Comments on: 2009 Should Be More Like 1984 http://shaunkenney.com/index.php/2009/04/2009-should-be-more-like-1984/ Politics & Religion in Virginia's Public Square Fri, 03 Sep 2010 14:14:27 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Timothy Watson http://shaunkenney.com/index.php/2009/04/2009-should-be-more-like-1984/comment-page-1/#comment-4013 Timothy Watson Sun, 03 May 2009 08:24:54 +0000 http://shaunkenney.com/?p=3463#comment-4013 And I have read 1984 (class assignment) and Animal Farm (voluntarily). And I have read 1984 (class assignment) and Animal Farm (voluntarily).

]]> By: Timothy Watson http://shaunkenney.com/index.php/2009/04/2009-should-be-more-like-1984/comment-page-1/#comment-4012 Timothy Watson Sun, 03 May 2009 08:23:19 +0000 http://shaunkenney.com/?p=3463#comment-4012 Whoops, missed that you mentioned Tom Clancy. :) Whoops, missed that you mentioned Tom Clancy. :)

]]> By: Timothy Watson http://shaunkenney.com/index.php/2009/04/2009-should-be-more-like-1984/comment-page-1/#comment-4011 Timothy Watson Sun, 03 May 2009 08:18:29 +0000 http://shaunkenney.com/?p=3463#comment-4011 *Shifty look* Does Tom Clancy count? Star Wars novels? Uh...military history (e.g., Black Hawk Down)? *Shifty look* Does Tom Clancy count?

Star Wars novels?

Uh…military history (e.g., Black Hawk Down)?

]]> By: Shaun Kenney http://shaunkenney.com/index.php/2009/04/2009-should-be-more-like-1984/comment-page-1/#comment-3996 Shaun Kenney Sun, 26 Apr 2009 04:50:58 +0000 http://shaunkenney.com/?p=3463#comment-3996 It's amazing to think of what used to pass for an education in America. Just look back at the era of the Founding Fathers, or even as recently as 50 years ago in most private and parochial schools. Fascinating stuff -- and we're cheating ourselves of the experience. It’s amazing to think of what used to pass for an education in America. Just look back at the era of the Founding Fathers, or even as recently as 50 years ago in most private and parochial schools. Fascinating stuff — and we’re cheating ourselves of the experience.

]]> By: Willie Deutsch http://shaunkenney.com/index.php/2009/04/2009-should-be-more-like-1984/comment-page-1/#comment-3994 Willie Deutsch Sat, 25 Apr 2009 16:52:32 +0000 http://shaunkenney.com/?p=3463#comment-3994 Excellent post. I was reading Homer, Plato, and Virgil in highschool to name a few. If you only have to read what you already enjoy, are you really growing and learning? In early America people could speak a dead language by 8 now we think it is too much to ask them to read an English translation of an ancient book by 12th grade. Why are we surprised that modern Americans aren't serious thinkers? Excellent post. I was reading Homer, Plato, and Virgil in highschool to name a few. If you only have to read what you already enjoy, are you really growing and learning? In early America people could speak a dead language by 8 now we think it is too much to ask them to read an English translation of an ancient book by 12th grade. Why are we surprised that modern Americans aren’t serious thinkers?

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