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When trans rights activists began to mobilize in opposition to feminist thinker Meghan Murphy's appearance at the Toronto Public Library in October 2019, I was only half-interested in the controversy. Several literary figures I admire had become swept up in the pseudo-religious fervor, and I was shocked to see them enthusiastically championing censorship. I figured this person they were protesting must be some ghoulish anti-intellectual, spewing hate speech and vilifying marginalized communities. I assumed that a quick Google search would result in a list of published works worthy of this sort of opposition, or maybe news items about her provocative past.

Imagine my surprise, then, to learn that not only was Murphy innocent of the hate speech accusations she was being doggy-piled with, she was actually advocating on behalf of marginalized populations and rape victims — something I'm personally passionate about. Her highest profile dust-up was with a pedophile trans activist named Jessica Yaniv, a true villain if there ever was one, and now she was facing death threats for publicly questioning whether convicted child killers who self-identify as female should be allowed in women's prisons. As far as I could tell, she was a strong-willed social crusader making a real positive impact in the world.

So how come everyone was treating her like the Antichrist?

In the week leading up the event, I followed the controversy via Twitter and began to educate myself on the subject being discussed: trans rights. I learned that this new slur "TERF" is an acronym for "trans exclusionary radical feminist", though it was being used as a catch-all for anyone who disagreed with their rhetoric, and it wasn't immediately apparent what trans people were being excluded from. I learned that "dead-naming" someone means using someone's name from before they transitioned (like calling trans icon Caitlin Jenner by her birth name Bruce) and that there were a few koan-like mantras everyone felt strongly about: "Trans rights are human rights" and "trans women are women."

As I engaged on Twitter, posting a few comments and questions, I became increasingly aware of how toxic this discourse was. These trans rights activists were looking for people to crucify, drunk on self-righteousness, and were incapable of having a nuanced conversation about this new worldview they were wielding like a weapon. As I consumed their vitriol, following accounts on either side of the spectrum, it occurred to me that all of this anger wasn't only being funnelled towards anti-trans bigots. It was also sliming well-meaning leftists who weren't sufficiently up to date on how this conversation has been progressing (learn your acronyms!) and people blissfully unaware that this esoteric social justice battle is even happening. According to their standards, not only was I a TERF but so was everybody else in my family, from my toddler niece all the way up to my grandparents. We all believe in something we've been taught since childhood, biological sex, and that makes us the enemy.

But how could I make my own position known without offending and alienating the trans people in my life who I love, regardless of how I feel about this new gender ideology? Could I oppose the indoctrination while embracing trans people themselves? Was there some sort of middle ground I could take, where I could express my support and love for them while simultaneously refusing to drink the Kool-Aid?

Then the big night came. By this point the Toronto Public Library scandal had taken up three or four days of my attention, and I remained glued to social media so I could follow every development. I read an extremely thoughtful prepared statement by a city councillor named Gord Perks and thought "finally, a voice of reason!" only to see his contribution written off and misrepresented. Hundreds of people took to the streets, necessitating a police presence to keep the audience and speakers safe. Videos posted on Twitter showed this hate mob, led by Governor General Award-winning author Gwen Benaway, shouting violent epithets at cowed women while pretending they were the victims. These bullies were out for blood, and anything less than full surrender wouldn't satisfy them.

The thing that struck me the most during all this was that the two sides of the political spectrum were arguing different points. While one side was insisting that Meghan Murphy deserved free speech, the other side was arguing about the perceived content of her talks as they pertained to trans rights. They weren't meeting anywhere near the middle, because they weren't even having the same conversation. The result of this was that trans rights activists were passionately mobilizing certain nuances of their worldview, and demanding these tenets be accepted, while the other side was simply saying "let her talk". The protesters had smeared her as an anti-trans speaker, though that wasn't how she self-identified. For a movement so obsessed with self-identification, this was a huge blind spot. Just like misgendering someone, they were accusing her of being something she's not.

