So much of the Left and its arguments lack depth. Very difficult to gather their attention long enough to explain plain truth to them. This is why nothing from the Left has any enduring qualities. There is nothing there to sustain its thinking. It's a kind of teetering Jenga tower.
“Observing the natural world, Mason said, creates a foundation for the language arts. Playing a game of mental “picture painting” with her children, a mother is able to help lay this foundation. Describing what we see “fully and in detail” will help to develop the habit of paying close attention. Begin able to communicate what we see will refine our own understanding and will force us to reach for the right words in order to give the clearest, richest description.“
This rings very true for me. When I taught writing to middle schoolers, I remember having such a hard time getting students to write anything that was not mind numbingly boring when we used the 5 paragraph structure. When we got to the descriptive writing section of the writing course and they had to write about what Mason describes here, their writing improved leaps and bounds. They started using metaphors and interesting words etc.
I had to follow the curriculum, so I couldn’t just throw out the longer essays, but I was amazed by how much descriptive writing/detailed observation from nature study helped them articulate themselves.
That's so interesting. I have been learning in the same way - through teaching children. Isn't it amazing what we gather just by watching them and by observing nature? Who knew that fancy curricula and expensive schooling is not needed for a genuine and wholesome education!
This was a very enjoyable article! I had heard the saying "the Left can't meme" before, and often wondered whether there was a reasoning behind it or if it was simply that people on the Right cannot find their memes funny because we don't agree with them. You have answered my question! And thank you for the memes at the end! I can be the meme-harvester in the family, so you can imagine how much I enjoy them.
So much of the Left and its arguments lack depth. Very difficult to gather their attention long enough to explain plain truth to them. This is why nothing from the Left has any enduring qualities. There is nothing there to sustain its thinking. It's a kind of teetering Jenga tower.
Indeed!!
“Observing the natural world, Mason said, creates a foundation for the language arts. Playing a game of mental “picture painting” with her children, a mother is able to help lay this foundation. Describing what we see “fully and in detail” will help to develop the habit of paying close attention. Begin able to communicate what we see will refine our own understanding and will force us to reach for the right words in order to give the clearest, richest description.“
This rings very true for me. When I taught writing to middle schoolers, I remember having such a hard time getting students to write anything that was not mind numbingly boring when we used the 5 paragraph structure. When we got to the descriptive writing section of the writing course and they had to write about what Mason describes here, their writing improved leaps and bounds. They started using metaphors and interesting words etc.
I had to follow the curriculum, so I couldn’t just throw out the longer essays, but I was amazed by how much descriptive writing/detailed observation from nature study helped them articulate themselves.
That's so interesting. I have been learning in the same way - through teaching children. Isn't it amazing what we gather just by watching them and by observing nature? Who knew that fancy curricula and expensive schooling is not needed for a genuine and wholesome education!
This was a very enjoyable article! I had heard the saying "the Left can't meme" before, and often wondered whether there was a reasoning behind it or if it was simply that people on the Right cannot find their memes funny because we don't agree with them. You have answered my question! And thank you for the memes at the end! I can be the meme-harvester in the family, so you can imagine how much I enjoy them.
Yes, there is a philosophical reason why the Left can't meme! Glad you enjoyed them ;) Memes brighten my day!