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“[The secondary teacher] should regard himself as
learning from the masters along with his [students].
He should not act as if he were a primary teacher,
using a great book as if it were just another textbook
of the sort one of his colleagues might write. He
should not masquerade as one who knows and can
teach by virtue of his original discoveries...The
primary sources of his own knowledge should be the
primary sources of learning for his students, and
such a teacher functions honestly only if he does not
aggrandize himself by coming between the great
books and their ... readers. He should not “come
between” as a nonconductor, but he should come
between as a mediator-as one who helps the less
competent make more effective contacts with the
best minds.
Mortimer Adler, How to Read a Book, p. 60
Thursday, September 29, 11