As the think pieces and news articles began to come out in the following days, I read opinions from both sides and searched for even a shimmer of mutual understanding. This divisionary rhetoric was going to have devastating consequences, I figured, including within the literary world. And if people were continuing to be scared into silence for fear of being mobbed like Murphy, how could we ever have a meaningful dialogue? Who would be the next person to inspire one of these hateful clown parades?

This was the headspace I was in when I came across a story in Flare written by Benaway in which she narrates her experience addressing representatives of the library during a feedback session leading up to the event. With purple prose, silly histrionics and self-aggrandizing rhetoric, she singles out Head Librarian Vickery Bowles (who didn't speak a word during the exchange) and accused her of being transphobic simply for supporting free speech. In the most embarrassing passage she repeatedly challenges those present to tell her which bathroom she should use, which is so off-topic it comes off as nonsensical. I couldn't take it anymore. I left a comment under the article, calling Benaway "so dishonest" for misrepresenting Bowles and Murphy, and accused her of "tilting at windmills, hard."

This was it. The first public stance I'd taken on the issue. I knew that nearly every literary figure I was associated with on Twitter probably disagreed with me on principle, and would probably only experience this as some privileged white dude punching down on a poor trans activist. That being said, I really believed in what I was saying and legitimately believed trans rights activists who were vilifying librarians and feminists needed to be fucking stopped. I felt a twinge of vertigo as I let go, allowing myself to tumble head-first down this howling rabbit hole. I'd heard that these activists are militant, sometimes going after people's livelihoods if they disagree with you, but I was feeling ready for a fight.

It was around this time that a Twitter account started retweeting some of my comments, tagging my employer Humber Literary Review, adding melodramatic captions about how I was a trans-hater. This Internet stranger made me uncomfortable, but I didn't engage, comfortable in the knowledge that my editors had known me for five years and understood I was incapable of hatred. Anyone who took a moment to read my timeline would see that I wasn't a zealot; I was just a newbie to this particular conversation, trying to make sense of what was going on in a respectful manner. Also, I wasn't interested in having a conversation about trans rights -- the issue is hardly relevant to my day-to-day life -- I was interested in talking about Meghan Murphy's right to free speech, a right that had been thoroughly trampled for no good reason.

One thing that occurred to me was that the library protest ultimately had the opposite effect of what was intended. Rather than silencing Murphy, they'd elevated her to a new level of prophet-like prominence. I'd never heard of her before, but now she was being profiled in newspapers and discussed all over social media. I'd gone from having no idea who she was to being one of her most ardent fans, keen to hear what she was up to next. And pretty soon there were titans of the entertainment world stepping in to take her side, including J.K Rowling and Ricky Gervais. The haters tried to silence her but instead set her on fire, leaving us all to watch her dance wreathed in holy flames.

Then they came for me. Three days after my comment on the Flare article, which inspired a long back and forth with a Toronto poet, Humber contacted me to say that I no longer had my position as interviews editor. According to them they were restructuring, but we were in the middle of an issue and that made no sense. I sent a few exploratory emails, one proposing a book project that would be a collection of the interviews I'd done over the years, and I was mostly met with silence. Was it possible? Would they actually pull something like this? Would they take sides with the trans mob over me? And why?

The way I figured, if the move to take away my position was actually motivated by my Twitter interactions then their real motive was both to shut me up and to distance themselves from me professionally. The hate mob who had attacked would be waiting for word that I'd been turfed, and I wouldn't give them that satisfaction. For the following weeks, and then months, I made sure to routinely tag Humber in my posts, reminiscing about my interviews of the past and looking forward to the one that hadn't yet been published with Yasuko Thanh. I sent my editor an email and asked her to retweet some of these posts, which she said she would, but then didn't. I started escalating my rhetoric, criticizing trans activists and calling out their bonkers nonsense, all with Humber's twitter handle nice and prominent in my bio.

