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
Early on we see a young Oscar Ghiglia. The video heats up when Segovia loses patience with another student and bursts into Spanish. At the end comes the key comment, on “the delicate lack of respect we have for the rhythm – a lack of respect which defines both the good and the bad artist.” … More Andrés Segovia – Master Class 1965
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
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
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
This is another of my magic charms against Reeducation. As we know, it was said there that I had too much personal power and was not in enough pain. I therefore tried hard to relinquish power and to feel pain. Later I discovered that I had in fact not been deluded the first 35 years … More Magic Charm
…from WoC PhD. Excerpting: “When an atmosphere of trust exists in a department, students are more likely to come to class prepared to learn and to take accountability for their actions, conflicts are likely to be at a minimum, and real problems that arise can be handled with maturity and proper sanction. Without trust, everything … More A Very Nice Post
The trees outside the window are in rapid transformation as we move into fall and everything is so clearly living. In Reeducation it was not acceptable to place negative events in perspective. It was prohibited to stand at the head of one’s own acts. The absurdity of these ideas is shocking. It grows increasingly evident … More Clarior
Now we are dancing to protect ourselves against any possible ill effects of a Jindal governorship. I had really hoped we would at least get a runoff. Jindal, it appears, believes in Intelligent Design “Theory.” And as we know, he has backed Bush on the Iraq war 100% of the time. And my friend says, … More Palo Drumming and Dancing – Dominican Republic
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