Re: [school-discuss] etc ... and war

[Paul Tietjens <ptietjens@moriarty.k12.nm.us>]

I have also never seen a bear, badger, or cockroach reading a book, nor 
attending a dojo.

On Wednesday 19 March 2003 04:01 am, Neil Kelly wrote:
> you mentioned instincts.
> maybe there are better and worse instincts, maybe there are just
> instincts put to better or worse use. I use the idea of instincts in my
> computing classes.
> I require students pay attention to me for short periods of time. I
> tell them that paying attention is just like paying money... and that
> they'll only get what they are prepared to pay for and attention is the
> currency. attendance/attention is a sensory experience, I sell
> impressions, to truly "attend" a class is to engage in the thought,
> feeling, movement and instinctive impressions that I'm selling.
> I instinctively avoid discomfort, pain, struggle, ... paying attention
> is swimming against the river.
>
> you also mentioned that "man is ready to fight and defend himself since
> birth". I was moved at how helpless and dependent my babies were at
> birth, I suspect I was very much the same at birth. I'd also suggest
> that it takes years of training to be ready to fight and defend
> yourself, whether the enemy is inside in terms of fighting for soul
> survival or outside in terms of surviving a relationship or surviving a
> society. There are no titles on the shelves like "Learn how to Survive
> in the Antarctic in 3 minutes" or "9 minute World Heavyweight Boxing
> Champion" or "do-it-yourself Be Richard Stallman in 24 hours