Finally, just before the holidays, vindication came. The founding editor of Humber Literary Review, Meaghan Strimas, contacted me to say that the collective had "grave concerns" about my Twitter content (even though she admitted she rarely uses the platform) and then demanded I remove her magazine from my bio, even though my interview with Thanh had not yet been published. Her email confirmed all my concerns: they had a staff meeting without me to discuss my conduct, they took issue with my views on trans rights, and they were hoping to make an example out of me. It was two weeks before Christmas and they were picking a fight with one of their employees for no good reason. The positive relationship we'd enjoyed for half a decade wasn't enough to shield me from their poorly researched dogmatism.

I knew what to do right away: I alley-ooped the email, and a bunch of screen-shotted Twitter posts, to a journalist named Anna Slatz. She was an active participant in the trans rights conversation, and had appeared at an event in Vancouver in which activists showed up wearing a guillotine for TERFs. She was just as outspoken as Murphy, I knew, and would be just as infuriated by this turn of events as I was. This was a minor freelance gig for me, but what if it was my main livelihood? Would they come after my other job next? My fiancée was six months pregnant with our first child and now I had to worry about these pitchfork-wavers? Slatz was thorough, professional and tactful: within 24 hours my story was live on the Post Millennial website. Watching the story rack up engagements was one of the most vindicating feelings of my life.

Within hours I was contacted by the Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms. I'd heard of them through the Yaniv debacle, and I was thrilled to learn that their potential involvement in my case would be free of cost. I took them through what happened over the phone, step by step, and revelled in how appalled they were. I wasn't the only person who thought these activists had gone too far, targeting people's jobs and smearing them in public. They told me that if it went forward my case would have the potential to affect a huge number of people's lives, perhaps setting a precedent that would dissuade these clowns from using sinister tactics like this in the future. And I wasn't the only person this was happening to -- online there were examples of people like Maya Forstater, who lost her job for saying that biological sex is real, and others who lost gigs for something as simple as retweeting a gender critical account.

The stress and sudden attention from all this hoopla had me panicked. I was worried both about my employment, and for the financial future of my baby. As my case drew the attention of names I recognized, like Jordan Peterson, I worried that I would be submerged by this trans rights tidal wave. I knew my misgivings were shared by many, both in the literary world and everywhere else, but people were too afraid to speak the truth. For a few nights I couldn't sleep. I didn't feel like fighting; I just wanted to be left alone.

But then I began to reflect on what actually mattered. I have a number of trans friends who are intensely important to me, and it's them who are suffering the worst consequences of this toxic rhetoric. As activists continue to over-reach and inflame controversy, the blow-back is hitting people who would just like to quietly go about living their lives. They don't believe in some of the more ridiculous aims of these activists, like plugging biological males into female sports or subjecting female prisoners to the company of murderers hiding behind self-identification. They're just as embarrassed by the Gwen Benaways and Jessica Yanivs of the world, and believe just as strongly as I do in Meghan Murphy's right to free speech. They don't believe in vilifying strangers, or taking away their jobs, because that's the purview of idiots and assholes.

As J.K. Rowling recently wrote on Twitter: this is not a drill. The time for ignoring or being complacent about the trans rights conversation has passed, because it is now doing real harm not only to trans people, but also everyone else. With my daughter en route to Earth, I want to create a future where this dystopian rhetoric is a thing of the past, and I don't have to worry about her being indoctrinated into a worldview where biological sex doesn't exist. I believe that inclusion is non-negotiable, and that trans people should be embraced and supported, but that should never come at the expense of people who reject their ideology or have beliefs of their own. It's possible to love someone even if you think their worldview is nonsensical, and trying to speak sense to them is the opposite of hate speech.

You could even call it love speech.

