… Enfin au coucher du soleil, la croix qu’il choisit lui parait lisse et légère.
« Je la prends, elle ne pèse rien! », « C’est celle que tu portais ce matin », lui répond Dieu.
Écrasé sous le fardeau de sa vie, un homme implore la miséricorde. Dieu le conduit à un amas où sont déposés les croix des destins. Le malheureux jette la sienne, en soulève une autre: non, trop lourde! Et celle-ci.? Ah, pleine d’échardes! La troisième, la suivante, encore une…
Sweden is reintroducing printed books and handwriting into its classrooms. Once celebrated as a leader in digital education, the country is now directing significant resources toward traditional textbooks while limiting the use of tablets and screens, particularly for young students.
Swedish authorities attribute this policy shift to mounting evidence that excessive screen time may have harmed reading proficiency and basic skill development. The government has also announced plans to ban digital learning tools for children under six years old.
Scientific research on handwriting provides insight into the rationale. When children write by hand, they engage multiple brain areas responsible for motor control, visual processing, memory, focus, and language. Unlike typing, this process demands precise coordination of fine movements alongside letter recognition and word formation. Studies indicate that such multisensory engagement enhances letter knowledge, spelling, reading acquisition, and memory retention.
Printed books may similarly promote stronger comprehension. Research shows that people often retain information more effectively from physical pages than from digital displays. The tangible nature of paper offers spatial references that aid memory organization. In contrast, screen based reading, especially when interrupted by notifications or hyperlinks, can fragment attention and reduce deep focus.
This approach does not reject technology entirely. Computers and tablets continue to serve important roles in research, group projects, accessibility features, and interactive exercises. Education specialists emphasize the need for thoughtful integration, applying digital resources where they prove most effective while safeguarding core practices such as handwriting, printed materials, and direct teacher instruction.
Sweden's policy change mirrors growing international discussions about optimal screen time in schools. As educators worldwide evaluate the benefits and drawbacks of digital tools, many are reconsidering when traditional methods may better support fundamental learning.
Every civilization declines the same way:
Higher Principles give way to lower appetites.
Truth → willful ignorance
Beauty → ugliness
Golden Rule → exploitation
Decay begins from within long before collapse becomes visible.
🖌️🖼️🏛️
La liberté est une étrange chose. Elle disparait lorsque l’on veut en parler. On n’en parle jamais aussi bien que lorsqu’elle a disparu.
Discours de la Réception de François Sureau à L’Académie Française
Les hommes ont deux moyens de manifester leur pensée, la parole et les écrits…«Les lois, dit Montesquieu, ne se chargent de punir que les actions extérieures. » …L'autorité néanmoins l'a souvent méconnue.Elle a quelquefois voulu dominer la pensée même.
La chanson de geste gaullienne a démontré que les époques cruciales ont plus besoin d'un grand rêve mobilisateur que des sages calculs du bon sens.
« Cette France qu’on oublie d’aimer »
Andreï Makine
« La décadence ne peut trouver d’agents que lorsqu’elle porte les masques du progrès. »
« Decadence can find agents only when it wears the mask of progress. »
Man and Superman
George Bernard Shaw