Del Thomas Ph. D. wrote: > Hi, Glad to see that some of you are awake. Mine is not an examined life > :-) . At least I try not to. > > This thread started with student reaction to the "myth of upward > mobility"...suggesting that students who question the data should be > told "I would tell the student > that only the examined life is really worth living" is to be > encouraged? Not only does it cut off learning but it is inappropriate.
Sorry, I normally just lurk, but I happened to look up from reading Plato to see the admonition to examine one's life labeled 'inappropriate.' I thought it was rather ironic, and couldn't stop myself from sharing. -- Brian Burchett Manager, Classroom & Cluster Services Office of Information Technologies University of Notre Dame 230 DeBartolo Hall 1.574.631.6503 [EMAIL PROTECTED] |------------------------------------------------------------------| |"There's a statistical theory that if you gave a million | | monkeys typewriters and set them to work, they'd eventually | | come up with the complete works of Shakespeare. Thanks to | | the Internet, we now know this isn't true." | | --Ian Hart, British actor | |------------------------------------------------------------------| --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Teaching Sociology" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/teachsoc -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
