This past Thursday morning, my little town of Hillsdale was hit by a severe thunderstorm that caused a lot of damage in the town, including on my college’s campus. I spent part of Thursday morning driving around, just looking at the trees down and observing the effects of the power outage. This post springs from…
Sometimes, the commonplace objects of life provide useful analogies or descriptors for more complex, abstract concepts. Consider the following examples: Using physical coins, pebbles, blocks, etc. to teach children addition and subtraction. Comparing electrons and their movements to that of the planets in the solar system. Calling a person “like a cat” and bringing to…