It was a busy past two weekends. I've been trying to explore Columbus a bit more and also continue building relationships within my cohort. To this end I managed to find a taco truck tour, go outlet shopping, attend our cohort formal, and play a ton of games, and even do a bar hop. Needless to say, I have done very little WORK on the weekends.
Let's talk about the games first. Powder Climber, Cardmaster Cider, Tall Bear and intermittently Hopeful Introspective have played a variety of board games with me. As I've mentioned many times before, we are the "nerds" who enjoy the more elaborate board games, not just Monopoly and whatnot. In the past few weeks we've played Forbidden Island, Small World, Fluxx, Civilization, Settlers of Catan, Blockus, and Citadel, among others. So if you are looking for new games, these are some good choices to consider. It's been fascinating watching how we play various games, and seeing where our talents come out. I, for example, do very well in games that are reactive. I'm very good at countering moves, but not terribly skilled at planning ahead or coming up with a strategy per say. Now some people may disagree with this assessment, but this is also the level of competition that I'm playing against (I also employ psychological warfare...or do I?) Tall Bear, very analytical and strategic in his approaches, has a highly guarded and fleshed out plan that he tweaks as he goes, usually centered around maximizing the best possible outcomes. He calculates what is most likely going to be beneficial and strategizes toward that. CC is really adept at keeping track of whats going on everyones cards and who has done what in various moves. She identifies the threat then does her best to beat them to the punch. Powder Climber picks a strategy and sticks with it rain or shine. Sometimes he finds that it wasn't the best, but he perseveres and adjusts slightly. Often this results in him scoring a lot of points for a streak of time and then earning nothing, but he has already such a lead that we have trouble catching him. Hopeful Introspective does his own thing, almost disappearing from the game, ruffling noones feathers and suddenly winning because we have spent so much energy destroying each other. You can gauge how many games we play if I can identify consistent play styles at this point. I could go on, but then people might suspect I'm studying them for weaknesses... unless I am...
Taco trucking involved again CC, Powder Climber, Tall Bear, Dandy Woo and her fiance. I was glad to get a chance for good Mexican food. Chorizo tacos, horchata, gorditas, tlayudas (from Oaxaca, Mexico), and several other wonderful treats made it a great trip. CC found us a deal and coordinated the booking and it was totally worth it. At one place, we found some salsa that was really just onions soaked in habernero juice. So good. So hot. I was in my happy place. The trip ended at a Mercado, so naturally I bought fresh tortillas, avocados, cilantro, onions and Mexican candies and I hosted a fresh guac and chorizo taco party again a few days later. The happy place continued :)
We also had our cohort formal, which was a lot of fun drinking, dancing, shooting pool, and just taking pictures. The usual crew was present as well a Frenchie's Choice and La Femme Critique alongside many others. Funniest part was watching La Femme Critique keep changing the music to songs noone knew, continually proving herself a hipster, magically winning pool not once but twice, and just spending time with people I don't always hang out with too.
Before the party I had spent the day at the Outlet Mall about 45 minutes away alongside Powder Climber and two other cohort members I'd be attending China with: Mr. Bigpants and Brazen Talker. The four of us were on a mission for clothes for China, which will be very hot. $300 painful dollars later I had a few new pairs of pants, some nice and casual shirts, and even new board shorts, all DryFit type of materials so if I washed them, they would air dry quickly and feel nice and cool in the hot air. It hurt my wallet but I remembered that I NEVER shop, so these are good investments.
Next blog post (sometime early this week) will let me discuss non-cohort matters, like Red Button and her exciting news and how Spam Boa and I are incrementally changing the word through G-Chatting. Also, I may feel up to talking about my very... interesting... bar hop with TS Eloquent, my University friend who lives out here and often shows me around Columbus, but apparently only knows gay bars... Yes we'll see how much I want to commit of that to writing. It makes for a better story told aloud...
And with those teasers, happy solar eclipse view day West Coast! Special shoutout to my bro, Drew Jules York, for his birthday this past week and Happy belated Mothers Day!
-JTY
Listening to: Silversun Pickups. I have a playlist with all three of their albums but Royal We is my favorite I think.
Reading: Youth in Revolt- my Histories class book on student riots in the very early 1800s. Students haven't changed much FYI.
Playing: League of Legends and Brain Age in my free time, or lack thereof.
