On Wed, May 20, 2009 at 6:59 AM, Guy Voets <[email protected]> wrote:
> 2009/5/20 Alan Boba <[email protected]>: > > On Wed, May 20, 2009 at 5:18 AM, Guy Voets <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> 2009/5/20 James R. Liebert <[email protected]>: > >> > If you are describing a tabula rosa, set the tabs for the first line. > >> > >> pink table? > >> > >> "blank slate" or "starting fresh" are the meanings I've heard for the > > expression as opposed to the literal translation > > > > tabula rasa is latin, and rasa has probably the same root as razor, so > it's a cleared table (or writing tablet). > -- > Guy > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > > In education it refers to the beginning student .. a blank slate ready to be shaped in any number of ways -- No electrons were hurt during the production of this email. Mark C. Miller [email protected] [home] [email protected] [church] [email protected] [school] [email protected]
