Education Is At A Turning Point

The Wonderful Thing About The Theater Is That It Can Emphasize Both Our Diversity And Our Common Humanity. In Many Ways, The World Of Shakespeare (or Aeschylus Or Racine) Is Totally Different From Our World; And Yet Any Human Being Can Look Through The Differences In Dress And Mores And Discover Our Common Problems, Passions, And Potentials.

There Are Clear Differences Between Child And Adult Artistic Activity. While The Child May Be Aware That He Is Doing Things Differently From Others, He Does Not Fully Appreciate The Rules And Conventions Of Symbolic Realms; His Adventurousness Holds Little Significance. In Contrast, The Adult Artist Is Fully Cognizant Of The Norms Embraced By Others; His Willingness, His Compulsion, To Reject Convention Is Purchased, At The Very Least, With Full Knowledge Of What He Is Doing And Often At Considerable Psychic Cost To Himself.

A Continuing Conversation With Other Persons, With Cultural Products, And With Oneself, Is A Large Part Of What It Means To Be A Human Being, In Our Time And Perhaps In All Time.

The Ability To Solve Problems Or To Create Products That Are Valued Within One Or More Cultural Settings.

A Person Who Is App-dependent Is Always Searching For The Best App; And As Soon As Its Routine Has Been Executed, The Person Searches For The Next App. A Person Who Is App-enabled Also Uses Apps Frequently. But He Or She Is Never Limited By The Current Array Of Apps; Apps Will Free The Person To Do What He Or She Wants To Do, Or Needs To Do, Irrespective Of The Next Application Of The App. An App-enabled Person Can Also Put Devices Away, Without Feeling Bereft.