Quote of the day
The basis of tragedy is man's helplessness against disease, war and death; the basis of comedy is man's helplessness against vanity (the vanity of love, greed, lust, power).
Stephen Brookfield

Born: 1949 (age 76)
Bio: Stephen Brookfield is a scholar in adult education who holds the John Ireland Endowed Chair at the University of St. Thomas in Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minnesota. Before that he was a Professor of Higher and Adult Education at Columbia University in New York for ten years.
Known for:
- Becoming a critically reflective teacher (1995)
- Discussion as a way of teaching (1999)
- Developing Critical Thinkers (1987)