Last month Reassigned Time was called “selfish” for planning to go on the market for a job she may like better than the one she has. I find it is very strange how often professors are told they are selfish, arrogant, or childish to want other jobs and/or other careers. But it is true. The … More Reassigned Time
I There is a good website for the trial of ex-President Alberto Fujimori, for very serious human rights violations in Peru. The trial begins 10 December 2007 in Lima. This video has a slightly anti-Asian frame (Fujimori fled to Japan and claimed Japanese citizenship at one point, and he is known in Peru as “El … More Alberto Fujimori
Tower of Babel – Western Epistemology, by Jennifer Cascadia. A snippet: “Rational thinking has become a lost art, and catering to one another’s ‘perceptions’ by treating all perceptions (no matter how outlandish) as if they were already valid components of reality itself has become more common. In other words, social interactions have become politicised. . … More On Perception and Reality
From Jennifer Armstrong: Blaming the victim is quite common on the part of the far right. However, in Australia, it is far more common to succumb to an ideology that overestimates the power of “the individual”. Thus, directly out of this ideology comes the notion that whatever happens to one is somehow directly related to … More On Blaming the Victim
Read God, Save Us from Merit Pay for Teachers! by The Chaff. Via Unsane and Safe. In good news, 20,000 meritorious people protested WHINSEC on November 18. Bill Quigley writes: Even if the US government is reluctant to close the school, Latin American countries look like they will do it themselves. Argentina, Bolivia, Costa Rica, … More On Merit
The following is a comment from this thread. It makes several important points so I am reposting it. I don’t understand the American context as I am not there. I do think it is a shame that teaching cannot take place. There is a kind of global infection of self-indulgence nowadays, based on the philosophy … More On Education
This is an October 26, 2007 NYT Op-Ed piece by David Brooks. One has every reason to dislike the author, but I do like this piece. The gurus seek bliss amidst mountaintop solitude and serenity in the meditative trance, but I, grasshopper, have achieved the oneness with the universe that is known as pure externalization. … More The Outsourced Brain
I am reading this book on the recommendation of Liz. It is smart. If I had not investigated its subject matter quite thoroughly before reading it, I might find it yet more epoch-making. On the other hand, I might not understand it so well. It has given me another insight on Reeducation. I have had … More Stalking the Soul
I will help anyone, but I will not join an illusion. Illusion: The course Madame is taking with me, she failed with someone else, who discovered late in the semester, as I have just done, that the reason she needs so much tutoring and seems so incapable is that she has refused to take the … More Dear University Student #1
Check him out. Wouldn’t you like to have him come to speak at your school? I know I would. I would need to get several departments on board with me to organize this, though. Perhaps for next year. Meanwhile, following the advice of Unsane and inspired by Morphological Confetti and Wandering Caravan, I have been … More Geoffrey Philp
