printSome iridescent wisdom and truth from Camille Paglia:
Millennial are easily upset, and their education has been without a realistic introduction to the barbarities of human history.
At the same time that kids are detached from history and knowledge, teachers in the UK, where the education system is better than the US’s, have rid the classroom of the study of classical civilizations.
Hard knowledge is the goal of education. Abstract and detached study.
Most of your teachers are going to be conventional. You have to seek out the thinkers and the knowledge. Go to the library.
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And to quote from another of my columns, “No one cares how many ancient Greek poems Sister Sappho set to music. Good music always was—and remains—male …”