Twitter

I have recently become slightly addicted to Twitter. My wife teases me about it. The computer will chime and she will joke..."some one just tweeted you." I am building friends there and meeting new people, but there is something pretty rich about it. These little url attachments have introduced me to a whole new world of sites that i could never find on my own.

So if you have time. Twop by and tweet me. I have to run...just received 11 new tweets and have to check them out :).

Rhetoric: Harmful or Helpful

The "Art" of reading and writing persuasively is called rhetoric. It may seem a bit odd that fiery rhetoric, we often hear in political debates or on the daily news shows, is very similar to the Greeks and their goal of persuasion. However just because it's old doesn't mean it's good, you may note the major failure in the Greek world ( think Alexander the Great).

Rhetoric hopes to fashion an argument that is persuasive, not always honest. If we tell a story and cover a single perspective, we get a flat image that lacks depth. It is very difficult to make worthy decisions based on this type of information. More over, rhetorical discussions often ignore scientific evidence and speak more deeply to the soul of man. These are discussions of passion.

One may ask if rhetorical arguments are even worth while these days. The answer would be a resounding yes! Just remember to listen to more than one side of an argument. This will add the depth that a single view blurs. Check out Cicero and The Murder Trials. Great examples of a superior orator and rhetorician.

Summer Break and WorldClassTutor.com

I noticed the other morning the roads were a little less congested in the morning, there was an absence of those big yellow buses, and the sound of poorly tuned musical ice cream trucks filled the air. It must be summer.

Do you remember when you were young and that was the best time of the year...well maybe next to Christmas and your Birthday. It was a time to get lost and enjoy your old friends and make new ones. Time for you to take a break from those difficult days of recess, study halls and gym class. Oh, if we could only go back.

Well...hold on just a minute. At the end of that long and memorable summer comes the old school bus again. that ,means the kids go back to school and try to remember the things they learned before summer. It is hard to retain information when you completely forget about it for three months.

One way you can hold onto some of that precious knowledge is by taking a tutoring session just one day per week. So if your child has difficulty getting back into the swing of things. Check out some of the professional tutors and teachers at WorldClassTutor.com .

Your child will thank you later...

If you are interested in tutoring students, visit our site and get started, it's absolutely FREE for the next year if you join in July.

Hello

I am excited to move my blog to Blogger. I hope that some of you will find my insights helpful. This site will primarily speak to E-Learning. If you are interested in something particular, just let me know.

I hope to create a fair amount of buzz here for our FREE site http://www.worldclasstutor.com. Think of it as a repository for knowledge... a modern day Library of Alexandria. Everyone offers something...in return you may learn of a culture, language or just make a friend.

There are hundreds of very wise and experienced teachers there who can help you, your child or a friend. So...stop by and check us out. I am sure you will be glad you did.