Peterkin: An Educational Fable

Title

en_US Peterkin: An Educational Fable

Description

en_US This is a hardbound book (hard cover)

en_US First printing

en_US By Charles M. Solley

Creator

en_US Solley, Charles M. See all items with this value

Contributor

en_US Mitchell, Jane

Date

2016-01-25T19:03:30Z

en_US 1997-03

en_US 1972

Date Available

2016-01-25T19:03:30Z

Date Issued

en_US 1972

Abstract

en_US This somewhat simplistic book follows Peter Peterkin from the third grade up to college graduation. By conversing with animal teachers, he gets very partial and mostly unsuccessful strategies on how to get educated. From Prof. Bottomley, the frog, he learns to imitate exactly what his teacher does. From a bee, he learns that touches can have meaning. From a butterfly he learns the value of drugs and fermented liquids. From a sheep he learns the value of following what others do. From a dog, he learns the value of obeying. Reflecting with Bottomley, he tries for a while to do as little as possible and only to obey direct orders. In all this the most stimulating thought may come from Bottomley. In his frog culture, the worst students are sent to school to become teachers, so that they can learn from their students. They get, as it were, a second chance by staying in school. Peter has at last a good human teacher in the next grade and learns to follow freely the suggestions of an interested person. His road leads him at college to develop a friendship with Socrates, the mainframe computer. He ultimately learns that there need to be human teachers besides good computers like Socrates. Only human teachers can share their lives. Since education never ends, Solley refuses to give an ending to the story. If you insist on an ending, you'll have to write it yourself.

Identifier

en_US 818500344

en_US 4302 (Access ID)

uri

http://hdl.handle.net/10504/79576

Language

en_US eng

Publisher

en_US Brooks/Cole Pub. Co.

en_US Belmont, CA

Subject

en_US PZ7.S695 Pe 1972 See all items with this value

en_US Title Page Scanned See all items with this value

Type

en_US Book, Whole