do no harm:


idit dobb-weinstein: "teaching is action and thinking at once. What I try to guard against most when I teach is not speaking as if my answer were conclusive, so as to avoid (to the extent possible) any kind of dogmatic appropriation. It is understandable why students might wish to imitate their teachers, but there are different modes of imitation. I try very hard to avoid the mimetic appropriation that is immediate, passive, and occludes thinking. One other reason is that if I made clear what my views were, and my views appeared as if they were final, it would preclude the possibility of first, students challenging me and second, learning from my students. The relation between the student and teacher is, to me, a dynamic relationship . . . Teaching and learning is a movement that occurs between. In other words, we are at once both agent and patient, both teacher and learner. If we are not very careful, we can do a great deal of harm. And that, too, I have learned from my teachers, Maimonides especially.

I believe my task is to provoke students to think and to engage them in genuine dialogue and questioning. To paraphrase a rabbinic saying, 'I have learned from my teachers, and I have learned from my peers, but I have learned most from my students.' And that is a continuous process of learning."

Thursday 2 September 2010

finding allies--


to:


Letia Royal-Burnett
Los Angeles Trade-Technical College
Compliance Officer


the seminar i am taking this summer is on conflict resolution.
i hope to go to law school and be a fighter for human rights.

there are very specific laws against epithets and slurs which have been violated at LACC.

cristy passman discouraged me from making reports and tried to talk down to me and blame me.

the administration needs a total overhaul so that latina women and asian women and all women can go to a school in an equal atmosphere.

i appreciate anything you can do do help make LACC a better place.

i really really feel inspired by talking to you and hope we can talk soon.

i wil work on excerpting the anecdotes pertaining to passman's protection of the abusers.

i believe there is a better future for LACC.

my seminar concludes this friday and i will have time to dedicate to speaking with you and sending you the extracts from my blog and names of witnesses.

i appreciate your support and courageous educational committment.

i think ms. passman deserves respect, but i think our attempts to help her see the value of true equality will make LACC a safer place.


women are literally dropping classes and being kicked out of classes bc of predator professors and sexism from the lecture verbiage and harassing emails.

the damage to our souls and psychological well-being is severe.

 i thank you for being an ally!!!!!

more later
mary eng
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