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EDUCATION<\/p>\n
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On Frozen Dinners<\/p>\n
[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section bb_built=”1″ background_color=”#f7f7f4″ _builder_version=”3.0.47″ custom_padding=”0px|||” custom_padding_tablet=”0px|||” transparent_background=”off” padding_mobile=”on”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row” use_custom_width=”on” custom_width_px=”620px” custom_padding=”0px|||” padding_mobile=”on” column_padding_mobile=”on” parallax_method_1=”off” parallax_method_2=”off” _builder_version=”3.0.47″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_image admin_label=”Profile Pic” src=”https:\/\/www.chisnell.com\/chizblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2017\/07\/chizpicpng.png” show_bottom_space=”off” align=”center” _builder_version=”3.0.64″ max_width=”125px” custom_margin=”-48px|||” border_style=”solid” animation=”off” sticky=”on” animation_style=”none” animation_duration=”1000ms” animation_intensity_slide=”50%” \/][et_pb_text admin_label=”Name” _builder_version=”3.0.64″ text_font=”PT Sans||||” text_font_size=”18″ text_text_color=”#323232″ text_line_height=”1.4em” background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” text_orientation=”center” module_alignment=”center” custom_margin=”14px||0px|” border_style=”solid”]<\/p>\n
Steve Chisnell<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text admin_label=”ADD Date” _builder_version=”3.0.93″ text_font=”PT Sans|on|||” text_font_size=”24″ text_text_color=”#363636″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” text_orientation=”center” module_alignment=”center” custom_margin=”0px|||”]<\/p>\n 5 January 2018<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row admin_label=”row” use_custom_width=”on” custom_width_px=”620px” custom_padding=”0px|||” padding_mobile=”on” column_padding_mobile=”on” parallax_method_1=”off” parallax_method_2=”off” _builder_version=”3.0.47″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Lead Text” _builder_version=”3.0.93″ text_font_size=”24″ text_font_size_tablet=”22″ text_font_size_last_edited=”on|tablet” text_text_color=”#363636″ text_line_height=”1.4em” background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” max_width=”620px” custom_margin=”40px||0px|”]<\/p>\n Smart Ones frozen meals were on sale at $2.00 each this week. And if I bought 7 (really, seven?) I got an extra $1.50 in savings. Why, that was . . . How much? \u00a0I calculated and recalculated in my head, paring the cost per calorie vs. the likelihood of my eating one. But the name of the meal–Smart Ones–told me all I needed to know: if I bought one, I was smart. \u00a0I was healthier, thriftier, and more efficient (cooks in two minutes!).<\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text admin_label=”Part 2 Text” _builder_version=”3.0.93″ text_font_size=”20″ text_font_size_tablet=”16″ text_font_size_last_edited=”on|tablet” text_text_color=”#363636″ text_line_height=”1.5em” background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” max_width=”620px” custom_margin=”30px||0px|” background_layout=”light”]<\/p>\n I liked being called smart. \u00a0Who doesn’t? \u00a0And, so long as I didn’t have to think too hard about my purchase, I would be a Smart One. Cool. <\/span><\/p>\n It’s a disturbing trend in a post-truth literacy-leery country, I sense. We are being sold the concept of intelligence without actually being intelligent. 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The Lion finds his bravery, the Tin Man his heart, and the Scarecrow his brain for–after being given a diploma–he immediately recites some differential calculus. It’s all a crock, of course. He remains a hollow man, \u201cheadpiece filled with straw.\u201d \u00a0And while the theme of the Wiz was for us to recognize our own potentials, the question I have is whether the education I agent is actually an education or a label for one.<\/span><\/p>\n To be sure, I think a great deal of my profession. \u00a0That is to say, I think about teaching and I also admire what it is to have a career like mine. 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