As A Planet, We Are At Risk

By Nature, I Am Not An Optimist, Though I Try To Act As If I Am.

I Think That Every Educator, Indeed Every Human Being, Is Concerned With What Is True And What Is Not; What Experiences To Cherish And Which Ones To Avoid; And How Best To Relate To Other Human Beings. We Differ In How Conscious We Are Of These Questions; How Reflective We Are About Our Own Stances; Whether We Are Aware Of How These Human Virtues Are Threatened By Critiques (philosophical, Cultural) And By Technologies (chiefly The Digital Media). A Good Educator Should Help Us All To Navigate Our Way In This Tangled Web Of Virtues.

Education Is At A Turning Point

The Biggest Communities In Which Young People Now Reside Are Online Communities.

Intelligences Are Enhanced When A Person Is Engaged In Activities That Involve The Exercise Of That Intelligence. It Helps To Have Good Teachers, Ample Resources, And Personal Motivation. Anyone Can Improve Any Intelligence; But It Is Easier To Improve The Intelligence If Those Factors Are Available And If You Have High Potential In That Intelligence.