The Literary Goon

Discourse of Wednesday, 25 August 2021

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Content Marketers: Stop Spamming & Add Value

This post originally appeared on the http://gotomarketlauncher.com blog. Digital marketers are often proud to have never completed a formal marketing degree, since as they put it, this gives them an edge over traditional marketers who are stuck in the era of Seinfeld and 30 second TV spots. But it turns out digital marketers may be able to use a little formal training after all, because many have fallen into the trap of thinking ‘likes’ equals engagement, and a fast publishing tempo equals effectiveness. After all, how many times have you heard, “look how many likes or shares my last article received!” To which an appropriate response could be, “So what!”

Rise of the Content Marketing Strategy

The phrase inbound marketing was coined by HubSpot who sells content marketing automation tools. Early online marketers then coopted the phrase “content marketing” to define the approach of using content for the purpose of selling a good or service.  The raison d’etre for content marketing – the derivative name for inbound marketing – was to improve search engine rankings on Google and improve discoverability of products being promoted.

Online marketers in an attempt to manipulate Google search rankings, discovered that publishing articles could be an effective way to make Google think their site was worthy of ranking more highly than the competition. But before Google was the machine learning engine it is today, this content could be not much more than keyword stuffed tomes barely readable by humans to be loved by Google.

Content marketing seemed to be the future, but as a recent Moz article pointed out, many startup websites received clicks, not from content marketing but rather good ole’ fashioned publicity from high-profile PR coverage and announcements. This is interesting, because if you listen to content marketing evangelists, they say to publish often to win. Yet a recent study revealed that PR attributions provided more traffic than a related content article. So what gives?

Google and Facebook Disrupt Content Marketing

As Google rolled out ever sophisticated search algorithms to give credit to high-value sites while pushing down or even penalizing spam sites, marketers who had become adept at low value but high volume keyword stuffed marketing techniques were forced to change their tactics. Similarly, Google Adwords and Facebook Advertising became viable marketing vehicles that afforded excellent targeting options, and thus, pay per click (otherwise known as PPC) became popular as an “alternative” to content marketing strategies. But not to be marginalized, content marketers hung in there with the message of “content is king”.

“The reality is, content has always been king. In fact, content is all that is left in marketing today.”

Content Messaging is the Primary Job of Marketing

Consumers are jaded by empty promotional marketing phrases that don’t say anything, and with the plethora of information and social platforms available, never has it been easier to click away from an article to something that is more meaningful.

Marketing’s primary job has always been to create messages that serve the business objectives of the enterprise. Inserting messages into content pieces that build the brand, increase demand, and drive the sales funnel, by transmitting that content over a channel to an audience is the essence of what marketers do whether traditional, social, digital or whatever “next new title” you wish to assign the effort.

“Whether the channel is traditional as in a TV network, Internet based, or a social property, the objective is the same – drive corporate value by creating sales opportunities and brand engagement.”

Content is Not a Commodity

Facebook is wrong, content, especially in the written form, is as relevant as ever. However, marketers must change their thinking and stop treating content as a literary license to spam the Internet.

Think about your own behavior as a consumer.   I doubt you summarized the last book you read by uttering the words, “wow, that was great content.” Instead, you likely expressed your appreciation for the book based on the value it returned to you. Value that may have been purely entertainment related, or value that brought knowledge transfer in an area you were seeking to grow in. Either way, “value” is defined by the reader based on a feeling that by ingesting the words written their life was enriched or knowledge gained.

Content must add value to be useful, as only useful content will be liked or shared en mass. Of course, there is the exception of sensational “gossip” or celebrity news content that is the opposite of useful, but where it can (and will) receive a high degree of sharing activity. The point is, remember that “value added” content offers a greater probability of causing the reader to think different about your brand, product, or service, causing the reader to take action.

Add Value to the Reader or Die

Content marketing should be an essential part of every go-to-market plan.  The “mistake” inbound marketers make is not the use of the tactic, but rather a lack of understanding for the importance of presenting meaningful information to the reader.

