There is a Zen saying that in the sky, there is no distinction of east
and west;
people create distinctions out of their own minds and then believe them to be
true. How
true. It's not much different on our campuses, is it. We love to herd
students into
boxes and slap labels on them out of our own minds, believe them to be true,
and then act
as if they are true. That makes us prone to committing a whole bunch of I'll
call
"attribution errors."
Someone asked me at Lilly South what makes for a good and lasting
marriage. I
always jokingly reply to such a question, "Two words, 'yes, ma'am.'" But, the
more I
think about it, the truth is that Susan and I have been married, without
wandering eye or
heart, for nearly 44 years because we've worked hard to get beyond the often
misleading
idea of each other to the real each other. So, too, we have to go beyond the
idea of a
student to the real student. And, we can only do that if we teach outside the
box and go
beyond the labels.
Make it a good day.
--Louis--
Louis Schmier http://www.therandomthoughts.com
Department of History
http://www.therandomthoughts.edublogs.org
Valdosta State University
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