Sunday, May 20, 2012
Tuesday, May 8, 2012
Avengers
Make sure you read the academic post preceding this one. I'm doing a double post over two days.
I saw the Avengers at midnight last Thursday. It. Was. Amazing. I have to own that I generally love the movies I see. Heavy Spy and i even tried predict how each of us would respond to the movie and mine was "it was awesome !!!!!!!!!"
Now if you haven't seen it, don't worry I don't usually give spoilers. Even if things sound like spoilers I'm probably leaving it vague or misleading to throw you off. So feel free to read on.
Generally speaking, everyone loved the Avengers. It's got great reviews, if you care about those kind of things (93% Rotten Tomatoes), superb word of mouth, and almost noone that has seen it was like, well that was a waste. In fact, I haven't seen people this excited about a movie since Inception, and not since Dark Knight about a comic book movie. While it is funny, action packed, and rather well written, I want to talk about a few things that really stood out to me that makes this movie so great.
First, Joss Whedon knew what he had and what he was doing. Let's think about this for a sec. First, you have a star studded cast who fans have grown to love over the course of MANY years. Whedon manages to balance screen time, punchlines and action sequences pretty impressively if you ask me. Noone felt shafted and everyone had some pretty epic moments, even the side characters like Agent Hill (the right hand woman to Nick Fury who I didn't realize was important). Maybe Thor and Captain America got slightly less action than Iron Man and Black Widow, but considering they had movies last year, I'm good with that.
Second, the whole "fans have grown to love over the course of MANY years" part. This is a franchise that has been building over at least 5 movies. A common criticism that I've heard is that the movie lacked a plot or character development. That's because they've either not seen Captain America and Thor, or refuse to acknowledge that this is not an isolated movie. Its the next chapter. Its a universe of movies! Your character just did 90-120 minutes of developing last summer!
So yea, that's really all I wanted to say about the movie. Action was stupendous. Comic timing superb. References that I laughed at but generally Dandy Woo, Cardmaster Cider, Powder Climber and Tall Bear didn't because they didn't remember events (or had seen) from previous movies. Ahh, movie bliss.
Speaking of avenging, I have mentioned before that I have a Chinese conversation partner. Today we were talking about how in Ancient China, an important party of the system of power was revenge. Just like honor was central to the Japanese samurai, or chivalry the Medieval knight, revenge was the political norm for the pre-Hun dynasty (and as I understand it several other dynasties too). Let me preface this to avoid any misinterpretation: I am taking all this from my partner, whose hobby was Chinese history for many years. He's told me many amazing stories that I often cannot differentiate fact and mythology. That's what you can do with thousands of years of history.
Let me give you an example: There many different kingdoms in a more medieval structure China, and the emperor who first consolidated did so by conquering three of the largest kingdoms. He was a good ruler and solidified his power. However, as he was getting older, he was worried about his son taking over. Apparently, the son was mentally challenged, though my convo partner pointed out that history may have recorded him as far more incapable than he actually was. Regardless, knowing that his son would have problems, the emperor made his brother and his brother-in-law BOTH swear to take care of the son. They agreed, likely with hopes of ruling on their own. However, since they represented two different families (the old emperors and his wife's which apparently automatically means they are rivals for power). But there's a third power at play, the son's wife's family, led by her brother. They are smaller than either of the other two and not perceived as a real threat. However, they wait for the uncle and brother in law to start fighting, then manage to kill off the new emperor's wife's family. Yes, not just the brother-in-law. The whole family. Because if you don't kill the whole family, someone's going to be out for revenge. They turn and finish off the uncle and have apparently secured power. Notice noone tried to kill the emperor himself, because that would be like trying to kill a god. All of this is to be the prime minister to the emperor. So then if I recall correctly, two other smaller kingdom see their chance to take over. They unite and the prepare to overthrow the wife's family. The new emperors wife's brother is apparently a brilliant strategist. Because see these are big battles, not just wars of words. He manages to turn the tide on the larger united force. But while he is doing that, a third king, who was originally loyal to the emperor, thinks that the strategist is going to lose, so he conspires to capture him and turn him over to the two kings in hopes of recognition when they become prime minister. Realizing that the strategist is actually about to win, the conspirator hesitates, but ultimately does follow through with the betrayal. The united kings take over and calling him a traitor, do not actually promote the conspirator but try to kill him. The emperor proves he's not as helpless as originally portrayed and brings in foreign tribes to wages mini skirmishes that allow him to overthrow the two kings. The traitor becomes the prime minister to the emperor, but at this point, the empire is in such shambles that the Huns, led by Attila, come in and destroy the entire dynasty.