As a marketing practitioner, I understand the tension of needing to feed dozens of social outlets and the company blog while maintaining a high standard for providing value. This task of value creation cannot be outsourced or delegated, and for a marketing leader, I believe it is one of the most important to “get right” – there are no shortcuts.

“Stop, slow down, and develop your marketing messages carefully, only then can you put a high volume of content into the market and not fall into the spam folder abyss.”

One marketer, I consider to be a master at getting to the perfect message-to-market fit is Gary Vaynerchuk. Gary is famous for flooding his channels with content – blog posts, videos, pictorials, social posts, he covers every content form and channel, and then some.  Gary says the secret to building an effective content marketing play is first to know where your audience is.

Twitter, Facebook, Snapchat, Instagram, Linkedin, they are not all equal. You need to consider which platform your users are on so you do not waste time speaking when no one is listening. Furthermore, the way every platform works is different. This means getting the message right for the platform is one of the single most important activities that you can undertake to increase engagement.

Respect the Platform

Ask yourself, what is the mindset of your audience when they are on Facebook compared to Pinterest and be sure to give them content that intersects with their psyche on the platform they will consume your content on. You want people to share and comment, so give them a reason by talking about things they care about and in the manner that is consistent with the usage patterns on the platform.  Pictorials and infographics probably work best on Instagram, whereas short articles are best suited for Facebook. If you match the appropriate message with the psyche of the user on the platform you are communicating to them on you’ll crush user engagement.

“Jump on emerging platforms early. The advantage of early platforms is that the audience will be highly engaged.”

On new platforms everyone is new, everything is fresh, and the “rules” of engagement have not been locked down yet. Publishers and content producers will still be struggling to figure out the best approach, topics, message length, formats, and posting frequency. It’s a perfect time for an under-resourced company to jump in and benefit from the momentum if the platform is successful. As a marketer, I’d rather ride a wave in motion than try and create one large enough to carry my company all the way into the market position I’m seeking.

If you “build it they will come” is a great reference to the famous movie line, but being on a leading platform is not enough to guarantee success. Which is why you must always be evaluating the numbers and metrics. Knowing your levels of engagement as measured by the number of fans, likes, shares and comments will be critical. Are the numbers trending up, or staying flat? How are you doing with monetization (converting) and be sure that you have a clear way to track the effectiveness of your content marketing.

Should You Use Inbound Marketing?

Yes, absolutely! But don’t spam with low-value content and make sure that you are not assigning more value to quantity over quality. If you deliver maximum value to the reader, you will capture high levels of engagement and achieve your market goals and objectives.

