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In Defense of Favoritism - The Chronicle Review - The Chronicle of Higher Education - 0 views

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  • "In a consumer society," Ivan Illich says, "there are inevitably two kinds of slaves: the prisoners of addiction and the prisoners of envy." Today's culture tries to spare kids the pains of sibling and peer rivalry, but does so by teaching them to channel their envy into the language and expectation of fairness—and a reallocation of goods that promises to redress their emotional wounds.
  • A better way to integrate fairness and favoritism for kids is to show how opportunity and outcome are part of a process.
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      Mac Guy on 02 May 13
       
      Potentially refutes the promise of Facebook "friends," that the friends you have are a myth, a misrepresentation of the label, a palliative for our need to accumulate the most of social capital in comparison to our friends.
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  • Anyone should be a candidate for friend status, but few will be admitted to the elite club. Why few? Because favorites (friends) can be created only by spending time together, sharing experiences, and immersing themselves in each other's lives—and time, sadly, is a finite resource.
  • The little prince of Antoine de Saint-Exupéry's classic feels heartbroken when he realizes that his beloved rose is just a common flower—intrinsically equal with all other roses. But then he comes to understand that she is special because he loves her and "because she is my rose." The wise fox enlightens the little prince: "It is the time you have spent on your rose that makes your rose so important." Favoritism and fairness are deeply irreconcilable, and until we figure out how to square that circle, I'm sticking with my favorites.
Mac Guy

White Anxiety and the Futility of Black Hope - NYTimes.com - 0 views

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  • The urgent question in the United States is not whether violence in response to Ferguson or elsewhere is justified. That question distracts us from the more important issue of how to make sure that black men aren’t perceived as inherently criminal.
  • I don’t have a lot of hope that our white-saturated society is ever going to change, and at the same time it is crucial that one struggles for that change.
  • James Baldwin said it best when he argued that white people will have to learn how to love themselves and each other before they can let go of their need for black inferiority.
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The Register's Editorial: World-class schools take an odd turn | The Des Moines Registe... - 0 views

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  • Marc Garneau on 23 Sep 13
     
    This is utterly appalling. If you haven't read this about Iowa, please do. 
Mac Guy

The Ambiguous Agassiz | Humanities - 0 views

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  • Mac Guy on 02 Dec 13
     
    Raf, I think you'll like this. Hooray for the jellyfish!
Mac Guy

Who Gets to Graduate? - NYTimes.com - 0 views

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  • Mac Guy on 19 May 14
     
    This would be a great article to help inform the education unit.
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