In other words, Chinese history is real life GAME OF FREAKING THRONES. I have not verified the accuracy of this story, which my convo partner dubbed the Chaos of Eight Kings. But even if its not exactly accurate, or my recount is a bit off, its pretty close and pretty freaking ridiculous. Chinese history is awesome!
OK I think that's all I wanted to say this week. I'm now caught up on blogging. Enjoy the rest of your week as I shall enjoy mine. See you Sunday (PPSSSTTT It's Mother Day)!
-JTY
Listening to: Reptilia- Strokes reminds me both of guitar hero and good summer times. It's been hot here in Ohio (80s and humid) Thunderstorms and surprise rain galore!
Reading: "Navigating the power dynamics between institutions and their communities" - Byron White, an article for my favorite class in grad school: Service Learning
Playing: League- three wins with Spam and two last night with Dungeon Daddy, on a streak for once.
I saw the Avengers at midnight last Thursday. It. Was. Amazing. I have to own that I generally love the movies I see. Heavy Spy and i even tried predict how each of us would respond to the movie and mine was "it was awesome !!!!!!!!!"
Now if you haven't seen it, don't worry I don't usually give spoilers. Even if things sound like spoilers I'm probably leaving it vague or misleading to throw you off. So feel free to read on.
Generally speaking, everyone loved the Avengers. It's got great reviews, if you care about those kind of things (93% Rotten Tomatoes), superb word of mouth, and almost noone that has seen it was like, well that was a waste. In fact, I haven't seen people this excited about a movie since Inception, and not since Dark Knight about a comic book movie. While it is funny, action packed, and rather well written, I want to talk about a few things that really stood out to me that makes this movie so great.
First, Joss Whedon knew what he had and what he was doing. Let's think about this for a sec. First, you have a star studded cast who fans have grown to love over the course of MANY years. Whedon manages to balance screen time, punchlines and action sequences pretty impressively if you ask me. Noone felt shafted and everyone had some pretty epic moments, even the side characters like Agent Hill (the right hand woman to Nick Fury who I didn't realize was important). Maybe Thor and Captain America got slightly less action than Iron Man and Black Widow, but considering they had movies last year, I'm good with that.
Second, the whole "fans have grown to love over the course of MANY years" part. This is a franchise that has been building over at least 5 movies. A common criticism that I've heard is that the movie lacked a plot or character development. That's because they've either not seen Captain America and Thor, or refuse to acknowledge that this is not an isolated movie. Its the next chapter. Its a universe of movies! Your character just did 90-120 minutes of developing last summer!
So yea, that's really all I wanted to say about the movie. Action was stupendous. Comic timing superb. References that I laughed at but generally Dandy Woo, Cardmaster Cider, Powder Climber and Tall Bear didn't because they didn't remember events (or had seen) from previous movies. Ahh, movie bliss.
Speaking of avenging, I have mentioned before that I have a Chinese conversation partner. Today we were talking about how in Ancient China, an important party of the system of power was revenge. Just like honor was central to the Japanese samurai, or chivalry the Medieval knight, revenge was the political norm for the pre-Hun dynasty (and as I understand it several other dynasties too). Let me preface this to avoid any misinterpretation: I am taking all this from my partner, whose hobby was Chinese history for many years. He's told me many amazing stories that I often cannot differentiate fact and mythology. That's what you can do with thousands of years of history.