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 About Us Teacher Resources Faculties Categories 21st Century Skills Career Creativity Edtech Integration Emotional Intelligence Features Future of Education Interviews Learning Strategies Memory Tricks Other Teaching Strategies 30 Things You Can Do To Promote Creativity By Miriam Clifford November 26th, 2012 82 Comments 21st Century Skills, Creativity, Edtech Integration, Future of Education    Share 1Save  The concept of teaching creativity has been around for quite some time. Academics such as E. Paul Torrance, dedicated an entire lifetime to the advancement of creativity in education. Torrance faced much opposition in his day about the nature of creativity. Creativity was considered to be an immeasurable, natural ability. Torrance called for explicit teaching of creativity. He advocated that it was skill-specific, requiring intentional instruction. His life’s work ultimately led to the development of the Torrance tests and gifted programs throughout the world. In recent times, there has been a shift towards the increased acceptance of valuing creativity for all learners. A 2003 TED talk by Sir Ken Robinson discussing this subject reached over 5 million viewers. It discusses how our current school systems suppress creativity. He proposes that our current model leaves little room for divergent thinking. Much of the blame for a lack of creativity, and therefore innovation, can be traced to our traditional educational systems. It relies on teaching to the correct answer. An innovative thinking model is needed. Robinson recently tweeted about a new study that suggested 80% of educators surveyed preferred creativity to be included as part of learning standards. In the same way, David Hughes, founder of Decision Labs and professor at UNC Chapel Hill, argues that innovation is an essential skill for our global economy. In talking about creativity in schools he says, much of the blame for a lack of creativity, and therefore innovation, can be traced to our traditional educational systems. Most of the practice of creative methods is being done outside the traditional educational institutions by consulting firms and by persons in companies who have been trained in creative problem solving methods. In universities not much has changed since 1950, when the distinguished psychologist J. P. Guilford in his inaugural address as president of the American Psychological Association stated that education’s neglect of the subject of creativity was appalling. Adding to this sequence of events is the fact that textbooks are at least three years out of date when they are published and . . . educational systems were the slowest adopters of innovation. Thus, we see that educational institutions need a strong dose of creative problem solving. What are some ways then, as educators, that we promote creativity in our classrooms? Embrace creativity as part of learning. Create a classroom that recognizes creativity. You may want to design awards or bulletin boards to showcase different ways of solving a problem, or creative solutions to a real world scenario. Use the most effective strategies. Torrance performed an extensive meta-analysis that considered the most effective ways to teach creativity. He found that the most successful approaches used creative arts, media-oriented programs, or relied on the Osborn-Parnes training program. Programs that incorporated cognitive and emotional functioning were the most successful. Think of creativity as a skill. Much like resourcefulness and inventiveness it is less a trait and more a proficiency that can be taught. If we see it this way, our job as educators becomes to find ways to encourage its use and break it down into smaller skill sets. Psychologists tend to think of creativity as Big-C and Little C. Big C drives big societal ideas, like the Civil Rights movement or a new literary style. Little C is more of a working model of creativity that solves everyday problems. Both concepts can be included in our classrooms to promote creativity in general. Participate in or create a program to develop creative skills. Programs like Odyssey of the Mind and Thinkquest bring together students from around the world to promote creativity, design creative solutions, and bring them to competition. Use emotional connections. Research suggests that the best creativity instruction ties in the emotions of the learner. In the “Odyssey angels” program students can devise a solution to help their local community, such as helping homeless youth. This topic is worthy of more discussion by itself. A blog post by fellow blogger Julie DeNeen gives some valuable information about this type of teaching. Research suggests that the best creativity instruction ties in the emotions of the learner. Use a creativity model. The Osborne-Parnes model is oldest, widely accepted model. It is often used in education and business improvement to promote creativity. Each step involves a divergent thinking pattern to challenge ideas, and then convergent thinking to narrow down exploration. It has six steps: Mess-finding. Identify a goal or objective. Fact-finding. Gathering data. Problem-finding. Clarifying the problem Idea-finding. Generating ideas Solution-finding. Strengthening & evaluating ideas Acceptance-finding. Plan of action for Implementing ideas Consider how classroom assignments use divergent and convergent thinking. Standardized tests do a great job of measuring convergent thinking that includes analytical thinking or logical answers with one correct response. Divergent thinking considers how a learner can use different ways to