Category Archives: Education

How Little I Really Know

Posted on May 20, 2020 by John Swinburn

As I quickly skimmed a series of video clips this morning on BBC.com, I had to admit to myself that I am not as intellectually humble as I sometimes think I am. Too often, I am highly opinionated and absolutely … Continue reading →

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Lightening the Page

Posted on December 21, 2017 by John Swinburn

I haven’t posted here in a week. That’s a bad habit, one I need to break. It’s easy to get into the habit of resting my fingers and my mind, leaving writing until later. I’ll pledge to myself to insist … Continue reading →

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Reflecting on What’s to Come

Posted on January 22, 2017 by John Swinburn

Let me preface my comments with these words: I absolutely despise Donald Trump; I believe he is a despicable human being whose rise to the Presidency cannot be explained entirely with logic. How a madman with the capacity to undermine … Continue reading →

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Misfiring September Synapses

Posted on September 15, 2015 by John Swinburn

If I were a psychologist, trained in the causes and effects of socio-neural stimulus-response, I might know why so many things happen. I might understand why people’s eyes brim with tears as they remember both horror and beauty. I could possess an … Continue reading →

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Physicsal Education

Posted on July 4, 2015 by John Swinburn

There is something to physics, after all. It’s not just a mystical web of mathematical equations used to describe the nature of matter and energy and the interaction between them. It’s actually an elegant framework for understanding the universe and … Continue reading →

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