interviewed physicians, psychiatrists, criminologists and sociologists. Perhaps the most revealing part of the task was talking with youngsters about their experiences with "smack," "horse," or "the big H"-and persuading parents to tell their side of a horror they hardly begin to comprehend. In San Francisco, Reporter Chris Andersen found the problem frighteningly close to home when a good friend was able to summon "a talkative, nonrepentant heroin addict." For Chicago's Sam Iker, it became "a crash education -perhaps too much to take in one massive dose...
...throughout. All Jones can do, it seems, is react to him, and the results are often ambiguous. For instance, while he accepts Bruner's charge that education equip the young to cope with an ever more-intricate technological world, Jones is "more impressed with modern man's need to comprehend and master what is now his tool of tools-himself." His overriding concern, remember, is to have the child "imbue curricular issues with personal significance." The teacher's job is to facilitate that process in various ways. Jones, then, expects young human beings to gain comprehensive and mastery of themselves...
...Klee or by an artist from the Roman Empire, when mixed with this group abandons its specific place and date in history. Exhibited together as examples of the world's art all artists are placed on the same footing. Though few of the artists speak the same language, or comprehend each other's style, their works as a group assume a common excellence of design and idea...
...delighted to see your article on "Man: A Course of Study" [Jan. 19]. As a teacher, I am deeply committed to the program, because I thrill every day to the experiences, feelings and responses my children and I share. If we adults could but begin to comprehend the nature of man as they...