http://www.bigthink.com/adobe/Logo_250X250.jpg http://www.bigthink.com/adobe/Background_1024X576.jpg http://www.bigthink.com/adobe/Banner_686X60.jpg http://www.bigthink.com/adobe/Half-Banner_234X60.jpg http://www.bigthink.com/adobe/Logo_250X250 http://www.bigthink.com/adobe/Logo-Watermark_250X250.jpg http://www.bigthink.com/adobe/Background_1024X576.jpg http://www.bigthink.com/adobe/Half-Banner-ALT_234X60.jpg Bigthink http://www.bigthink.com/feed/rss/comment/idea/177 Sat, 06 Sep 2008 13:40:40 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://www.bigthink.com/history/177 WOW! All I can say is WOW! That was the best bit of conscience-jarring that I've seen on this site! Have you thought of running for President? I wish I could say unequivocally that I have been a prime example of "good stewardship" for the talents given to me in my life... I can't. But I think I'm trying hard, and I'm giving it my best for the most. Still, this question of stewardship should NOT be seen as some piece high moral ground taken by some "neurotic Puritan." And even if that were the case, the question would still be a valid assertion of whether one has chosen to fight the "good fight," or simply given up in the face of adversity. and, the later is an easy trap for the unprincipled, unschooled mind... I fear fatalism eats at the heart of our youth as the public schools have continually eroded the place of "dialogue" in our pedagogical practices. No longer are students made to stand and perform... to address an audience of their peers on a daily basis. Literacy and language skills suffer immeasurably as a result. Those fortunate enough to be involved in debate or theater, are perhaps saved from this obvious deficit upon leaving our secondary schools, but still their sense of the "meta" is starved, until someone or some class helps to regain ground in this area. But I'm off on my favorite tangent which concerns American education and the need for change in our pedagogy. Anyway, stewardship of one's gifts is seldom brought to mind nowadays, and we need to hone our gray matter to the best we are able, if we are to prove adequate to the many challenges and "cusps of catastrophe" that are soon to confront humankind. Bigthink Sat, 19 Jan 2008 06:56:34 +0100 http://www.bigthink.com/history/177/#3624