--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "L B Shriver" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > It was common knowledge among students that manadatory attendance at the Dome > diminished enthusiasm for attendance. Your argument that a good kick in the > backside > somehow will increase the positivity in students' attitudes towards group > program no > doubt reflects the thinking of the administration as well. Is it any wonder > the University is > having such a hard time attractingand keepingstudents? > > L B S
PS MORE IMPORTANT Diverting the attention from the sutra in any way interferes with the practice, as I have understood it. Does anyone seriously believe that there is something better than "simple, natural, innocent" in this regard? L B S > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "feste37" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On the face of it, LB's argument looks unanswerable. But from what I > > remember of students in the dome (not all of them) is that there was > > a lot of > > sheer laziness and dopiness around. What some of them needed was a > > good > > kick in the backside and a reminder to actually do the practice. In > > my > > experience, if you do seize on the tiniest impulse to move around and > > to hop, > > that actually does get the bliss moving around inside you, and this > > promotes > > more of the stuff. It jump starts you, so to speak, so you're no > > longer just sitting > > there like a big lump of inert matter. So while grading students on > > how much > > they hop may seem senseless and a distortion of the teaching, it may > > in fact > > wake people up and possibly do some good. > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "L B Shriver" > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Meanwhile, certain fundamentals of The Knowledge have actually been > > > compromised by the University. For example, the principle of > > innocence in > > practice > > > absolutely foundational as far as I'm concernedwas completely > > trashed by > > the practice of > > > grading students on their performance in the Domes, where they are > > observed by faculty > > > and accorded a performance rating based on how much they hop. Does > > anyone seriously > > > believe that a student who hasn't hopped until the last minute of > > the session > > won't jump > > > up and down once or twice for the sake of the grade? To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
