And long before the Civil War we had rigidly colonialist European Corporations running the show. While studying family history I found so many great great??? Grandfathers in East India Company etc it’s sometimes overwhelming to my psyche. This madness must stop here. The buck, as they say, stops with us. We fail to stop it and our childr…
And long before the Civil War we had rigidly colonialist European Corporations running the show. While studying family history I found so many great great??? Grandfathers in East India Company etc it’s sometimes overwhelming to my psyche. This madness must stop here. The buck, as they say, stops with us. We fail to stop it and our children, grandchildren will suffer unimaginably. As Bob Dylan said - “I Think it must be up to me.”
Or as my seven year old grandson asked yesterday as we discussed imagination as applied to the video games he loves and alternatively to reality. “Are you telling me that everything we see is from our imagination?” This followed a long discussion as to where the plutonium he employs online to build his game monster came from & how architecture springs from imagination to the real world. Plutonium of course springs from a long process but first occurs naturally. This instigated a long discussion about the source of chemical & mineral constituents resulting from geochemical and stellar processes. We pointed out that he himself was made of “stardust”. This appeared to reassure him.
And yes, the essence of education is of course conversation. We treasure each opportunity to engage this way and love how our 7 yr old grandsons move so deftly between virtual and reality. Whether it's about football strategy, power over adults, drumming, or philosophical topics they fire zingers. They use the word "Actually" to begin every statement.
And long before the Civil War we had rigidly colonialist European Corporations running the show. While studying family history I found so many great great??? Grandfathers in East India Company etc it’s sometimes overwhelming to my psyche. This madness must stop here. The buck, as they say, stops with us. We fail to stop it and our children, grandchildren will suffer unimaginably. As Bob Dylan said - “I Think it must be up to me.”
Or as my seven year old grandson asked yesterday as we discussed imagination as applied to the video games he loves and alternatively to reality. “Are you telling me that everything we see is from our imagination?” This followed a long discussion as to where the plutonium he employs online to build his game monster came from & how architecture springs from imagination to the real world. Plutonium of course springs from a long process but first occurs naturally. This instigated a long discussion about the source of chemical & mineral constituents resulting from geochemical and stellar processes. We pointed out that he himself was made of “stardust”. This appeared to reassure him.
Yup about history, the corporation, and the East India Company - a long and very wild history; which, as you know, ain't over yet.
Sounds like a superb conversation with your grandson. He learned all that from conversation; not from virtual realities.
What is the essence of education but conversation?
Yes indeedy - it's far from over as yet, lol.
And yes, the essence of education is of course conversation. We treasure each opportunity to engage this way and love how our 7 yr old grandsons move so deftly between virtual and reality. Whether it's about football strategy, power over adults, drumming, or philosophical topics they fire zingers. They use the word "Actually" to begin every statement.
Lovely. I need not tell you how fortunate you are. Thanks!
Yes, and we stay grounded in gratitude. Their parents however are always in a state about the two warring wizards.
Yes, that's the key. "Gratitude is happiness doubled by wonder."
We're trying our best to stay grounded too; and to not get sucked up into the psychosis vortex along with nearly everyone else.
Your grandson surely picks up on that (the parents being in a "state") - but you can be his grounding rod!
We certainly try. Lots of complex emotions in families. Like everyone we do our fair share of complaining, lol.