Cultural Whiplash

Philosophy is a necessary replacement for polytheism in a monotheistic setting. This is because all of the aspects of humanity assigned to multiple gods require much deeper thinking than the dualistic thinking that becomes more common with monotheism. In essence, the transition from multiple gods (with multiple human characteristics to be considered) to a single God (relatively inhuman and ideal, who only gave humanity its form, not its characteristics) may have changed thinking from multiplistic to dualistic for many generations. Note: As a concession to the human nature of humanity, God gave us Jesus (from the Christian perspective), who was entirely human yet miraculous and ideal (just how entirely human isn't really mentioned, and such writings have been excluded from the bible). In order to maintain deeper and broader thinking on multiple levels and of multiple viewpoints (humanistic) we have to maintain philosophy as a higher order of thinking which is necessary in higher...

My research of MA 2020 Reform initiative as well as of the Reform Leader William T. Harris can be found at the following links. MA 2020 Reform: http://curriculumreform.wikispaces.com/Massachusetts+Reform+2020 William Torrey Harris: http://curriculumreform.wikispaces.com/William+Torrey+Harris+Reform+Leader

Multilingual World In many English teaching and learning literature and philosophy there are considered to be four or five important skills associated with learning English effectively. I disagree completely with this, and see it as a narrow conception promoted solely within the discipline of English or the discipline of Linguistics, or even as something of an educational hangover from the formative years of teaching English in the United States (and perhaps other countries). I actually see the situation as more hierarchical. Communication comes first, followed by Communication in English. Communication in English includes Nonverbal Communication, Conversation, Reading, and Writing. Following these, we have component skills of Conversation, which are Listening, Thinking, Speaking, and Lexicon. Nonverbal English Communication is also covered by the VR System, but would consist of a type of “listening” (any sense other than ears), Thinking, and a type of “speaking (body language,...