tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534665086749553287.post2322108855771526281..comments2024-03-28T11:57:21.902-04:00Comments on CURMUDGUCATION: Charter Party of the Year: The Tweet ReportPeter Greenehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16511193640285760299noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534665086749553287.post-70747086244003304602014-07-02T09:39:01.942-04:002014-07-02T09:39:01.942-04:00Peter,
Your resolve to use Newkirk's "mys...Peter,<br />Your resolve to use Newkirk's "mystification" reminds me of the power of Jacquez Barzun's diction as he argued, seemingly constantly, against the malevolent ignorance of previous ('50's, 70's. 90's) reformster assaults on our once-proud public education system.<br /><br />There is of course much more to recommend than Barzun's selection and use of words. His classical ideas about teaching and learning, bent to the realities of appropriate child development, and to what's reasonable ot expect of work in public education, compel on their own merit. However, "verbal inflation," "pre-posterism," and perhaps most Greene-y, "educationists," are among the sharpest rhetorical barbs that Barzun used to hook my interest in his arguments. <br /><br />Perhaps for your trip to Seattle you could get a copy of Barzun's "Begin Here:The Forgotten Conditions of Teaching and Learning," to find some additional words to exercise as you continue to fight in this century what Barzun fought in the last half of the 20th.<br /><br />I applaud your work.<br />Jerry Masters <br />PS-Godspeed as you travel.<br /><br /><br /> Jerry Mastershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02434978785014432120noreply@blogger.com