tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6052261544421537933.post4330049879644681312..comments2019-01-06T17:51:40.839-08:00Comments on Liberation and Constraint: Academic ScrapLarry M. Browhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13317072412753621519noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6052261544421537933.post-57794751390672573182009-02-19T21:17:00.000-08:002009-02-19T21:17:00.000-08:00And yet you've written of your mentor, with some r...And yet you've written of your mentor, with some respect, and as if the relationship is ongoing.<BR/><BR/>And what do you mean by "vocalize the students?" We all get to create. But people who are making mud pies, should know it and admit to it.<BR/><BR/>Of course, giving ourselves stature by comparing ourselves to others (rather than the challenges of the problem) is inherently suspect. I refer to it as, "making yourself look taller by standing on someone else's corpse.<BR/><BR/>Never really praiseworthy.Larry M. Browhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13317072412753621519noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6052261544421537933.post-30862272493877007072009-02-19T18:08:00.000-08:002009-02-19T18:08:00.000-08:00Pop-culture is an easy culprit. Maybe I've never u...Pop-culture is an easy culprit. Maybe I've never understood slackers. Too, there is a misassociation with being uncompetitive and being "yourself" that thrives in pop-culture and shitty pop music. Personally, I prefer to watch movies and read books in which the characters are larger than life, ambitious, adaptive, rich, and cutting-edge. Though I would have to disagree going as far to say that 4 year college defines the elite. The bachelors degree is the new highschool diploma. Often in creative writing workshops I had a tendacy to subtly vocalize the students who should not be allowed to create. In other words, I believe in the filter. Moreover, the university pumps english majors through its system for the money. Also I question the caliber of the instructors. Then again, I often felt that I never had peers or instructors who could ever match me.ReversedCirclehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16563350851362289612noreply@blogger.com