Re: straw man?

Eva Ekeblad (eva.ekeblad who-is-at ped.gu.se)
Tue, 23 Apr 1996 09:23:30 +0200

>Has anyone on the list advocated modes of education which are
>intrinsically "without pain or restrictions" for learners?

Jay, I think that Eugene's repeated use of the phrase "painless education"
in his posting:

>Date: Tue, 16 Apr 1996 21:27:18 -0700
>To: xmca who-is-at weber.ucsd.edu, xmca@weber.ucsd.edu
>From: Eugene Matusov <ematusov who-is-at cats.ucsc.edu>
>Subject: Ideology of painless learning and teaching in institutional
> contexts

-- may have been what (with or without justification) propelled us into the
vicinity of the intrinsically painless.

Eva