I finished Anthem today. Some of my Honors kids are entering the "Write Nice Things about Ayn Rand" essay contest so I agreed to read the book to help them with their scribbling. What a bunch of garbage. Praise the ego, forget collectivism; focus on yourself, lose altruistic motivations.
Answer this Rand junkies:
How can you make yourself better without trying to improve the world around you? Does growth come from within or is it more like in the service of and from the betterment of others? How can others grow when everyone is trying to make themselves the center of the universe?
I guess I'll try once again to try to teach a book I have absolutely no enthusiasm for.
