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The Purpose of Education #MLK

LC January 17, 2022 Occasions

This is taken from an article that Martin Luther King Jr. wrote for his college newspaper.

It seems to me that education has a two-fold function to perform in the life of man and in society: the one is utility and the other is culture. Education must enable a man to become more efficient, to achieve with increasing facility the legitimate goals of his life. Education must also train one for quick, resolute and effective thinking. To think incisively and to think for one’s self is very difficult. We are prone to let our mental life become invaded by legions of half-truths, prejudices, and propaganda. At this point, I often wonder whether or not education is fulfilling its purpose. A great majority of the so-called educated people do not think logically and scientifically. Even the press, the classroom, the platform, and the pulpit in many instances do not give us objective and unbiased truths. To save man from the morass of propaganda, in my opinion, is one of the chief aims of education. Education must enable one to sift and weigh evidence, to discern the true from the false, the real from the unreal, and the facts from the fiction. ~Martin Luther King Jr.

Monday Muddle: have, of

LC January 17, 2022 Monday Muddle

Monday Muddle: have: (verb) to own, possess, or hold; used as an auxiliary verb when forming compound tenses of verbs Used in: would have, could have, should have of: (preposition) expresses a relationship between a part and the whole; expresses origin; expresses a change in measurement or scale NOT used in: would have, could have, should have

Language Laughs

LC January 14, 2022 Language Laughs

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Thursday Thought #DesmondTutu

LC January 13, 2022 Thursday Thought

The silhouette of a woman in a cave looking up at sunlight streaming through a gap. Caption: Hope is being able to see that there is light despite all of the darkness. ~Desmond Tutu

Wednesday Writing

LC January 12, 2022 Wednesday Writing

Wednesday Writing Do you use a journal? If you use one, I would love to know what you use it for. Do you use it more as a diary or a planner? do you use it as a habit tracker--words written, books read, miles walked or run, food or water consumed? Do you start a new one at the beginning of the year? Or monthly? Quarterly?

Tuesday Two

LC January 11, 2022 Tuesday Two

Write a story with only two sentences. Use the photo for inspiration if you wish.

Photo by Dino Reichmuth on Unsplash.

A mustard-coloured Volkswagen van on a road in front of the tall red rock formations in Arches National Park.

Monday Muddle: essential, quintessential

LC January 10, 2022 Monday Muddle

Monday Muddle: essential: (adjective) absolutely necessary; vital; imperative; extremely important; (noun) something that is absolutely necessary, vital, imperative, or extremely important quintessential: (adjective) definitive; exemplary; representing a typical, or the best, example of something

Language Laughs

LC January 7, 2022 Language Laughs

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Thursday Thought #LCPlaunt

LC January 6, 2022 Thursday Thought

A woman writing in a notebook. Caption: Starting with something is better than doing nothing while waiting to do everything. ~LC Plaunt

Wednesday Writing

LC January 5, 2022 Wednesday Writing

What are your goals for 2022?