the real lacc: 17/10/2010

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."

Friday 22 October 2010

le tigre

transgressive eh?
for bartelt eckford lanzer lewis passman
and their anti-PC pro-sexist vulgate
+dov charney just bc

"Dude Yr So Crazy!!"--le tigre

So defeated
Thinks it's funny
Film Festival
Retro Porn
Shabby Chic
BiCostal
Soundtrack
Carnivore
Transgressive
Gone fishin'
Shock Value
Good Contract
Big Collection
Independant
Devil's Advocate
Proteg?
Ooooooooh! Ooooooooh!
Ooooooooh! Oooooooooooooh!

Hawaiian Shirt
Buddy buddy
Just Chillin'
Crystal Meth
Big Budget
Dirty Hair
Anti PC
Dive Bar
Universal
Hilton Safari
Euro Connection
Topless Now
Obscure Reference
Likes Parties
Fake Childhood
Muscle Tee
Ooooooooh! Ooooooooh!
Ooooooooh! Oooooooooooooh!