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  1. #TannerGreer: "I’ll take a stab. The concept of the Great Books was invented in the 1910s and 1920s and is not some civilizational tradition as often claimed; the implicit version of western civilization it teaches is a false one, giving the Greeks too much credit and erasing the Germanic contribution wholesale;

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    #GreatBooks #critique

  2. #TannerGreer: "I’ll take a stab. The concept of the Great Books was invented in the 1910s and 1920s and is not some civilizational tradition as often claimed; the implicit version of western civilization it teaches is a false one, giving the Greeks too much credit and erasing the Germanic contribution wholesale;

    1/3

    #GreatBooks #critique

  3. #TannerGreer: "I’ll take a stab. The concept of the Great Books was invented in the 1910s and 1920s and is not some civilizational tradition as often claimed; the implicit version of western civilization it teaches is a false one, giving the Greeks too much credit and erasing the Germanic contribution wholesale;

    1/3

    #GreatBooks #critique

  4. #TannerGreer: "I’ll take a stab. The concept of the Great Books was invented in the 1910s and 1920s and is not some civilizational tradition as often claimed; the implicit version of western civilization it teaches is a false one, giving the Greeks too much credit and erasing the Germanic contribution wholesale;

    1/3

    #GreatBooks #critique

  5. #TannerGreer: "I’ll take a stab. The concept of the Great Books was invented in the 1910s and 1920s and is not some civilizational tradition as often claimed; the implicit version of western civilization it teaches is a false one, giving the Greeks too much credit and erasing the Germanic contribution wholesale;

    1/3

    #GreatBooks #critique

  6. So, the article was behind a paywall, but damn! More of this, please...!

    From the #ChronicleOfHigherEd - St. John’s College Is Weird. Maybe Yours Should Be More Like It.

    Its #GreatBooks approach is #anachronistic, and spreading

    By Beth McMurtrie

    "Seeking to understand the unique culture of learning that distinguishes St. John’s College, The Chronicle of Higher Education's Beth McMurtrie traveled to the Annapolis campus in January, where she watched 13 sophomores and two tutors gather around a table in McDowell Hall to discuss Dante's Purgatorio.

    "Tutor Emily Langston opened that evening's seminar by reading a passage about Dante seeking freedom, and then asked the room a deceptively simple question: In what sense is he free? And has his understanding of freedom changed?

    " 'The students opened their marked-up paperbacks, flipping pages as they considered the questions. There was not a laptop or a cell phone in sight. Then they began an increasingly rare activity on college campuses today. They discussed, for more than two hours, a complicated work and the deeper questions it presents.'

    "McMurtrie also spoke with multiple Johnnies and tutors, weaving their reflections throughout the resulting profile while exploring how the college's Great Books-based pedagogy has become a model for other institutions—and how a time-tested classical education can be revolutionary in modern times."

    More about #SaintJohns #GreatBooks #Curriculum

    St. John’s Reading List: A Great Books Curriculum

    "St. John’s College is best known for its reading list and the Great Books curriculum that was adopted in 1937. While the list of books has evolved over the last century, the tradition of all students reading foundational texts of Western civilization remains. The reading list at St. John’s includes classic works in #philosophy, #literature, political science, psychology, #history, religion, economics, math, chemistry, physics, biology, #astronomy, #music, #language, and more.

    To see the reading list organized by class year and subject matter, scroll down. Or view a simple list organized alphabetically by author. Learn more about classes at St. John’s and the subjects students study."

    sjc.edu/academic-programs/unde

    #ReadABook #NoSmartphones #Education #FoundationalTexts #ClassicalEducation #NoAI #AnapolisMD

  7. So, the article was behind a paywall, but damn! More of this, please...!

    From the #ChronicleOfHigherEd - St. John’s College Is Weird. Maybe Yours Should Be More Like It.

    Its #GreatBooks approach is #anachronistic, and spreading

    By Beth McMurtrie

    "Seeking to understand the unique culture of learning that distinguishes St. John’s College, The Chronicle of Higher Education's Beth McMurtrie traveled to the Annapolis campus in January, where she watched 13 sophomores and two tutors gather around a table in McDowell Hall to discuss Dante's Purgatorio.

