Locking a young girl in a bathroom in the corner of a classroom (how old is she?) strikes me as dangerously and possibly criminally abusive. I would never call that "leadership" as the author does.
Where does one get the data to say that continuity was abandoned in the 1960s? That's one of those mythic statements that lacks any demonstrable credibility. I was there in the 1960s, teaching college; I was there in the 50s and in the 40s. So I know what was what. I hate this sort of BS being offered as wisdom and I detest the unprofessional training methods -- for discipline --used by stupid teachers and, worse, falsely validated by dumb bloggers seeking attention and money. It's irresponsible to pass along stories like this one from, guess who?, Berg. As for students learning more and being more engaged, my experience was that "things" have gotten better and better and better in many ways. Women, for example, have many more career and vocational opportunities than they had in the 60s. There are thousands of ways in which life has vastly improved over the past 50 years. What's gone bad is partly due to idiots trying to maintain the dumber cultural habits of 50 years ago, such as the humiliating and abusive punishment mentioned in the article Berg asks us to read and presumably admire. Absolutely deplorable! Insane. wc ----- Original Message ---- From: joseph berg <[email protected]> To: aesthetics-l <[email protected]> Sent: Mon, June 28, 2010 9:12:28 PM Subject: "...They were passed from generation to generation. We abandoned that continuity in the 1960s, and things have been going downhill ever since." Doesn't <http://doesn't/> that also apply to the fundamental understandings that guided the development of young artists?: http://www.jdnews.com/articles/new-79635-parenting-bodycopyrag.html
