This morning, I got a good dose of philosophy from the newspaper. It isn’t very often that you get to read unique articles and this particular one definitely made my Friday morning a thoughtful one. It was the ‘World View’ column with the title “Pencil Erasers may be the ‘devil’” that caught my attention. It got me thinking about the process of unlearning taught to us at school. A lot of questions popped up. Why do we hide our mistakes? Why isn’t it okay to make mistakes? Why are we taught to make up for a mistake? Why aren’t we taught to look at the mistake and learn from it? Why do we erase a mistake? Why aren’t we being naturally ourselves? Why do we need an eraser? The last question is what instigated me to write this post. What if Edward Nairne had not invented an eraser by accident? What if we were never introduced to the concept of the eraser at school! I should admit that the little wad of rubber that undoes all the mistakes made by your mighty pencil is inde...
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We need to live a green lifestyle which includes organic food and clothing and everything else.
ReplyDeleteYes SG, you are right and before we get to that, we must do our little something to let plants and trees grow harmoniously by not poisoning them.
DeleteIn a supermarket here, they sell organic products, veggies especially and except for the label nothing is organic. I once bought chillies and tomatoes which had the label organic. I was shocked when I opened the plastic wrapper around it; it smelled of chemicals and I am sure those are not organic.
So, I stopped buying organic veggies. I am not sure about other products. I believe things will change for good :)
Thanks for dropping by! :) I am glad I finally posted something (So quick illa?) :)
Organic and green lifestyles are important for us, as much as they are important for the plants. Increased awareness is the key to bring it about.
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