I look forward to this newsletter every week, Bari. And, as a self-proclaimed bibliophile, this particular newsletter made me very excited! I picked up Live Not By Lies and am loving it. When I was 17 (in 1998), I had a chance to visit some family in Estonia and Live Not By Lies reminds me of some of the people I met and the things I wit…
I look forward to this newsletter every week, Bari. And, as a self-proclaimed bibliophile, this particular newsletter made me very excited! I picked up Live Not By Lies and am loving it. When I was 17 (in 1998), I had a chance to visit some family in Estonia and Live Not By Lies reminds me of some of the people I met and the things I witnessed less than a decade after the fall of the Iron Curtain. Thanks for this suggestion!
Alongside this book, I am reading The Politics of Envy by Anne Hendershott. In my opinion, it's an excellent one to read alongside Live Not By Lies because it focuses on the role that envy plays in our current zeitgeist. Just for a taste, Hendershott tellingly says: "While most of today's demands for social justice and egalitarianism claim to be based on a more just distribution of 'the good things of the world,' the truth is that these demands are usually based on envy." As a teacher, I can vouch for the ways envy factors into the decisions that are made by education leaders. Although lip service is paid to choices being made "for the good of the children," I believe many educational decisions are made for the "good reputation" of the teacher, the principal, the school, or the district. Hendershott's book speaks to some of these instances across our society.
I look forward to this newsletter every week, Bari. And, as a self-proclaimed bibliophile, this particular newsletter made me very excited! I picked up Live Not By Lies and am loving it. When I was 17 (in 1998), I had a chance to visit some family in Estonia and Live Not By Lies reminds me of some of the people I met and the things I witnessed less than a decade after the fall of the Iron Curtain. Thanks for this suggestion!
Alongside this book, I am reading The Politics of Envy by Anne Hendershott. In my opinion, it's an excellent one to read alongside Live Not By Lies because it focuses on the role that envy plays in our current zeitgeist. Just for a taste, Hendershott tellingly says: "While most of today's demands for social justice and egalitarianism claim to be based on a more just distribution of 'the good things of the world,' the truth is that these demands are usually based on envy." As a teacher, I can vouch for the ways envy factors into the decisions that are made by education leaders. Although lip service is paid to choices being made "for the good of the children," I believe many educational decisions are made for the "good reputation" of the teacher, the principal, the school, or the district. Hendershott's book speaks to some of these instances across our society.