You are late.<\/p>\n
You are running to your car and you are late.<\/p>\n
You are late for that presentation that you have been preparing for.<\/p>\n
You are splashing through a puddle and the puddle has a rock.<\/p>\n
You trip on the unseen rock in the puddle that you are splashing through. Maybe it was an imaginary rock (it probably wasn\u2019t).<\/p>\n
Your index cards are all a jumble. That could be a real problem, couldn\u2019t it? The whole purpose is now enfolded upon itself. An accordion with no wind.<\/p>\n
Things are out of order. There is no order. You stumble across Pt. 2<\/a> of a sandbox that explains the purpose of the sandbox that begins in Pt. 1<\/a>. But the sandbox is imaginary. You find<\/a> mention of All Time Educational Buzz Word #1. ATEBW#1 makes you suspicious \u2013 this is not my beautiful house!<\/p>\n You\u2019re wary because ATEBW#1 is duplicitous. It and the other ATEBW#1 contenders (\u201csocial justice\u201d \u201cculturally relevant\u201d \u201creform\u201d \u201cstandardized\u201d \u201cbenchmarks\u201d \u201cengagement\u201d & \u201cauthenticity\u201d for instance) are the kinds of words that are fixing us in place. We\u2019re not able to grow from here and you\u2019re the only one who knows this. You’re very sharp, after all. A presentation. A presentation is what’s needed.<\/p>\n You were going to change the world! You made index cards, dammit! Why can\u2019t anyone fix the goddamn potholes in this city anyway?<\/p>\n We need to fix these puddle gaps. We need to fix these puddle gaps because a hole in one\u2019s logic and a hole in the street are just as faulty. Is one any more real than the other? Is there any other way to fill a (w)hole than to supplicate it with the real? How would your request be addressed? A supplication of asphalt? A supplication of new knowledge?<\/p>\n We\u2019ve got the shovels. Let\u2019s fill in some holes. No more puddle splashing and splayed index cards.<\/p>\n Invite a friend. Bring a hard hat (best to also tell your friend to bring a hard hat). It\u2019s time to landfill:<\/p>\n Beyond Pedagogy Meeting Dates The meetings are all scheduled to run from 5-7 p.m. at the Mentor LA Offices located at 1035 S. Grand Ave., 2nd Floor Los Angeles, CA 90015. Please park in the lot on the corner of Grand and 11th.<\/p>\n All are welcome!<\/p>\n
\n3\/20 \u2013 Spell of the Sensuous by David Abram<\/a>
\n4\/17 \u2013 Blank Slate by Steven Pinker<\/a>
\n5\/8 \u2013 Inventing Kindergarten by Norman Brosterman<\/a>
\n6\/5 \u2013 Thought Reform and the Psychology of Totalism by Jay Lifton<\/a>
\n6\/19 \u2013 Operating Manual For Spaceship Earth by Buckminster Fuller<\/a>
\n7\/?? \u2013 Dialectics of Seeing by Susan Buck-Morse<\/a><\/p>\nTell people this is awesome:<\/h3>