    "Tutor Emily Langston opened that evening's seminar by reading a passage about Dante seeking freedom, and then asked the room a deceptively simple question: In what sense is he free? And has his understanding of freedom changed?

    " 'The students opened their marked-up paperbacks, flipping pages as they considered the questions. There was not a laptop or a cell phone in sight. Then they began an increasingly rare activity on college campuses today. They discussed, for more than two hours, a complicated work and the deeper questions it presents.'

    "McMurtrie also spoke with multiple Johnnies and tutors, weaving their reflections throughout the resulting profile while exploring how the college's Great Books-based pedagogy has become a model for other institutions—and how a time-tested classical education can be revolutionary in modern times."

    More about #SaintJohns #GreatBooks #Curriculum

    St. John’s Reading List: A Great Books Curriculum

    "St. John’s College is best known for its reading list and the Great Books curriculum that was adopted in 1937. While the list of books has evolved over the last century, the tradition of all students reading foundational texts of Western civilization remains. The reading list at St. John’s includes classic works in #philosophy, #literature, political science, psychology, #history, religion, economics, math, chemistry, physics, biology, #astronomy, #music, #language, and more.

    To see the reading list organized by class year and subject matter, scroll down. Or view a simple list organized alphabetically by author. Learn more about classes at St. John’s and the subjects students study."

    sjc.edu/academic-programs/unde

    #ReadABook #NoSmartphones #Education #FoundationalTexts #ClassicalEducation #NoAI #AnapolisMD

  8. So, the article was behind a paywall, but damn! More of this, please...!

    From the #ChronicleOfHigherEd - St. John’s College Is Weird. Maybe Yours Should Be More Like It.

    Its #GreatBooks approach is #anachronistic, and spreading

    By Beth McMurtrie

    "Seeking to understand the unique culture of learning that distinguishes St. John’s College, The Chronicle of Higher Education's Beth McMurtrie traveled to the Annapolis campus in January, where she watched 13 sophomores and two tutors gather around a table in McDowell Hall to discuss Dante's Purgatorio.

    "Tutor Emily Langston opened that evening's seminar by reading a passage about Dante seeking freedom, and then asked the room a deceptively simple question: In what sense is he free? And has his understanding of freedom changed?

    " 'The students opened their marked-up paperbacks, flipping pages as they considered the questions. There was not a laptop or a cell phone in sight. Then they began an increasingly rare activity on college campuses today. They discussed, for more than two hours, a complicated work and the deeper questions it presents.'

    "McMurtrie also spoke with multiple Johnnies and tutors, weaving their reflections throughout the resulting profile while exploring how the college's Great Books-based pedagogy has become a model for other institutions—and how a time-tested classical education can be revolutionary in modern times."

    More about #SaintJohns #GreatBooks #Curriculum

    St. John’s Reading List: A Great Books Curriculum

    "St. John’s College is best known for its reading list and the Great Books curriculum that was adopted in 1937. While the list of books has evolved over the last century, the tradition of all students reading foundational texts of Western civilization remains. The reading list at St. John’s includes classic works in #philosophy, #literature, political science, psychology, #history, religion, economics, math, chemistry, physics, biology, #astronomy, #music, #language, and more.

    To see the reading list organized by class year and subject matter, scroll down. Or view a simple list organized alphabetically by author. Learn more about classes at St. John’s and the subjects students study."

    sjc.edu/academic-programs/unde

    #ReadABook #NoSmartphones #Education #FoundationalTexts #ClassicalEducation #NoAI #AnapolisMD

  9. So, the article was behind a paywall, but damn! More of this, please...!

    From the #ChronicleOfHigherEd - St. John’s College Is Weird. Maybe Yours Should Be More Like It.

    Its #GreatBooks approach is #anachronistic, and spreading

    By Beth McMurtrie

    "Seeking to understand the unique culture of learning that distinguishes St. John’s College, The Chronicle of Higher Education's Beth McMurtrie traveled to the Annapolis campus in January, where she watched 13 sophomores and two tutors gather around a table in McDowell Hall to discuss Dante's Purgatorio.

