Dear Mr. Wilkoff and Core 2,
Sincerely,
Psycodude (sorry, but I don’t want people to know who I am, and you wouldn’t either!)
Dear Mr. Wilkoff and Core 2,
Sincerely,
Psycodude (sorry, but I don’t want people to know who I am, and you wouldn’t either!)
Cores 1-4:
Core 1:
Core 2:
Core 3:
Core 4:
Cores 1+3:
Core 2:
- What could be more brutal?
- what could be more refreshing?
- what could be more devastating?
- what could be more absolute?
- what could be more fabulous?
- what could be more exciting?
- what could be more brilliant what could be more clueless?
- what could be more discriminating?
- what could be more opportunistic?
- what could be more sad?
- what could be more amazing?
The answer to these questions was always nothing because what we were talking about were things like truth, change, tradition, hope, and love. As we get ready to go on our second exploration through change, I would like us to take this approach. I would like you to think about change and tradition and ask yourself what both of these are like. Ask yourself, “What could be more…” See which adjectives apply to which abstract concepts.
- What causes people to change away from tradition?
- What causes people to fear change away from tradition?
- Do tradition and change always have to be at odds?
- What are the absolute truths about change and tradition?
Core 4:
I posted a little while ago about an interview that I did with a Ning.com creator. My post focused on my technology Wish-List for the classroom, but they have finally posted the entire interview. If you would like to take a look at all of my long-winded answers, you can find them at The Ning Blog.
Just as an addition to my ever-growing Wish-List:
Can someone please work on this application. I would really like to use it in my class this year.
When I read this piece for the fourth and fifth time, I really got it.
SoccerLover did a great job picking something that I could really connect to. She picked a representation of life through books that I find tantalizingly fulfilling. It did leave me with a few questions, though.
Ultimately, I decided to take the challenge that I thought that this post represented.
You read A Book.
Its words are an inviting whisper, a nearly unspoken calling of laughter and thought. This playful friend beckons you to get lost, without a worry for finding your way back. It is Pan and his flute. It is the harmless apple in the Garden. It is a million possibilities that never really narrow down because they always reach the furthest recesses of your mind. It is the beautiful dancer that hypnotizes you until you forget that you are watching anything, you are such a part of the moment. It is the playmate that leaves you at the bottom of the gorge, with only your wits as defense. It is the bug that crawls in your ear just before you sleep and won’t let you forget that it is there, for the buzzing. It is a hopeless cause of remembrance on every page, the whole of yourself mirrored back to you, disfigured yet satisfying.
Homework: Bring some piece of my own reading that deals with language and the brain.
Book Recommendations:
ELT:
Cores 1-4: