Kicking it old school
I gave Nooreen a copy and realized that it has been years since I read my own copy. When I started, it only took getting to the author’s note to remind me why I loved The Book of Three so much as a kid. So, in lieu of more politics (wanna know what I thought about the debate? check out my Twitter (why yes, I do Twitter now) page), here’s a little Lloyd Alexander for you:
“‘In some cases,’ he said, ‘we learn more by looking for the answer to a question and not finding it than we do from learning the answer itself. This is one of those cases. I could tell you why, but at the moment it would only be more confusing. If you grow up with any kind of sense — which you sometimes make me doubt — you will very likely reach your own conclusions. They will probably be wrong,’ he added. ‘However, since they will be yours, you will feel a little more satisfied with them.’”
Currently reading (in addition to The Book of Three): A Spot of Bother by Mark Haddon and Sabriel by Garth Nix.
yeah. It’s like teaching a man how to fish and all that. Much better to know how to find the answer than just memorizing stuff.
julia
16 Oct 08 at 12:07 pm
Actually, I wanted to use the line about how it must be terrible to be slow and dim-witted, but it’s way less funny out of context (when you haven’t had the build up for all the times they make fun of him for being an Assistant Pig-Keeper (and kind of a foolish one at that)).
But this one holds too, and it’s very characteristic of the whole series, so I figured, why not.
huda
16 Oct 08 at 12:16 pm