Articles in the ‘Philosophy’ Category

We're Reading: Geography of Childhood

Authors Stephen Trimble and Gary Nabhan collaborated on this revolutionary book that examines today’s children and their relationship with nature and wild places. They begin with the premise that children’s experience with wild places has become a luxury, and that our children are no longer playing outside like previous generations. They argue that a connection

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What We Believe

Deer Hill sure is quiet these days. As we spend our time debriefing from a successful year, planning class trips for the spring, and working on program design for our adventure summer camps in 2011, it’s good to remind ourselves of our deeper values and purpose, and to find a concise way of expressing them.

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We're Reading: Tao of Leadership

John Heider’s adaptation of the Tao Te Ching adapts Lao Tzu’s writings relevant to the lives of anybody who finds themselves in the position of leader. Heider takes Tao ideas of “How Things Work” and finds lessons about issues central to leadership: ego, conflict, teaching, intervention, listening, creativity, success and failure. Heider lays out the

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