Let me give you an example: There many different kingdoms in a more medieval structure China, and the emperor who first consolidated did so by conquering three of the largest kingdoms. He was a good ruler and solidified his power. However, as he was getting older, he was worried about his son taking over. Apparently, the son was mentally challenged, though my convo partner pointed out that history may have recorded him as far more incapable than he actually was. Regardless, knowing that his son would have problems, the emperor made his brother and his brother-in-law BOTH swear to take care of the son. They agreed, likely with hopes of ruling on their own. However, since they represented two different families (the old emperors and his wife's which apparently automatically means they are rivals for power). But there's a third power at play, the son's wife's family, led by her brother. They are smaller than either of the other two and not perceived as a real threat. However, they wait for the uncle and brother in law to start fighting, then manage to kill off the new emperor's wife's family. Yes, not just the brother-in-law. The whole family. Because if you don't kill the whole family, someone's going to be out for revenge. They turn and finish off the uncle and have apparently secured power. Notice noone tried to kill the emperor himself, because that would be like trying to kill a god. All of this is to be the prime minister to the emperor. So then if I recall correctly, two other smaller kingdom see their chance to take over. They unite and the prepare to overthrow the wife's family. The new emperors wife's brother is apparently a brilliant strategist. Because see these are big battles, not just wars of words. He manages to turn the tide on the larger united force. But while he is doing that, a third king, who was originally loyal to the emperor, thinks that the strategist is going to lose, so he conspires to capture him and turn him over to the two kings in hopes of recognition when they become prime minister. Realizing that the strategist is actually about to win, the conspirator hesitates, but ultimately does follow through with the betrayal. The united kings take over and calling him a traitor, do not actually promote the conspirator but try to kill him. The emperor proves he's not as helpless as originally portrayed and brings in foreign tribes to wages mini skirmishes that allow him to overthrow the two kings. The traitor becomes the prime minister to the emperor, but at this point, the empire is in such shambles that the Huns, led by Attila, come in and destroy the entire dynasty.
In other words, Chinese history is real life GAME OF FREAKING THRONES. I have not verified the accuracy of this story, which my convo partner dubbed the Chaos of Eight Kings. But even if its not exactly accurate, or my recount is a bit off, its pretty close and pretty freaking ridiculous. Chinese history is awesome!
OK I think that's all I wanted to say this week. I'm now caught up on blogging. Enjoy the rest of your week as I shall enjoy mine. See you Sunday (PPSSSTTT It's Mother Day)!
-JTY
Listening to: Reptilia- Strokes reminds me both of guitar hero and good summer times. It's been hot here in Ohio (80s and humid) Thunderstorms and surprise rain galore!
Reading: "Navigating the power dynamics between institutions and their communities" - Byron White, an article for my favorite class in grad school: Service Learning
Playing: League- three wins with Spam and two last night with Dungeon Daddy, on a streak for once.
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Sunday, May 6, 2012
Twofold
Sorry for the randomly timed posts. It seems I am on the two post every two weeks schedule. I'll try to do the double post since two in one I know are hard to read.
This week I did zero work. That's because I had a paper and two presentations on Monday. Motivation levels- null. So I've played around, stayed up late and also wasn't feeling good earlier this week. But now that I have another paper looming in the distance, I am opting to write the blog instead. One of the big things that happened this week is Spam Boa and I got into a dense conversation about the education system and the power of sincere conversation.
We started by talking about this video about education, found here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zDZFcDGpL4U. I think you should really watch this link as Sir Ken Robinson explains it better than I do, but the gist of it is that our education system was designed by influences of the Enlightenment (intellectual) and Industrial (economic) settings. Now our intellectual and economic settings today are very different from those times. Spam and I both reflected that we, as college educated high achieving students have survived this system. Not just survived, thrived in them. But other students do not. And often, what happens is if the system doesn't work for people, we have a tendency to respond with a "What's wrong with you?" mentality, usually then diagnosing them with ADHD and sending them on their way with pills. Robinson goes on to question the basic tenants of our system, like why do we lump everyone together by age (industrial similarities to lumping things by date of manufacture) or why do we educate at certain times of the day, etc.
Spam brought up an anecdote about a little girl who would struggle through school. Full story found here: http://wdyt.org/2010/06/18/your-daughter-isnt-sick-learning-disabled-shes-a-dancer/. The moral of the story, the girl was not in her ideal learning environment. So, like many conversations that Spam and I have had, this lead to an idea. What would it be like if we started our own school? Of course we went on the tangent of the amusing idea that we ran the school with our friends: Nemesis as the school nurse, Kareem as the English teacher, Sunshine Knives PE, RC Tequila for math, Alejandro for Art, Mama Goldfish as the school counselor, maybe Brock for history or government with his Poli-Sci background etc. While entertaining, we did give serious though to how can we address the issues at hand? Well, we would need like-minded people first. Then the will to create a thorough and effective method of teaching all learning types. Then people willing to lend us their kids and probably their money.