    "Tutor Emily Langston opened that evening's seminar by reading a passage about Dante seeking freedom, and then asked the room a deceptively simple question: In what sense is he free? And has his understanding of freedom changed?

    " 'The students opened their marked-up paperbacks, flipping pages as they considered the questions. There was not a laptop or a cell phone in sight. Then they began an increasingly rare activity on college campuses today. They discussed, for more than two hours, a complicated work and the deeper questions it presents.'

    "McMurtrie also spoke with multiple Johnnies and tutors, weaving their reflections throughout the resulting profile while exploring how the college's Great Books-based pedagogy has become a model for other institutions—and how a time-tested classical education can be revolutionary in modern times."

    More about #SaintJohns #GreatBooks #Curriculum

    St. John’s Reading List: A Great Books Curriculum

    "St. John’s College is best known for its reading list and the Great Books curriculum that was adopted in 1937. While the list of books has evolved over the last century, the tradition of all students reading foundational texts of Western civilization remains. The reading list at St. John’s includes classic works in #philosophy, #literature, political science, psychology, #history, religion, economics, math, chemistry, physics, biology, #astronomy, #music, #language, and more.

    To see the reading list organized by class year and subject matter, scroll down. Or view a simple list organized alphabetically by author. Learn more about classes at St. John’s and the subjects students study."

    sjc.edu/academic-programs/unde

    #ReadABook #NoSmartphones #Education #FoundationalTexts #ClassicalEducation #NoAI #AnapolisMD

  10. So, the article was behind a paywall, but damn! More of this, please...!

    From the #ChronicleOfHigherEd - St. John’s College Is Weird. Maybe Yours Should Be More Like It.

    Its #GreatBooks approach is #anachronistic, and spreading

    By Beth McMurtrie

    "Seeking to understand the unique culture of learning that distinguishes St. John’s College, The Chronicle of Higher Education's Beth McMurtrie traveled to the Annapolis campus in January, where she watched 13 sophomores and two tutors gather around a table in McDowell Hall to discuss Dante's Purgatorio.

    "Tutor Emily Langston opened that evening's seminar by reading a passage about Dante seeking freedom, and then asked the room a deceptively simple question: In what sense is he free? And has his understanding of freedom changed?

    " 'The students opened their marked-up paperbacks, flipping pages as they considered the questions. There was not a laptop or a cell phone in sight. Then they began an increasingly rare activity on college campuses today. They discussed, for more than two hours, a complicated work and the deeper questions it presents.'

    "McMurtrie also spoke with multiple Johnnies and tutors, weaving their reflections throughout the resulting profile while exploring how the college's Great Books-based pedagogy has become a model for other institutions—and how a time-tested classical education can be revolutionary in modern times."

    More about #SaintJohns #GreatBooks #Curriculum

    St. John’s Reading List: A Great Books Curriculum

    "St. John’s College is best known for its reading list and the Great Books curriculum that was adopted in 1937. While the list of books has evolved over the last century, the tradition of all students reading foundational texts of Western civilization remains. The reading list at St. John’s includes classic works in #philosophy, #literature, political science, psychology, #history, religion, economics, math, chemistry, physics, biology, #astronomy, #music, #language, and more.

    To see the reading list organized by class year and subject matter, scroll down. Or view a simple list organized alphabetically by author. Learn more about classes at St. John’s and the subjects students study."

    sjc.edu/academic-programs/unde

    #ReadABook #NoSmartphones #Education #FoundationalTexts #ClassicalEducation #NoAI #AnapolisMD

  11. Someone at SNL has been reading @scalzi , they slipped some dairy disaster into a Kaiju skit, but no criminal empires with or without cats

    Maybe the dolphins in the Weekend Update ...

    youtube.com/watch?v=fiP4ToScyF0

    #SNL #GreatBooks #Godzilla

  12. Someone at SNL has been reading @scalzi , they slipped some dairy disaster into a Kaiju skit, but no criminal empires with or without cats

