what is education?
December 18, 2013
Every once in a while, I do conduct some random workshops (or training sessions if you will), pontificating on what fancies me at that moment.
And so, it was the turn of a few hapless fellow teaching-colleagues who were unfortunate enough to be part of the conscripted audience of a 2.5 hour talk (spread over two days – conducted a few weeks back) delivered by yours truly (of the I-Me-Myself fame).
I wanted to do the talk in Tamil – but that was not to be, because 1) Most of the audience was made up of fellow Tamils – so they wanted it in English 2) There were a few non-Tamils who of course wanted it in English.
Normally my talks (*gasp*) are just plain ol’ stand-up comedy types – but this time, it was done with a few handouts and all that paraphernalia. I even made a powerpoint presentation, O tempora, O mores! :-(
the universe within…
November 1, 2013
“Everything you’ve learned in school as ‘obvious’ becomes less and less obvious as you begin to study the universe. For example, there are no solids in the universe. There’s not even a suggestion of a solid. There are no absolute continuums. There are no surfaces. There are no straight lines.”
– R. Buckminster Fuller
On a particular day – a couple of years back or so, I had taken a walk rather late in the evening, with a child, to a nearby lake; this child had just begun ‘schooling’ – and was some 3 years of age – a very curious and an edible bundle at that – and was very chatty; it was constantly commenting on everything and anything and was forever asking questions rather incessantly… why, where, when, what, who and How — and most importantly Why NOTs? Read the rest of this entry »
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