But the logistics were not as important at this time as the idea. Like I mentioned in the blog a few weeks ago, I've been thinking a lot about these great sparks of ideas we have an how we pass them by. I saw a presentation about the Lost Generation, which was saying my generation doesn't care about stuff in the same way that previous generations did (though they acknowledge as older persons that they were told the same thing when they were young). But still there is some truth to the fact that often if the going gets tough we don't bother. We lack the passion to try, to dare to love, to get off our lazy butts and do something. A good example of this is the fact that I never took early classes if I could at all avoid it because I didn't want to get up at that time. Now on one end I could have slept earlier, dragged myself out and took advantage of the great class. One the other end, if I am not a good learner at 8am, why only give me that option? It's twofold- I need to climb the ladder but someone needs to give me a ladder and someone else needs to hold it steady.
Which connects to my discussions in class as to why do we do what we do? Why do we have a liberal arts education in this country if the resounding question for all English, Art, Philosophy, Classics, etc students is: What are you going to do with that? Are we such a practical-application focused country that we miss the value of being able to understand Shakespeare or paint a portrait or wrestle with Socrates? Perhaps, because I feel the need to explain that doing those three things could practically translate as critical analysis, patience, product design, and persuasion. But I shouldn't have to explain it because we should all see merit in the arts, shouldn't we? Without the arts, how can we understand ourselves? But I digress.
The (several) points being: Spam and I had a big idea, and it is going to be up to us not to let it die. To keep the spark alive and jump on opportunities to push it forward. We know this is a very long term idea, and we aren't exactly quitting our day jobs, but we can do it. And if our generation is considered lost, then who lost us? And how can we keep ourselves on track with our education systems? How can we provide the guidance to those who are lost? How can we shepherd our sheep? And yes, I'm using religious imagery intentionally because I think the two goals are alike. Enacting change in people by giving them the opportunity to embrace it. And tailoring your approach to the individual, not the mass market. The Catholic traditions are rich and deep. But they don't appeal to everyone. If we are a communion people, why don't we seem to welcome all types?
Which leads me to my final point: how do we motivate ourselves. One more video for you: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u6XAPnuFjJc. This video talks about how we need to have purpose, which aligns with my development theories, my leadership theories, and all the things I learn in my program. We talk about our strengths and using our strengths. Hopeful Introspective is writing his thesis in relation to this and he discussed how true practice really makes us good at things. Spam and I discussed this in regards to video games. If we just go through the motion of the games, its a waste of time, but if we are consciously paying attention to the strategies, conflicts and reacting properly, then we are truly practicing certain skills. And let me tell you, you learn much better skills playing the Legend of Zelda and solving puzzles and problems then you do playing Modern Warfare, which is mostly muscle memorization. In other words, in order to tap into these passions, these sparks, these dreams we have to practice. We have to train ourselves and not just go through the motions. How different would school be if we didn't just have to memorize for the next test and forget everything? How much better could we talk about religion politics and all those difficult topics if everyone was used to analyzing the data, Scripture, and media representations with a critical eye, rather than just absorbing and repeating things we may or may not understand? What kind of world would we live in if we were all trained in the liberal arts before our professional training? Wait, if we were ALL trained in anything, then that would undermine the tailoring of education to individual needs. So perhaps then we need a twofold approach, balancing both sides of it to this unique and exciting new way of doing things.
-JTY
Reading: Nothing cuz i'm a terrible student.
Listening to: RSA talk about motivation: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u6XAPnuFjJc
Playing: TOR and LoL as usual.
This week I did zero work. That's because I had a paper and two presentations on Monday. Motivation levels- null. So I've played around, stayed up late and also wasn't feeling good earlier this week. But now that I have another paper looming in the distance, I am opting to write the blog instead. One of the big things that happened this week is Spam Boa and I got into a dense conversation about the education system and the power of sincere conversation.
We started by talking about this video about education, found here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zDZFcDGpL4U. I think you should really watch this link as Sir Ken Robinson explains it better than I do, but the gist of it is that our education system was designed by influences of the Enlightenment (intellectual) and Industrial (economic) settings. Now our intellectual and economic settings today are very different from those times. Spam and I both reflected that we, as college educated high achieving students have survived this system. Not just survived, thrived in them. But other students do not. And often, what happens is if the system doesn't work for people, we have a tendency to respond with a "What's wrong with you?" mentality, usually then diagnosing them with ADHD and sending them on their way with pills. Robinson goes on to question the basic tenants of our system, like why do we lump everyone together by age (industrial similarities to lumping things by date of manufacture) or why do we educate at certain times of the day, etc.
