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pwitness:

Inexplicably, “forgetting” is on this list.  Fewer and fewer things may drop from the storehouse of human knowledge, but I expect that individual memories will grow shorter and shorter.  Socrates tells the story of the god Theuth introducing the alphabet to the Pharaoh, Thamus, in his dialogue Phaedrus:

This, said Theuth, will make the Egyptians wiser and give them better memories; it is a specific both for the memory and for the wit. Thamus replied: O most ingenious Theuth, the parent or inventor of an art is not always the best judge of the utility or inutility of his own inventions to the users of them. And in this instance, you who are the father of letters, from a paternal love of your own children have been led to attribute to them a quality which they cannot have; for this discovery of yours will create forgetfulness in the learners’ souls, because they will not use their memories; they will trust to the external written characters and not remember of themselves. The specific which you have discovered is an aid not to memory, but to reminiscence, and you give your disciples not truth, but only the semblance of truth; they will be hearers of many things and will have learned nothing; they will appear to be omniscient and will generally know nothing; they will be tiresome company, having the show of wisdom without the reality.

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jackandhall:

I absolutely love this “memory jar” idea. Throughout the year, record special days or funny things that occurred onto slips of paper and store them in a jar. At the end of the year(or whenever you need a pick-me-up), read through them all and enjoy!

xxJack

paintbrushdrive:

I’ve finished the first week of summer school and we’ve been busy! Even though the class is 2 hours each, we’ve managed to finish and start a project everyday. I always communicate to the class that I appreciate their concentration, enthuisasm, and just trying their best.

My first session is…

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goodmenproject:

Social Change, Gender Roles, and Richard Scarry’s Best Word Book Ever

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OH - MI - GOD

And I was just going to draw a window on my chalkboard wall!!

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chalkboard wall (by Danielle de Lange)