help

I have to read the articles a zillion times to understand them. One has a sentence that has so many lines long that I forgot the content at the beginning… It is trying to keep hold of the meaning of some of the unusual words while thinking about the sentence’s meaning at the same time. I did science with its clearer communication. I know that my daughter’s (12) understanding of a text can be better than mine. I can not tell if it is me or the writing – Do education and philosophy articles get scrutinised for their communication of concepts?

I have to practice writing – I got a comment from a tutor at University (1990) that this “is the worst written assignment I have seen.” I have been making myself write (hence my homeschoolery blog), which I can do as I imagine myself talking to someone. I am so much better than I was… but that is the problem with standards – measuring against a level rather than movement.

Does this mean I am not capable of intellectual thought? Should masters be restricted from people like me?? I really like big picture stuff, I love learning about this stuff. I think a lot of the ideas should be available to people like me, but is that inclusion leading to dumbing down?

It is interesting feeling dumb.

LaTer: it was just the second Gert article.

Maybe it was Homer Lane who changed my life… a wish I kept the book.