(This essay, written by Bertrand Russell, is taken from Twentieth Century Prose in Dr. V. Sachithanandan, Ed.) What kind of man is the happy man? The happy man is the one who: as a child is raised by loving and caring parents, in a free and secured environment. is provided exam-free education and course of... Continue Reading →
Non-Violence
(This essay, written by Aldous Huxley, is taken from Essays, Short Stories and One Act Plays by RK Kaushik and SC Bhatia, Eds.) The main ideas of the essay are: Organized and intelligent non-violence is the best, the most practical policy. There have been mass movements in which the principles of non-violence are applied to... Continue Reading →
College Teachers
(This essay is taken from Refining Composition Skills by Regina L. Smalley and Mary K Ruetten, et al.) Three categories of college teachers: 1) The positive teachers the most agreeable teachers interested in his/her subject and his/her students try to learn all of the students' names allow for questions and discussions in class and do... Continue Reading →
Every Morning I Wake
Every morning when I wake,Dear Lord, a little prayer I make,O please do keep Thy loving eyeOn all poor creatures born to die And every evening at sun-downI ask a blessing on the town,For whether we last the night or noI'm sure is always touch-and-go. We are not wholly bad or goodWho live our lives... Continue Reading →
The Essentials of Education
The text "The Essentials of Education" from Essays, Short Stories and One-Act Plays by Sir Richard Livingstone, in RK Kaushik and SC Bhatia, Eds. features in B.Ed. 1st Year’s General English book (Tribhuvan University). The gist of the message that Livingstone tries to give is provided here in the following points: (First-rate = best) The purpose of... Continue Reading →
The Five Dimensions of Education
The text ‘The Five Dimensions of Education’ taken from Freedom from the Past by Osho, features in B.Ed. 1st Year’s General English book (Tribhuvan University). The key takeaways from the text are as follows: All the past education has been very insufficient, incomplete, and superficial. Not only incomplete, but harmful too because it is based on... Continue Reading →
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