As Descartes wrote, it is not only intellect that matters, but how that intellect is used. I have seen this over and over again as Americans written off by everyone else as too old, or too slow, can with our training use a computer at least well enough to search for a job on-line, write a simple letter, make a presentation, read and write their email, and even create a simple budget using a spreadsheet. A healthy and growing mind is important to continued overall health, and the ability to support one’s self with a modicum of dignity in society. Your help is needed. Please give.
Good Sense
Good sense is, of all things among men, the most equally distributed; for every one thinks himself so abundantly provided with it, that those even who are the most difficult to satisfy in everything else, do not usually desire a larger measure of this quality than they already possess. –Rene Descartes, Discourse on the Method…
Using Social Media for Education
Link to information on social web site use for education