Feltre School

The Mystery of Reason

The word mystery has an unexpected beginning. The Greek verb from which it derives means to close one’s eyes…...

The Mystery of Reason - Writing Smartly The word mystery has an unexpected beginning. The Greek verb from which it derives means to close one’s eyes, not to avoid what cannot be explained, but to still oneself to understand. The idea is not unrelated to the derivation of our word school, meaning originally leisure in Greek. As a place o...

A Sign of Critical Thinking

At a train station nearby, workers have extended fencing around a battery of new electrical equipment and attached a sign reading…...

A Sign of Critical Thinking - Writing Smartly At a train station nearby, workers have extended fencing around a battery of new electrical equipment and attached a sign reading Trespassing Not Allowed. The old fencing that guards the adjacent area has its own sign, but that one reads No Trespassing. Why the change? Who could possibly know. But w...