October 11, 2004

• Jo wants to know about homeschool. Said she
  didn’t like the way Malaysian schools are so exam oriented she didn’t want her
  child to go through them. The kid’s hardly one; I nodded that it’s never too
  early to start asking questions I suppose.  There were the usual queries: science labs (“I’m
  hopeless at chemistry”), curriculum, etc. But the main thing was, how much
  would it cost her? A decision to homeschool would decide her career path, and
  she hoped her husband would earn enough for her to quit her job. Well, Jo’s a
  writer and I’m sure she’ll find a way to work from home.

  Lots of
  people are concerned with doing the right thing, but they just can’t help
  thinking more pragmatically about where their next meal’s coming from at the
  same time. Also, you wonder if it isn’t okay settling for ‘second best’ because
  you don’t want to miss out on the good things in life. That’s natural, and I too
  struggle daily, living as we all do between what is and what is to come, in a
  state called, ‘in the meantime.’ The late Allan Bloom said, "Reason cannot establish values, and its belief that it can is the
  stupidest and most pernicious illusion."
  

  So, on
  what grounds are values made?

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