learning-how-to-learn
Seduced by the siren song of a consumerist quick-fix society, we sometimes choose a course of action that brings only the illusion of accomplishment, the shadow of satisfaction.
⁃ Simplex sigillum veri
⁃ The mastery of skills that are not genetically programmed is the most characteristically human of all activities.
⁃ According to Zen master Shunryu Suzuki, “If you study calligraphy, you will find that those who are not so clever usually become the best calligraphers. Those who are very clever with their hands often encounter great difficulty after they have reached a certain stage. This is also true in art, and in life.”
⁃ “Frontal teaching”, with one instructor sitting or standing in front of twenty to thirty-five students who are sitting at fixed desks, is primarily an administrative expediency, a way of parceling out and keeping track of the flood of students in mass education.
⁃ The best teacher is not necessarily the one who gives the most polished lectures, but rather the one who has discovered how to involve each student actively in the process of learning