    Maybe the dolphins in the Weekend Update ...

    youtube.com/watch?v=fiP4ToScyF0

    #SNL #GreatBooks #Godzilla

  13. Someone at SNL has been reading @scalzi , they slipped some dairy disaster into a Kaiju skit, but no criminal empires with or without cats

    Maybe the dolphins in the Weekend Update ...

    youtube.com/watch?v=fiP4ToScyF0

    #SNL #GreatBooks #Godzilla

  14. Someone at SNL has been reading @scalzi , they slipped some dairy disaster into a Kaiju skit, but no criminal empires with or without cats

    Maybe the dolphins in the Weekend Update ...

    youtube.com/watch?v=fiP4ToScyF0

    #SNL #GreatBooks #Godzilla

  15. Someone at SNL has been reading @scalzi , they slipped some dairy disaster into a Kaiju skit, but no criminal empires with or without cats

    Maybe the dolphins in the Weekend Update ...

    youtube.com/watch?v=fiP4ToScyF0

    #SNL #GreatBooks #Godzilla

  16. youtube.com/watch?v=K86uKcbc__E

    In this deep dive, AI breaks down the "Physics of Opposites" that drives the narrative of Fyodor Dostoevsky’s The Idiot. At its heart, the novel is a collision between the Christ-like innocence of Prince Myshkin and the destructive, earthly passions of Rogozhin and Nastasya Filippovna.

    #Dostoevsky #TheIdiot #ClassicLiterature #BookAnalysis #RussianLit #Philosophy #PrinceMyshkin #LiteraryCriticism #BookTube #GreatBooks #Existentialism #LiteratureDeepDive

  17. youtube.com/watch?v=K86uKcbc__E

    In this deep dive, AI breaks down the "Physics of Opposites" that drives the narrative of Fyodor Dostoevsky’s The Idiot. At its heart, the novel is a collision between the Christ-like innocence of Prince Myshkin and the destructive, earthly passions of Rogozhin and Nastasya Filippovna.

    #Dostoevsky #TheIdiot #ClassicLiterature #BookAnalysis #RussianLit #Philosophy #PrinceMyshkin #LiteraryCriticism #BookTube #GreatBooks #Existentialism #LiteratureDeepDive

  18. youtube.com/watch?v=K86uKcbc__E

    In this deep dive, AI breaks down the "Physics of Opposites" that drives the narrative of Fyodor Dostoevsky’s The Idiot. At its heart, the novel is a collision between the Christ-like innocence of Prince Myshkin and the destructive, earthly passions of Rogozhin and Nastasya Filippovna.

    #Dostoevsky #TheIdiot #ClassicLiterature #BookAnalysis #RussianLit #Philosophy #PrinceMyshkin #LiteraryCriticism #BookTube #GreatBooks #Existentialism #LiteratureDeepDive

  19. youtube.com/watch?v=K86uKcbc__E

    In this deep dive, AI breaks down the "Physics of Opposites" that drives the narrative of Fyodor Dostoevsky’s The Idiot. At its heart, the novel is a collision between the Christ-like innocence of Prince Myshkin and the destructive, earthly passions of Rogozhin and Nastasya Filippovna.

    #Dostoevsky #TheIdiot #ClassicLiterature #BookAnalysis #RussianLit #Philosophy #PrinceMyshkin #LiteraryCriticism #BookTube #GreatBooks #Existentialism #LiteratureDeepDive

  20. youtube.com/watch?v=K86uKcbc__E

    In this deep dive, AI breaks down the "Physics of Opposites" that drives the narrative of Fyodor Dostoevsky’s The Idiot. At its heart, the novel is a collision between the Christ-like innocence of Prince Myshkin and the destructive, earthly passions of Rogozhin and Nastasya Filippovna.

