I was going by rickshaw the other night, when I looked up and saw – The Red Planet! To the east, it shone like a red star, but it wasn't Antares.
This is a great opportunity to see the Red Planet in its glory: it is almost as bright as Jupiter.
Of course, it isn't as bright as it was in 2003, when it seemed to be overhead, but I have never seen it this bright since or before then.
Watch out for Mars tonight!
Sunday, December 23, 2007
effect of education on character
According to Bertrand Russell, the effect of Aristotle's teaching on Alexander was nil. We can generalise this to affirm that the effect of education on character is zero – or even negative.
In light of the recent events in Bangladesh involving the academic community, it can be safely inferred that with education comes a progressive deterioration in character. What would have appeared culpable to any illiterate peasant appeared not only innocent, but even laudable, to our teachers and students. Tolstoy was right to elevate the unlettered farmer above the educated intellectual.
After all, it took a massive amount of education to turn French peasants into murderers.
In light of the recent events in Bangladesh involving the academic community, it can be safely inferred that with education comes a progressive deterioration in character. What would have appeared culpable to any illiterate peasant appeared not only innocent, but even laudable, to our teachers and students. Tolstoy was right to elevate the unlettered farmer above the educated intellectual.
After all, it took a massive amount of education to turn French peasants into murderers.
"no" to subsidised campus politics
Since our recalcitrant teachers cannot be disciplined by the law (for it seems that they are above the law), and that they cannot discipline themselves, the only recourse for the people of Bangladesh is to impose upon them the discipline of the market.
The public universities should be privatised: once private, they will charge market rates, and teachers won't be able to moonlight as politicians and shut down the institutions.
They will have to compete for market share: in short, they will have to start earning their living, like the rest of us, instead of being subsidised by the rest of us.
We, the people, refuse to subsidise campus politics.
The public universities should be privatised: once private, they will charge market rates, and teachers won't be able to moonlight as politicians and shut down the institutions.
They will have to compete for market share: in short, they will have to start earning their living, like the rest of us, instead of being subsidised by the rest of us.
We, the people, refuse to subsidise campus politics.
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