Do we need to go back to 1599 to plan for the future?

This is a question that some of us will find an answer to. Perhaps very few of us though... only those brave enough to attempt a reading of the Ratio Studiorum of 1599: the Order and Method of Studies in the Society of Jesus, which is the document that guided Jesuit education in universities for centuries. Boston College's Digital Archive has a nice website with commentary and English translation. My dialup connection is too slow to access the file, so I'm off the hook for tonight! Instead, I'll finish watching the Brazilian film City of God, as close to the gritty reality of the poor as you can get with Goodfellas-style camera technique.