    #Dostoevsky #TheIdiot #ClassicLiterature #BookAnalysis #RussianLit #Philosophy #PrinceMyshkin #LiteraryCriticism #BookTube #GreatBooks #Existentialism #LiteratureDeepDive

  21. 25 Modern Classics That’ll Actually Wreck You (In the Best Way)

    25 modern classic books that belong on every reading list, from gut-punch literary fiction to genre-bending thrillers. Cormac McCarthy, Zadie Smith, Gillian Flynn, and more. These aren't dusty assignments, they're the books people are still talking about. Here's your no-BS guide to what's actually worth reading.

    findsbydavidblog.wordpress.com

  22. 25 Modern Classics That’ll Actually Wreck You (In the Best Way)

    25 modern classic books that belong on every reading list, from gut-punch literary fiction to genre-bending thrillers. Cormac McCarthy, Zadie Smith, Gillian Flynn, and more. These aren't dusty assignments, they're the books people are still talking about. Here's your no-BS guide to what's actually worth reading.

    findsbydavidblog.wordpress.com

  23. 25 Modern Classics That’ll Actually Wreck You (In the Best Way)

    25 modern classic books that belong on every reading list, from gut-punch literary fiction to genre-bending thrillers. Cormac McCarthy, Zadie Smith, Gillian Flynn, and more. These aren't dusty assignments, they're the books people are still talking about. Here's your no-BS guide to what's actually worth reading.

    findsbydavidblog.wordpress.com

  24. 25 Modern Classics That’ll Actually Wreck You (In the Best Way)

    25 modern classic books that belong on every reading list, from gut-punch literary fiction to genre-bending thrillers. Cormac McCarthy, Zadie Smith, Gillian Flynn, and more. These aren't dusty assignments, they're the books people are still talking about. Here's your no-BS guide to what's actually worth reading.

    findsbydavidblog.wordpress.com

  25. 25 Modern Classics That’ll Actually Wreck You (In the Best Way)

    25 modern classic books that belong on every reading list, from gut-punch literary fiction to genre-bending thrillers. Cormac McCarthy, Zadie Smith, Gillian Flynn, and more. These aren't dusty assignments, they're the books people are still talking about. Here's your no-BS guide to what's actually worth reading.

    findsbydavidblog.wordpress.com

  26. Visiting Limerick this week? Don’t miss one of Ireland’s most charming independent bookstores—Quay Books, located at 11 Sarsfield Street, Limerick (V94 K330). Browse a curated selection of our best titles online at www.quaybooksstore.com
    #quaybooks #limerickbookstores #sarsfieldstreet #strandhotel #savoyhotel #greatbooks #limerick #limerickarts #sarsfieldbridge #lovebooks
    Quay Books doffing our cap to Irene Papas, to The Rapsodies - a Dutch group from Sprundel, Noord-Brabant - and others

  27. "If one bird carried every grain of sand, grain by grain, across the ocean, by the time he got them all on the other side, that would only be the beginning of eternity. So blow your nose."
    --Truman Capote, "In Cold Blood"

    #GreatBooks
    #bookstodon
    #Quotes

  28. "If one bird carried every grain of sand, grain by grain, across the ocean, by the time he got them all on the other side, that would only be the beginning of eternity. So blow your nose."
    --Truman Capote, "In Cold Blood"

    #GreatBooks
    #bookstodon
    #Quotes

  29. "If one bird carried every grain of sand, grain by grain, across the ocean, by the time he got them all on the other side, that would only be the beginning of eternity. So blow your nose."
    --Truman Capote, "In Cold Blood"

    #GreatBooks
    #bookstodon
    #Quotes

  30. "If one bird carried every grain of sand, grain by grain, across the ocean, by the time he got them all on the other side, that would only be the beginning of eternity. So blow your nose."
    --Truman Capote, "In Cold Blood"

    #GreatBooks
    #bookstodon
    #Quotes

  31. "If one bird carried every grain of sand, grain by grain, across the ocean, by the time he got them all on the other side, that would only be the beginning of eternity. So blow your nose."
    --Truman Capote, "In Cold Blood"

    #GreatBooks
    #bookstodon
    #Quotes

  32. If It’s Such Great Literature, Why Does It Only Have 3.5 Stars?

    "Do “mediocre” Goodreads ratings represent a lukewarm response to some titles, or reflect a readership passionately divided into polarised factions?"

