Re: Ideology of painless learning and teaching in

Eugene Matusov (ematusov who-is-at cats.ucsc.edu)
Tue, 23 Apr 1996 09:38:09 -0700

Hello Jay and everybody--

Jay wrote eloquently,

>We don't beat students
>much any more, but we do threaten them constantly, and these
>threats must have a painful reality behind them or they would
>not succeed as often as they do.

I'm dreaming about teaching and learning without this machine of treats and
fears constantly hovering over students' (and teacher's) heads. Jay, can
you elaborate on materiality of pain hidden in symbolic institutional
treats, please (I remember you made interesting points in your book, Textual
politics)?

Eugene Matusov
UC Santa Cruz

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Eugene Matusov
UC Santa Cruz