The lazy man's post

I've been reading some interesting stuff lately; so, by way of a tentative re-entry into the blogosphere, here's a taste:

... we let our young men and women go out unarmed in a day when armour was never so necessary. By teaching them to read, we have left them at the mercy of the printed word. By the invention of the film and radio, we have made certain that no aversion to reading shall secure them from the battery of words, words, words. [Ed. Don't even get me started on the internet or wireless technology!] They do not know what the words mean; they don't know how to ward them off or blunt their edge or fling them back; they are prey to words in their emotions instead of being masters of them in their intellects... (Dorothy L. Sayers, "The Lost Tools of Learning")

This is from a book on -- you guessed it -- home-schooling. More posts to follow soon, I hope.