A lot of commentary recently on the nature of higher education. Here's one side of the debate.

http://mobile.nytimes.com/2016/02/24/opinion/dont-turn-away-from-the-art-of-life.html

Don't worry about all the crazy details and examples I use for the points I try to make!

Several students wondered if they needed to remember things about Proto Indo-European and such. Nope! I'm only interested in people seeing the big picture of my story. The stuff tonight was sort of about the underlying idea before the story even begins.

As a matter of fact, I think you guys will be the last students to hear the specific points I was trying to make tonight. I think they are just too theoretical, and I need to move into the meat of our class quicker next time.

I'll post the notes here later after I do some re-arranging as I'm moving stuff I didn't get to tonight to next week. Don't worry-- it's less theoretical and more "down to business" next week! :)

Hello Spring Semester!

Back to school! :)