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Although remembered now for his elegantly argued critical essays, Matthew Arnold (1822-1888) began his career as a poet, winning early recognition as a student at the Rugby School where his father, Thomas Arnold, had earned national acclaim as a strict and innovative headmaster. Arnold also (more…)

The Red Violin offers some interesting messages about the universality of the language of music. The acting and sets are spectacular, and the actors through the eras do very credible jobs of playing the magical violin. Lastly, the secret of the red violin’s color turns out to be an apt symbol (more…)

Personal Goals Paper

What do individuals want to get out of life? This is a hard question for many people to answer. So many have never had to sit down and think about what they really want. It’s easier to know what other people want of you and not what you want of yourself. (more…)

There are two main reasons why the study of curriculum history is important to educators. It is important for what it can tell about what was done right and for what was done wrong. Of course the right and wrongness is to a certain extent subjective in nature. Educators can however see the (more…)

As one of the greatest men in recent history , Leonardo da Vinci’s genius remains

unbounded by time and technology. By helping to set an ignorant and superstitious

world on a course of reason, Leonardo’s spirit lives on to influence the inventors, artists, (more…)