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."

Tuesday 19 April 2011

protecting students from hatred and hate crime

http://www.lacba.org/Files/LAL/Vol26No6/1439.pdf

"Under the hostile environment theory used by the OCR, if repeated
incidents of harassment or a single severe incident of harassment
occurs at a school, the school administration must take action—not
only to protect the victim but also to protect the school and staff
from liability."

get on the bus! make sure fam sues after you suicide!

suicide sparks lawsuit. sue the bullys! sue they who protect the bullys!

now if any of your teachers are so verbally abusive as to incite your suicide, prior to completing the act, include a link to this court case to your parents and their lawyer, so your family can sue LACC or whatever creepy school protects your verbal harrassment and bullying.

1. Original Complaint

RIP notre dame rape victim/suicide
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