the real lacc: 11/03/2012

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 16 March 2012

Occupy Pepper Spray Davis

isn't it funny that i was fighting the sexism in the school as it incites tears, anger, etc.
little did we know the California School system would start Pepper Spraying students in the eyes as a part of the Chemical Weapons program.
in a way, i'll never know what stings more, the sexism of a professor, or pepper spray in the eyes.
either way, i'd rather have a fair and just society.
here is a tentative ruling from the Occupy UC Davis Pepper Spray Ejaculation.
Occupy Pepper Spray Grillo UC Davis Tentative Ruling
should we cook the books, or not?
it is california.