I’m contemplating teaching Neil Postman’s Amusing Ourselves to Death in my Introduction to Humanities class this semester, particularly Chapter 4 (“The Typographic Mind”). I don’t feel like scanning the chapter and I couldn’t find a pdf or doc… Read more
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January 22nd, 2011 | ~LS~ |
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My students got me. For the first time in a long time, they actually got me. It took me a few days to realize this. I think it is a good sign that things are going well this semester. Let me explain what happened and then I will say how I was… Read more
I don’t really know what a counter trey is in football, but once my tried to husband explain it to me. The context of this explanation was my dissertation on feminist rhetoric and women speakers. He actually read parts of it and gave me some… Read more
I don’t really have much commentary on Chapter 4. I saw it as a case study in science studies and caring for animals situated within breeding pedigree dogs. Maybe I’m missing something. As for Chapter 3, I struggled with this chapter more than… Read more