approach a problem. It requires using association and multiplicity of thought. We should design assignments that consider both types of thinking models. Creativity flourishes in a “congenial environment”. Creative thinking needs to be shared and validated by others in a socially supportive atmosphere. Researcher Csikszentmihalyi (1996) coined this term, to explain the importance of reception from others. Others consider how to create social communities that promote creativity to solve problems. Be aware during discussions. You know that student who often asks the question that goes a bit outside the lecture? Well, engage him. Once a week, intentionally address those questions. Write them down on an assigned space in the board to go back to later. Promote creativity by validating students’ creative thinking. See creativity in a positive light. In his blog in Psychology Today, Eric Jaffe talks about research that suggests see creativity in a negative light. If we are going to promote creativity, we need to embrace it too. Reward students for thinking of problems in varied ways by recognizing their efforts. Try the Incubation Model. E. Paul Torrance designed this model. It involves 3 stages: Heightening Anticipation: Make connections between the classroom and student’s real lives. “Create the desire to know”. Deepen Expectations: Engage the curriculum in new ways. Brainstorm and create opportunities to solve a novel problem. Keep it going: Continue the thinking beyond the lesson or classroom. Find ways to extend learning opportunities at home or even the community. Use a cultural artifact. Research from experimental social psychology finds that artifacts can enhance insight problem solving. Consider using an ordinary object, such as a light bulb used in the study or a historical artifact to have students think about living in a particular time period. Establish expressive freedom. The classroom environment must be a place where students feel safe to share novel ideas. Allow for flexibility and create norms that promote creativity. Be familiar with standards. Knowing the standards inside and out helps find creative solutions in approaching a lesson. Teachers can adapt them and work within the current framework. Some topics allow for flexibility and use of creative approaches. Gather outside resources. There are some great resources to read related to creativity. The University of Georgia, provides an array of amazing resources related to how to promote creativity in practical ways. It also gives a list of programs and organizations that can help with the process. Allow room for mistakes. Sir Ken Robinson said it best when he said, “If you’re not prepared to be wrong, you’ll never come up with anything original.” Allow space for creativity. Design some classroom space for exploration, such as a thinking table, a drama stage, a drawing table, or a space for groups to discuss ideas. Give students time to ask questions. Organizations such as CCE (Creativity, Culture, Education) suggest teachers incorporate opportunities for students to ask questions. Intentionally design lessons that allow for wondering and exploration. Creativity builds confidence. Students take ownership of their own learning. Think of ways where students might design a project. For instance, for the history requirement, I suggested students of both fifth grade classes create an exhibition of their final projects. The students were so proud of their final work and learned from others presentations. Parents and community members were happy to see students take ownership of their learning. Encourage curiosity. Consider what is important to students. Student interest is a great place to start on what drives their own thinking tank. Find inspiration from their world. Creativity is intrinsic in nature. Try to promote creativity by stepping into their viewpoint to find what motivates them. Student interest are a great place to start on what drives their own thinking tank. Find inspiration from their world. Structure is essential. Studies, such as a meta-analysis by Torrance suggest that creativity instruction is best with clear structure. For instance, consider the guidelines of the standard curriculum objectives and add these to the design. For example, reading considers communication, comprehension, listening, writing and reading. Observe a working model of creativity. To get a better idea of how others promote creativity, visit a creative classroom or watch a video about how a creative classroom works. The “Case for Creativity in School” is an excellent video that educators can watch to see how creativity might play out in a classroom. This school adopted a school-wide approach to recognize students. Consider the work of current experts in the field. Sir Ken Robinson is an internationally renowed creativity and innovation expert. His work is used to meet global challenges, renovating education, business, and government organizations to implement his strategies. His books and TED talks are great places to promote creativity in your own teaching. Explore different cultures. Culture is an excellent vehicle for inspiring creative thinking. In Thinking Hats & Coloured Turbans Dr. Kirpal Singh discusses how cultural contexts are central to creative endeavors. You can discuss how collaboration between cultures, such as in the space program, produces unique, novel ideas. Find ways to incorporate and integrate art, music and culture . A recent report prepared for the European commission considered that creativity is a central force that shapes our culture. With the changing times we live in, the report suggested that society