Maggie's Farm

OMG! How is it possible? How can it be? How is it that I who love great American literature sooo much: I who also love and work to protect the wild places of our continent--how can it be that I was never introduced to Henry Beston?

Thank you BD!

I have for several years now been asking myself what can we older ones do to assure that our nation, our democracy, and our constitution will continue beyond the years of coming deterioration caused by several generations of poorly educated young people taking over the role of keeper? What can we do to overcome the horrific impact a very poor education system will have on the future of this nation? I read with interest Barrister's piece on Exeter yesterday and your offering of Henry Beston today. I realize that one of the things we could do is form together to develop a 2 year college. This college would not allow anyone under 25 to attend. It would only teach math, writing, reasoning (logic), rhetoric and use the English Cannon prior to deconstruction and women's studies. This would be a program that would go 4 hours a day five days a week. No calculators, no computers except for after hours research. In other words, we would try to give to the generation of student next in line the skills they did not acquire in high school/college. It would be serious drill time! There would be a nursery for babies under 4. What are your thoughts?