Walking on Water: Reading, Writing and Revolution Remember the days of longing for the hands on the classroom clock to move faster? Most of us would say we love to learn, but we hated school. He reveals how schools perpetuate the great illusion that
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| Title | : | Walking on Water: Reading, Writing and Revolution |
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.94 (168 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1931498784 |
| Format Type | : | Paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 232 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2005-04-30 |
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Editorial : From Publishers Weekly Writing teacher Jensen doesn't believe in the traditional grading system, which he calls "a cudgel to bludgeon the unwilling into doing what they don't want to do," so he opts instead to give his students at Eastern Washington University check marks: one check mark for turning in a piece of writing, four for editing that writing into perfection. For this opinionated offering on writing, teaching and the state of the world, Jensen deserves four checkmarks for courage. His ideas are always radical and often inspiring. He rails against the public education system frequently and with refreshing humor, telling students their papers "have to be good enough—interesting enough—that I would rather read them than make love." Drawing on his personal experience, he castigates what he sees as formal education's lack of creativity and flexibility for personal style. Jensen's strength lies in his honest, provocative, passionate approach. The rawness of his ideas is
Remember the days of longing for the hands on the classroom clock to move faster? Most of us would say we love to learn, but we hated school. Why is that? What happens to creativity and individuality as we pass through the educational system?Walking on Water is a startling and provocative look at teaching, writing, creativity, and life by a writer increasingly recognized for his passionate and articulate critique of modern civilization. This time Derrick Jensen brings us into his classroom--whether college or maximum security prison--where he teaches writing. He reveals how schools perpetuate the great illusion that happiness lies outside of ourselves and that learning to please and submit to those in power makes us into lifelong clock-watchers. As a writing teacher Jensen guides his students out of the confines of traditional education to find their own voices, freedom, and creativity.Jensen's great gift as a teacher and writer is to bring us fully alive at the same moment he
I would recommend reading this book.. I used it for a class and the smarter students of the class all had the same opinions which were: the book didn't answer the fundamental questions they wanted answered, it wasn't particularly well written, and it didn't inspire them, either with inspirational offerings or a rationale for taking art away from the systems of modifications. Another amazing book, or should I say manifesto, from our modern-day Thoreau. The booklet presents K as stating that: "Rajagopal had not only condoned it (the relationship) but had manoeuvered it into taking place." M.Lutyens reports that when she asked him why they wanted this to happen, he replied unhesitatingly, "To get a hold over me". Despite Krishnamurti's repeated misgivings about hero worshiping of Gurus, we're back to square one. I hoped it would build on Bourriaud's Relational Aesthetics, but sadly nope. Accepting bourgeois ideas and values is extremely easy; but perceiving without "them" may be a very ar
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