An interesting activity.

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"For the student seeks to learn things whose meaning and importance he cannot grasp ahead of time."
in "The Design Studio" - Donald Schon 1985
* Grab the nearest book.
* Open it to page 56.
* Find the fifth sentence.
* Post the text of the sentence in your journal along with these instructions.
* Don’t dig for your favorite book, the cool book, or the intellectual one: pick the CLOSEST.

From - tonyvirtual.blogspot.com/2008/11/book-meme.html

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