I'm not going to comment on the essay itself, apart from saying that I found it as I find a lot of "philosophy," which is to say, a comforting collection of wel

I'm not going to comment on the essay itself, apart from saying that I found it as I find a lot of "philosophy," which is to say, a comforting collection of well-crafted statements of the obvious, altogether creating nothing of real interest. I would add, though, that there is a lesson to learn. I'm sure I'm not a typical reader (but you probably all think that of yourselves, just as most people think they are above average drivers) but I always get distracted by typographical errors like this: > ... while [Montessori's] method was very successful for > cultivating basic skills, when it comes to subjects such > as mathematics and greek which disciples our mind, it is > not helpful. That should be "disciplines" and not "disciples." It's not critical, it was obvious what was meant, but only after I did a double-take and went back and decoded it. And that's my point. Errors like this do create a jar in your audience, a form of "dump-shock." For some of us it's deeply unpleasant, and worth avoiding if you can. ADDED IN EDIT: DumpShock refers to a phenomenon, usually in Science Fiction, where you gets dropped back into the real world after being immersed in a virtual world. There's a real-world version DumpShock that you may have experienced for yourself - I certainly have: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1131266 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1131266