    #SciComm by @grrlscientist

    #Literature #ClassicLit #GreatBooks #LiteraryCriticism #GoodReads #Ratings #Books grrlscientist.medium.com/about

  33. If It’s Such Great Literature, Why Does It Only Have 3.5 Stars?

    "Do “mediocre” Goodreads ratings represent a lukewarm response to some titles, or reflect a readership passionately divided into polarised factions?"

    #SciComm by @grrlscientist

    #Literature #ClassicLit #GreatBooks #LiteraryCriticism #GoodReads #Ratings #Books grrlscientist.medium.com/about

  34. If It’s Such Great Literature, Why Does It Only Have 3.5 Stars?

    "Do “mediocre” Goodreads ratings represent a lukewarm response to some titles, or reflect a readership passionately divided into polarised factions?"

    #SciComm by @grrlscientist

    #Literature #ClassicLit #GreatBooks #LiteraryCriticism #GoodReads #Ratings #Books grrlscientist.medium.com/about

  35. If It’s Such Great Literature, Why Does It Only Have 3.5 Stars?

    "Do “mediocre” Goodreads ratings represent a lukewarm response to some titles, or reflect a readership passionately divided into polarised factions?"

    #SciComm by @grrlscientist

    #Literature #ClassicLit #GreatBooks #LiteraryCriticism #GoodReads #Ratings #Books grrlscientist.medium.com/about

  36. If It’s Such Great Literature, Why Does It Only Have 3.5 Stars?

    "Do “mediocre” Goodreads ratings represent a lukewarm response to some titles, or reflect a readership passionately divided into polarised factions?"

    #SciComm by @grrlscientist

    #Literature #ClassicLit #GreatBooks #LiteraryCriticism #GoodReads #Ratings #Books grrlscientist.medium.com/about

  37. If It’s Such Great Literature, Why Does It Only Have 3.5 Stars?

    "Do “mediocre” Goodreads ratings represent a lukewarm response to some titles, or reflect a readership passionately divided into polarised factions?"

    #SciComm by @GrrlScientist

    #Literature #ClassicLit #GreatBooks #LiteraryCriticism #GoodReads #Ratings #Books grrlscientist.medium.com/about

  38. If It’s Such Great Literature, Why Does It Only Have 3.5 Stars?

    "Do “mediocre” Goodreads ratings represent a lukewarm response to some titles, or reflect a readership passionately divided into polarised factions?"

    #SciComm by @GrrlScientist

    #Literature #ClassicLit #GreatBooks #LiteraryCriticism #GoodReads #Ratings #Books grrlscientist.medium.com/about

  39. If It’s Such Great Literature, Why Does It Only Have 3.5 Stars?

    "Do “mediocre” Goodreads ratings represent a lukewarm response to some titles, or reflect a readership passionately divided into polarised factions?"

    #SciComm by @GrrlScientist

    #Literature #ClassicLit #GreatBooks #LiteraryCriticism #GoodReads #Ratings #Books grrlscientist.medium.com/about

  40. If It’s Such Great Literature, Why Does It Only Have 3.5 Stars?

    "Do “mediocre” Goodreads ratings represent a lukewarm response to some titles, or reflect a readership passionately divided into polarised factions?"

    #SciComm by @GrrlScientist

    #Literature #ClassicLit #GreatBooks #LiteraryCriticism #GoodReads #Ratings #Books grrlscientist.medium.com/about

  41. If It’s Such Great Literature, Why Does It Only Have 3.5 Stars?

    "Do “mediocre” Goodreads ratings represent a lukewarm response to some titles, or reflect a readership passionately divided into polarised factions?"

    #SciComm by @GrrlScientist

    #Literature #ClassicLit #GreatBooks #LiteraryCriticism #GoodReads #Ratings #Books grrlscientist.medium.com/about

  42. If It’s Such Great Literature, Why Does It Only Have 3.5 Stars?

    "Do “mediocre” Goodreads ratings represent a lukewarm response to some titles, or reflect a readership passionately divided into polarised factions?"

