A First Dictionary of Cultural Literacy: What Our Children Need to Know by E.D. Hirsch Jr.My rating: 3 of 5 stars
This was loaned to me (without my asking for it) so I felt compelled to read it quickly. Perhaps that took some of the joy from the experience. This book is an excellent overview of all the things a person should know...or knew at one point, but put out of their minds. Since it *is* an overview, some of the entries are a bit oversimplified. After reading this, I have an overwhelming urge to learn everything. I consider myself educated, but the more I learn the more I realize I don't know.
In the next few days I'm going to formulate a plan to catch up on all the things I don't know and all the things I learned in the past and just didn't pay close attention to. Step one: give up computer time. Not completely, mind you (never that!), but at least one or two days a week away from the new boob tube.
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