Ben is full of old-school wisdom ("always carry a handkerchief") and soon becomes Jules's confidant as a work/life crisis beckons and marital discord looms.
It is elementary-school wisdom that a square is a rectangle, but a rectangle is not a square.
The Linda Cobb school of wisdom advocates placing a bowl of vinegar out to absorb smoke odor.
Over the years she attracted many admirers, including the Prince of Wales, who in 1990 gave his patronage to a "school of wisdom" that she founded, the Temenos Academy of Integral Studies.
"Down a Long Road" probably means to be a salute to human dignity and a celebration of life but it feels like tired, plagiarized high school yearbook wisdom, meaningful only to people who have lived virtually unexamined lives.
"A celebrity and a big name doesn't bring to the school the wisdom and understanding that is necessary for the job," said Milton Kopelman, who headed Bronx Science from 1970 to 1990.
Now that I've forgotten what I learned in college and grad school, the wisdom from hanging out amongst Dad's books remains.
Zeno (the founder of the school) defines wisdom (phronêsis), or rather practical knowledge, in matters requiring distribution as justice, in matters requiring choice as moderation, and in matters requiring endurance as courage (Plutarch On Moral Virtue 440E-441D).
Ned (Devon Werkheiser), an Everykid who favors plaid shirts unbuttoned over T-shirts, is the most normal of the bunch, dispensing school-survival wisdom jotted in a composition book.
They became known as "schools of wisdom" because of the clientele they attracted, and, though political and religious leaders feared the free and frank discourse common in such establishments, their frequent bans on coffeehouses were impossible to maintain.
Who is in your "personal learning network," or "P.L.N .? Earlier this month, we asked some educators we admire two questions about theirs: If you were to follow just these 35 educators plus the people they recommend, you would, as one commenter put it, instantly "mega-expand" your P.L.N. — and thereby mega-expand your sources for school-year wisdom, inspiration and practical tips.