Spam brought up an anecdote about a little girl who would struggle through school. Full story found here: http://wdyt.org/2010/06/18/your-daughter-isnt-sick-learning-disabled-shes-a-dancer/. The moral of the story, the girl was not in her ideal learning environment. So, like many conversations that Spam and I have had, this lead to an idea. What would it be like if we started our own school? Of course we went on the tangent of the amusing idea that we ran the school with our friends: Nemesis as the school nurse, Kareem as the English teacher, Sunshine Knives PE, RC Tequila for math, Alejandro for Art, Mama Goldfish as the school counselor, maybe Brock for history or government with his Poli-Sci background etc. While entertaining, we did give serious though to how can we address the issues at hand? Well, we would need like-minded people first. Then the will to create a thorough and effective method of teaching all learning types. Then people willing to lend us their kids and probably their money.
But the logistics were not as important at this time as the idea. Like I mentioned in the blog a few weeks ago, I've been thinking a lot about these great sparks of ideas we have an how we pass them by. I saw a presentation about the Lost Generation, which was saying my generation doesn't care about stuff in the same way that previous generations did (though they acknowledge as older persons that they were told the same thing when they were young). But still there is some truth to the fact that often if the going gets tough we don't bother. We lack the passion to try, to dare to love, to get off our lazy butts and do something. A good example of this is the fact that I never took early classes if I could at all avoid it because I didn't want to get up at that time. Now on one end I could have slept earlier, dragged myself out and took advantage of the great class. One the other end, if I am not a good learner at 8am, why only give me that option? It's twofold- I need to climb the ladder but someone needs to give me a ladder and someone else needs to hold it steady.
Which connects to my discussions in class as to why do we do what we do? Why do we have a liberal arts education in this country if the resounding question for all English, Art, Philosophy, Classics, etc students is: What are you going to do with that? Are we such a practical-application focused country that we miss the value of being able to understand Shakespeare or paint a portrait or wrestle with Socrates? Perhaps, because I feel the need to explain that doing those three things could practically translate as critical analysis, patience, product design, and persuasion. But I shouldn't have to explain it because we should all see merit in the arts, shouldn't we? Without the arts, how can we understand ourselves? But I digress.
The (several) points being: Spam and I had a big idea, and it is going to be up to us not to let it die. To keep the spark alive and jump on opportunities to push it forward. We know this is a very long term idea, and we aren't exactly quitting our day jobs, but we can do it. And if our generation is considered lost, then who lost us? And how can we keep ourselves on track with our education systems? How can we provide the guidance to those who are lost? How can we shepherd our sheep? And yes, I'm using religious imagery intentionally because I think the two goals are alike. Enacting change in people by giving them the opportunity to embrace it. And tailoring your approach to the individual, not the mass market. The Catholic traditions are rich and deep. But they don't appeal to everyone. If we are a communion people, why don't we seem to welcome all types?
Which leads me to my final point: how do we motivate ourselves. One more video for you: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u6XAPnuFjJc. This video talks about how we need to have purpose, which aligns with my development theories, my leadership theories, and all the things I learn in my program. We talk about our strengths and using our strengths. Hopeful Introspective is writing his thesis in relation to this and he discussed how true practice really makes us good at things. Spam and I discussed this in regards to video games. If we just go through the motion of the games, its a waste of time, but if we are consciously paying attention to the strategies, conflicts and reacting properly, then we are truly practicing certain skills. And let me tell you, you learn much better skills playing the Legend of Zelda and solving puzzles and problems then you do playing Modern Warfare, which is mostly muscle memorization. In other words, in order to tap into these passions, these sparks, these dreams we have to practice. We have to train ourselves and not just go through the motions. How different would school be if we didn't just have to memorize for the next test and forget everything? How much better could we talk about religion politics and all those difficult topics if everyone was used to analyzing the data, Scripture, and media representations with a critical eye, rather than just absorbing and repeating things we may or may not understand? What kind of world would we live in if we were all trained in the liberal arts before our professional training? Wait, if we were ALL trained in anything, then that would undermine the tailoring of education to individual needs. So perhaps then we need a twofold approach, balancing both sides of it to this unique and exciting new way of doing things.
-JTY
Reading: Nothing cuz i'm a terrible student.
Listening to: RSA talk about motivation: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u6XAPnuFjJc
Playing: TOR and LoL as usual.
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