And here we are at the end of the year

Lay down
Your sweet and weary head
Night is falling
You have come to journey's end
Sleep now
And dream of the ones who came before
They are calling
From across the distant shore

Why do you weep?
What are these tears upon your face?
Soon you will see
All of your fears will pass away
Safe in my arms
You're only sleeping

What can you see
On the horizon?
Why do the white gulls call?
Across the sea
A pale moon rises
The ships have come to carry you home

And all will turn
To silver glass
A light on the water
All souls pass

I don't know why I posted that, I just thought that it was fitting for a blog post from the geek class. We've come so far, I can't believe my freshman year is almost over. 

Anyways, I should probably get to my point. When we split up into groups on Tuesday, Meghan Johnston and I were tasked with noting Lyotard's points on scientific experimentation and didactics. One point that struck me was that the teacher should instruct the student in a way that the student, could, after a while, become a peer of the teacher concerning the subject being taught. It seems to me that the general mentality of many people today is "I've known about it longer, therefore I know more than you." While I myself am guilty of the same thing more often than not, I thought it must have been a problem in Lyotard's time (which was 1979, let me add, the same year as the release of Rock Lobster, My Sharona, and Charlie Daniel's famous piece, The Devil Went Down to Georgia)

That's about as far as my argument gets is that I've known/done this longer, therefore I'm smarter/better than you. I appreciate the leaving of this mentality in the honors group, and I hope to do the same with the next batch of honors freshmen next year.


~Cody Martin
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