Ok so, today I was “just browsing” and… totally blew through all $100 in B&N gift cards I got from my perpetually generous Great Aunt and Uncle. But! It’s all for a good cause. Among my purchases today, the following three education-related titles:
- The Closing of the American Mind: How Higher Education Has Failed Democracy and Impoverished the Souls of Today’s Students, 25th Anniversary Edition
by Allan Bloom - “Why Are All The Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria?”: A Psychologist Explains the Development of Racial Identity
by Beverly Daniel Tatum - The Courage to Teach: Exploring the Inner Landscape of a Teacher’s Life [With CDROM]by Parker J. Palmer
Also got some Rachael Maddow (Drift) and Carl Sagan (The Demon-Haunted World). Not gonna lie, kind of have a nerdcrush on Rachael, and Carl is always a good thought-provoker (though I don’t always agree with either). Can’t wait to get cracking on these, though perhaps I should pace myself… apparently the pre-reading for BTR is about to start rolling in…