#cicero

#cicero

Claudius was born Tiberius Claudius Drusus on 1 August 10 BCE in Lugdunum in Roman Gaul (modern Lyon, France). He was the youngest surviving child of Nero Claudius Drusus (also known as Drusus the Elder), a popular Roman general and brother of the future emperor Tiberius. His mother, Antonia Minor, was also of high pedigree, being the daughter of Mark Antony and Octavia Minor; through his grandmother Octavia, Claudius was also a great-nephew of the first Roman emperor, Augustus.

It started with a book launch in 2021. I'd been living in London as a social media journalist when I asked my then-publication's culture editor to send me to one of these exclusive-sounding events, as 1) I'd never been and 2) I just really wanted to be a person who "has a book launch to go to." Thankfully, there was one that exact day-and he put my name on the list for the release of Mary Beard's Emperor of Rome. Huzzah.

What could be more important for the future of any society than the education of its children? Innovative theories abound. Educators are constantly presenting groundbreaking new paradigms for improving a child's academic achievement. In the past quarter century or so, these have included: * Expanding educational opportunities for preschoolers * Selecting the best teachers for a child * Making instruction more relevant * Establishing or strengthening character education * Providing a multidisciplinary education * Defining the boundaries for student-teacher relationships * Approaching literacy from a whole language perspective * Fostering critical thinking skills

I am using the word pragmatism in a specific sense. I am not speaking about being pragmatic as a political tactic; deciding what issues should be given priority and what battles to choose, or a willingness to compromise, or a recognition that there are limits to what can be accomplished at any time. I am writing now about pragmatism in a meaning closer to its philosophical origin in the writings of William James-that truth is not found in abstract principles or beliefs,