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Comment on Thwarting Therapy by Jon Dreyer

Jon Dreyer — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 21:00:05 +0000

I don’t think it’s anti-intellectual. Rather, the whole point of therapy as I understand it is to use the conscious mind, including the intellect, as a Trojan Horse by which to sneak into the sub- and unconscious mind, which is, after all, the seat of the emotions we are trying to tweak. Staying in the intellectual realm is like sitting outside the gates of Troy and thinking what a cool horse you are hanging out in.

Comment on High School Teachers’ Meetings by Jon Dreyer

Jon Dreyer — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 04:50:14 +0000

I hope it wasn’t an English teacher.

Comment on What, if anything, is “ethnic literature”? by burningclove

burningclove — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 16:53:48 +0000

Yeah, we’ve discussed that site in class too. I really wish they’d told me in ed school that the best way to deal with being a white teacher in a room full of students of color is to constantly make fun of your own whiteness. Seriously: it gains students’ trust, it establishes a classroom environment in which uncomfortable issues can be discussed rather than ignored, AND it’s loads of fun. You can’t say all those things about many teaching strategies!

Comment on What, if anything, is “ethnic literature”? by Joel

Joel — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 06:29:22 +0000

Good wiseass comeback. Apologies unneeded. How about Stuff White People Like?

Comment on What, if anything, is “ethnic literature”? by anexamen

anexamen — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 05:50:21 +0000

Comment on Reading Kristeva by Joel

Joel — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 07:45:03 +0000

Well, that’s a relief!

Comment on Everything Is Illuminated by Joel

Joel — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 06:57:17 +0000

The same principle is equally at work among financially and politically powerful people everywhere, not just labor unions. Connections, kone, guanxi make the world go round–or keep it from changing.

Comment on Descriptions of Depression by Descriptions of Depression, Part Two « Burning Clove

Descriptions of Depression, Part Two « Burning Clove — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 00:09:39 +0000

[...] by burningclove on the November 8, 2009 Tags: Depression, Psychology, Quotations When I wrote this post I had not yet read what should have been its [...]

Comment on Tone by Joel

Joel — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 23:21:45 +0000

A budding, bloody Hemingway!

Comment on Fun with Urban Education by KQB

KQB — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 01:26:22 +0000

Augh…Can we put that on our resumes under skills and qualifications?