tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3515271.post7827090807277760346..comments2023-09-28T05:59:16.626-04:00Comments on Nomad Homebody: so classic! and so wrong!Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3515271.post-56726211450605213252009-03-14T17:14:00.000-04:002009-03-14T17:14:00.000-04:00the thing that really gets my goat, though it's no...the thing that really gets my goat, though it's not the worst of what brooks has done in this column, is his attempt to appropriate traditional left/liberal/progressive values ("emotional connection") to such a deeply right/conservative/regressive policy scheme. rar.ameliahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12668900001816363002noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3515271.post-58745761090789391682009-03-13T21:40:00.000-04:002009-03-13T21:40:00.000-04:00Right, exactly! And there are some teachers who, ...Right, exactly! And there are some teachers who, in the right circumstances, can leverage "eccentric genius" or "widely recognized talent" into real learning for students by using those personae to command attention. So: emotional bonds, actual caring, and student learning are not two, but THREE, separate things that David Brooks manages to mash up into one indigestible policy recommendation. Strong work, agent Brooks.Laurelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15993620199514606489noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3515271.post-58459209519454160342009-03-13T14:22:00.000-04:002009-03-13T14:22:00.000-04:00I almost called you on your cell phone this mornin...I almost called you on your cell phone this morning when I noticed that Mr. Brooks had put his pen toward education policy again. Just to hear how angry it would make you.<BR/><BR/>Agreed agreed agreed re: his false dichotomy between good/bad teacher as caring-involved/removed-impersonal.<BR/><BR/>I would also point out that he makes an even more embedded assumption that emotional bond = caring. I can remember teachers who certainly developed emotional bonds with me and my fellow students by sheer force of personality - in the case of two high-school teachers that come to mind immediately, by cultivating the personae of "eccentric genius" or "widely recognized talent." We in turn related to these teachers more as unique characters, not as intellectual leaders or authority figures. So I would define those bonds as emotional, but can't say there was actual caring involved in either case. Much less was there any actual teaching going on.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com