tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5939915290794973654.post2398602180619900589..comments2024-03-08T14:23:31.503-05:00Comments on A Puff of Absurdity: Hedges on EducationMarie Snyderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13872774009526266579noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5939915290794973654.post-40396547664225437322015-07-21T15:54:18.861-04:002015-07-21T15:54:18.861-04:00Absolutely! The real learning often seems to be at...Absolutely! The real learning often seems to be at the edges of the proposed lecture.Marie Snyderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13872774009526266579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5939915290794973654.post-20295730728055245002015-07-21T15:33:40.551-04:002015-07-21T15:33:40.551-04:00I remember all too well the excitement (for me, an...I remember all too well the excitement (for me, and sometimes for my students) when we would go off on one of those tangents that we never really had time for, even in my day, Marie. I often felt that was where the real learning was taking place. Those moments energized me and lifted all of us from the rather quotidian practices that were thrust upon us by the curriculum. The utilitarian bent of today's education that emphasizes skill development but not the human spirit is surely deficient. Lornehttp://www.politicsanditsdiscontents.blogspot.canoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5939915290794973654.post-30816739417749668832015-07-20T13:03:39.814-04:002015-07-20T13:03:39.814-04:00There are teachers -- and there are great teachers...There are teachers -- and there are great teachers, Marie. Obviously. Hedges knows what makes a teacher a great teacher.Owen Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06464860078574618579noreply@blogger.com