Thanks, Ana,
At first I was going to send this just to you, off-list, but then I
thought I'd send it to the list.
First, Congratulations!
.. and, I thought others outside the US might be interested in
hearing that we in this country are being treated to the spectacle
of right-wing USA super-patriots rejoicing (cheering, applauding
vigorously, etc.) at the news that Chicago's bid for the Olympics
was not successful. They see this as a failure that will disgrace
Obama, and they are welcoming any failure for the USA that they
think can be treated as a failure by Obama.
I wanted to also mention that at our International Curriculum
meeting in South Africa last month, we decided that our next meeting
will be in Brazil in 2012. Not sure yet which University will host,
or in which city; but it would be great if you would join us -- I
will update the list as details emerge.
Finally, points in your message encourage me that maybe the
manuscript I'm writing might not be too crazy after all. In one part
I am working (maybe overworking) an analogy between meaning and
dancing, arguing that just as dancing is what dancers do, meaning is
what mean-ers do (speakers, writers, thinkers -- but also words,
texts, and signs in general). So "I mean ..." , "she means ..." ,
"that word means ..." "that text means ..."; with "meaning" as a
verb, and not a noun (i.e., not something that could be a "content,"
or something "conveyed").
Anyway, your message also reminded me of the teacher who said,
"Mary, put that book away; it's time for reading now!" (I guess
that's not intelligible outside of countries where "reading" is a
subject and a class that has been taught using systems and materials
that bear little relationship to the reading that people do with
books outside of schools and classrooms.)
Again, Congratulations! President Obama offered his congratulations
to Rio and to Brazil when he returned, and he also expressed pride
in Chicago. "Sometimes you can play a great game and still not be
the winner."
To the right wing in our country, any time Obama falls short of what
he's trying to do (even on things like reducing unemployment, or
finding a way to provide health care for people here -- not just
something like the Olympics), they see failure for the USA as a
great victory for the American that they are loyal to.
On Fri, 2 Oct 2009, Ana Paula B. R. Cortez wrote:
Thanks, Mike!
I loved the talk. It makes completely sense. I was teaching PFL
(Portuguese as Foreign Language) at the American School of São
Paulo this morning and I called one of my student's attention for
chatting so much in class. Do you know what she said to me? "Sorry,
Ms Cortez, I need to talk in order to think". Well, if a great
dancer needs to move in order to put all her creativity into
action, who I am to disagree with this student of mine? ;)
Warm regards to all,
Ana Paula Barbosa Risério Cortez
English Language and Literature Professor
Faculty of Language and Education
University of Mogi das Cruzes-VL, Brazil
Av. Imperatriz Leopoldina, 550
Vl. Leopoldina, São Paulo, SP - Brazil
05305-000
55 11 3648-5050
apbrcortez@yahoo.com.br
--- Em qui, 1/10/09, mike cole <lchcmike@gmail.com> escreveu:
De: mike cole <lchcmike@gmail.com>
Assunto: [xmca] schools kill creativity?
Para: "eXtended Mind, Culture,Activity" <xmca@weber.ucsd.edu>
Data: Quinta-feira, 1 de Outubro de 2009, 21:30
Perhaps of some interest.
mike
http://www.ted.com/talks/ken_robinson_says_schools_kill_creativity.html
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