As far as Middle-earth and our world are concerned, Hobbits are uneducated. They are the personification of country-bumpkins, with little or no knowledge of math and science (outside of what is required for farming and marketing), literature (save their own tales and ditties), or history. Yet in both The Hobbit and The Lord of the … Continue reading Courage in Spite of Ignorance
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The True Definition of Education
When the twenty-first century uses the word education, they mean “schooling”: the study of math, writing, science, etc. But what does education actually mean? Or, perhaps, what should education mean? Education stems from the Latin verb educare. In the Roman world, educare did not refer to school as it is seen now. It was used … Continue reading The True Definition of Education