    #SciComm by @grrlscientist

    #Literature #ClassicLit #GreatBooks #LiteraryCriticism #GoodReads #Ratings #Books grrlscientist.medium.com/about

  43. If It’s Such Great Literature, Why Does It Only Have 3.5 Stars?

    "Do “mediocre” Goodreads ratings represent a lukewarm response to some titles, or reflect a readership passionately divided into polarised factions?"

    #SciComm by @grrlscientist

    #Literature #ClassicLit #GreatBooks #LiteraryCriticism #GoodReads #Ratings #Books grrlscientist.medium.com/about

  44. If It’s Such Great Literature, Why Does It Only Have 3.5 Stars?

    "Do “mediocre” Goodreads ratings represent a lukewarm response to some titles, or reflect a readership passionately divided into polarised factions?"

    #SciComm by @grrlscientist

    #Literature #ClassicLit #GreatBooks #LiteraryCriticism #GoodReads #Ratings #Books grrlscientist.medium.com/about

  45. If It’s Such Great Literature, Why Does It Only Have 3.5 Stars?

    "Do “mediocre” Goodreads ratings represent a lukewarm response to some titles, or reflect a readership passionately divided into polarised factions?"

    #SciComm by @grrlscientist

    #Literature #ClassicLit #GreatBooks #LiteraryCriticism #GoodReads #Ratings #Books grrlscientist.medium.com/about

  46. If It’s Such Great Literature, Why Does It Only Have 3.5 Stars?

    "Do “mediocre” Goodreads ratings represent a lukewarm response to some titles, or reflect a readership passionately divided into polarised factions?"

    #SciComm by @grrlscientist

    #Literature #ClassicLit #GreatBooks #LiteraryCriticism #GoodReads #Ratings #Books grrlscientist.medium.com/about

  47. >> The notion that students should mainly be acquiring “skills” or “competencies,” so prevalent in high-level discussions of education policy and in ranking school systems, rings hollow to anyone who has ever cared enough to become a teacher: one teaches because one has fallen in love and, like any lover, one wants to shout it from the rooftops, because in loving something we come to see that it is good, that it is something a person should want for themselves. <<

    thepointmag.com/examined-life/

    #Education #HigherEducation #LiberalEducation #GreatBooks

  48. >> The notion that students should mainly be acquiring “skills” or “competencies,” so prevalent in high-level discussions of education policy and in ranking school systems, rings hollow to anyone who has ever cared enough to become a teacher: one teaches because one has fallen in love and, like any lover, one wants to shout it from the rooftops, because in loving something we come to see that it is good, that it is something a person should want for themselves. <<

    thepointmag.com/examined-life/

    #Education #HigherEducation #LiberalEducation #GreatBooks

  49. >> The notion that students should mainly be acquiring “skills” or “competencies,” so prevalent in high-level discussions of education policy and in ranking school systems, rings hollow to anyone who has ever cared enough to become a teacher: one teaches because one has fallen in love and, like any lover, one wants to shout it from the rooftops, because in loving something we come to see that it is good, that it is something a person should want for themselves. <<

    thepointmag.com/examined-life/

    #Education #HigherEducation #LiberalEducation #GreatBooks

  50. >> The notion that students should mainly be acquiring “skills” or “competencies,” so prevalent in high-level discussions of education policy and in ranking school systems, rings hollow to anyone who has ever cared enough to become a teacher: one teaches because one has fallen in love and, like any lover, one wants to shout it from the rooftops, because in loving something we come to see that it is good, that it is something a person should want for themselves. <<

    thepointmag.com/examined-life/

    #Education #HigherEducation #LiberalEducation #GreatBooks

  51. >> The notion that students should mainly be acquiring “skills” or “competencies,” so prevalent in high-level discussions of education policy and in ranking school systems, rings hollow to anyone who has ever cared enough to become a teacher: one teaches because one has fallen in love and, like any lover, one wants to shout it from the rooftops, because in loving something we come to see that it is good, that it is something a person should want for themselves. <<

    thepointmag.com/examined-life/

    #Education #HigherEducation #LiberalEducation #GreatBooks