Hi Folks -
I sent a long autobiographical message to Phillip in New Zealand -
sorry for that! - and didn't manage to get this to the list. Just wanted
to say:
Discourse requires listening and hearing -
>Perhaps we can all be a bit more thoughtful about our language. For a
>challenge to be fruitful it must be heard - for this reason, it seems,
>folks who really want to dialogue and discuss (as opposed to "win") might
>want to find ways through words to give each other gentle nudges rather
>than verbal cannon balls. This might be the effect we are seeing - there
>are just a few of us that are able to remain engaged. This might be a
>time issue, or an interest issue. For me it is more of a choice about
>further engagement. And we should all make these choices for ourselves.
>
>This is an unfortunate constraint to xmca discourse - it is unfortunate to
>think the discourse is limited by use of words rather than things that
>can't be helped like time. But we do have the power - ourselves - to
>change it if we want to.
>
>Jennifer
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Jennifer A. Vadeboncoeur, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Curriculum and Instruction
Montana State University
120 Reid Hall, Department of Education
Bozeman, MT 59717
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