tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2064729025510181487.post13320277685034257..comments2023-09-26T16:01:59.345+02:00Comments on A life in juxtaposition: CattywampusEugenehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17722877695054410613noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2064729025510181487.post-22462048013155574742017-02-12T16:48:32.152+02:002017-02-12T16:48:32.152+02:00Elsa, it was to encourage his pupils to learn how ...Elsa, it was to encourage his pupils to learn how to counter false claims but forming strong, well reasoned arguments. He would make a claim such as the one about his VW but the kids couldn't then just go "No it's not!", they had to prove him wrong with logic and evidence. That's the kind of lesson more schools should teach!Eugenehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17722877695054410613noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2064729025510181487.post-12825426736011895202017-02-09T07:07:38.195+02:002017-02-09T07:07:38.195+02:00But why did he refer volkswagon as a living organi...But why did he refer volkswagon as a living organism.....??Elsahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12643433178734054521noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2064729025510181487.post-5052582929756214992008-05-23T18:53:00.000+02:002008-05-23T18:53:00.000+02:00You can say that again!Actually, there is another ...You can say that again!<BR/><BR/>Actually, there is another teacher that deserves mention - WT Kirkpatrick, who tutored CS Lewis during his high school years. Apparently he had the nickname of "Great Knock" due to his habit of aggressively tearing down any lazy, unreasoned, unthinking statements made by his students, thereby forcing them to think before they spoke and to use logical, well reasoned arguments only. Maybe if we had more teachers like that we would have more people likes of CS Lewis!Eugenehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17722877695054410613noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2064729025510181487.post-8508994490128806322008-05-23T02:48:00.000+02:002008-05-23T02:48:00.000+02:00I enjoyed this article . . . thanks . . .I too wis...I enjoyed this article . . . thanks . . .<BR/><BR/>I too wish I'd learned to question long ago! I think it would have saved me much pain . . .TimmyMachttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14446318506480216665noreply@blogger.com