Archive for March, 2010

ON THE INDIVIDUAL STUDENT

Well, the condom came off the class. No safe teaching in one class Friday. But, it was a “wow” class. I’ll just say that I had to put aside the planned beginning of a project presentation and let spontaneity kick in when a student asked a question at the beginning of the class about what [...]

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A QUICKIE ON BOXES IN AND LABELS

      There is a Zen saying that in the sky, there is no distinction of east and west; people create distinctions out of their own minds and then believe them to be true. How true. It’s not much different on our campuses, is it. We love to herd students into boxes and slap labels on [...]

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ON SEEING STUDENTS

       The students had been working on and presenting “The Song” project. You should have seen them! You should have read their original lyrics!! These are students who had surprised themselves because they had accepted, as they moaned and groaned, that they couldn’t write, that they couldn’t stand up in front of others and present, [...]

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