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Thanks for the invitation. I must say, having looked into facilitating my own Great Books curriculum at several times in the past, that the concept is neither unfamiliar to me, nor uninviting. However, my reason for declining at present has little to do with the scope of the program, but more with the medium. I…
So often, the concept of education is limited to a model where information flows one way, from an educator to pupils, with the assumption that what is being taught is a set of static instructions that must be imparted in a specific way, with specific focus, disseminated from trained minds to shape and mold untrained…
The guru appears when the student is ready, at other times, they pass by un-noticed; only when the thirst for truth is steady can one drink from the cup of the lotus. Because to discern the saint from fool one must be open to the options beyond lessons, wisdom and rules; one becomes a student…