I am just going to finally have to read it! Too many people I admire have loved it over and over.
sally On 6/19/09 10:39 AM, "Renee" <[email protected]> wrote: > Funny. I was at our local espresso place yesterday having lunch and my > copy was on the table. The owner was wandering around, spied the book, > and asked, "How many times have you read this, now?" I thought it was > pretty funny that he automatically assumed I was rereading it. He said > he hadn't read it for about twenty years and that it might be time to > reread. He also recommended a book by Buckminster Fuller, called > Critical Path, which he said he has read several times. I haven't > checked that out yet. > > Anyway, for those who don't know ZMM, yesterday I read the part about > how Phaedrus experimented in his university writing class by giving no > grades until the end of the semester, how students reacted to that, and > his assertion that we, including students, already know what quality is > even if we can't define it, and that the writing process itself is more > important than knowing the rules about writing. And how this is all > wrapped up together. > > Sound familiar? > > Renee > > > On Jun 19, 2009, at 10:23 AM, [email protected] wrote: > >> In a message dated 6/19/2009 12:53:19 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, >> [email protected] writes: >> >> Right now, I am rereading Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, >> which is more about teaching than it is about motorcycles. Or Zen. Or >> Art. >> You addicted me to that book!!!! >> I would say it is much about life! >> >> Nancy > > "El fin de toda educacion debe ser seguramente el servicio a otros." > ~ Cesar Chavez > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Mosaic mailing list > [email protected] > To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to > http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. > > Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive. > _______________________________________________ Mosaic mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive.