is enriched by cultural-based creativity. Use a collaborative creative thinking model to solve classroom problems. For instance, read a paragraph and then have groups discuss a list of questions. Collaborative problem solving is catching on quickly. In fact, many business schools have implemented creative thinking models into their curriculum. Design multidisciplinary lessons when possible. When teaching geometry, I designed a lesson called, “Geometry through Art”. It included works of Art to show fifth graders their application to everyday geometric concepts. The result was astounding. I never thought that the subject matter would be so successful. I designed an entire unit that focused on how different concepts rely on geometry. I even asked the Art teacher to help reinforce those concepts in class. Tapping into multiple intelligences is key. Creativity requires us to use different parts of our brain. We often bridge connections between seemingly unrelated areas to make new concepts emerge. Allow students to use their strengths to find new ways of approaching a topic or solving a problem. You might be surprised with what they come up with. Understand that creativity is important to students’ future in the job market. Paul Collard for Creative Partnerships, discusses how 60% of English students will work in jobs that are not yet created. In today’s market, students must largely be innovative and create their own jobs. Collard suggests teachers focus on teaching particular skills or set of behaviors, rather than preparing students for specific careers. Teach creative skills explicitly. According to Collard, “Creative skills aren’t just about good ideas, they are about having the skills to make good ideas happen.” He suggests creative skills should include 5 major areas: Imagination Being disciplined or self-motivated. Resiliency Collaboration Giving responsibility to students. Have them develop their own projects. In a recent article, What Would Dr. E. Paul Torrance Do?: A Legacy for Creative Education, the author considers what lies in the future of creativity in our schools? Retired professor Berenice Bleedorn says we should continue his legacy of sharing information and practice “the art of creative thinking”. We must continue to advocate for its use and move against the current or as Torrance himself called them, “the powers that be”. After all, teachers are the real driving force behind the creative thinking in our schools. If our schools are lagging behind, we must be the creative minds that urge our students to be curious and seek new answers.  About Miriam Clifford Miriam Clifford holds a Masters in Teaching from City University and a Bachelor in Science from Cornell. She loves research and is passionate about education. She is a foodie and on her time off enjoys cooking and gardening. You can find her @miriamoclifford or Google+. Tags: edtech, teaching creativity 82 Responses Rick Ackerly says: November 28 2012 at 3:40 am Very impressive, very important article. Congratulations on a fine piece of work. Reply D.K. JAIN (RESEARCH SCHOLAR) says: October 14 2019 at 4:26 am It is very important article for me ,because my work on creativity in education. Congratulations on a fine piece of work. Miriam Clifford says: November 28 2012 at 12:49 pm Thank you for the comment! In this article, I tried to tie together the research-based best practices and recent ideas that are emerging in the literature. The information on this topic is so extensive and complex that I was glad to hear that I did a good job. Coming from an educator who has 40 years of experience in the education field, as I saw on your website, that is really an honor. Thank you! I wanted to briefly consider how creativity came into the limelight with the dedication of E Paul Torrance who was a catalyst for gifted programs. One person asked me in regards to creativity an interesting question: Is teaching creativity a bit of an oxymoron? Well, I think that if we consider gifted programs, they actually promote creative thinking and teach students it’s okay to think outside the box. It really is an interesting field and one worthy of much discussion. The discussion on creativity will continue in future blogs. Reply Alane Starko says: November 29 2012 at 10:31 am I’m delighted to read of your interest in developing creativity in schools–in and out of gifted programs. You’ve given your readers a lot to think about! Reply From Out There Somewhere – December 2 | Outtakes says: December 3 2012 at 1:53 am […] 1. 30 Things You Can Do To Promote Creativity in Your Classroom – Miriam Clifford, informED […] Reply The Best Sources Of Advice On Helping Students Strengthen & Develop Their Creativity | Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… says: December 10 2012 at 12:13 pm […] 30 Things You Can Do To Promote Creativity in Your Classroom is from InformED. […] Reply Boris says: January 3 2013 at 4:37 am Great ideas! Thanks for this post. Reply Jim Bellanca says: January 10 2013 at 11:06 pm This is a very comprehensive article. I love the friendly voice as you gave me the whole picture of the most forgotten set of skills in our classroom. Usable ideas for all. Thanks. Reply 31 Surprising Facts About Learning says: February 6 2013 at 8:43 am […] […] Reply The Real Meaning of Social Entrepreneurship and How To Promote It In Your Classroom says: April 3 2013 at 8:25 am […] of which path our students take, it is the entrepreneurial values of ownership, innovation, and sustainment that we should be cultivating in them from an early age. This way, our students […] Reply Design thinking in education | Am I a Designer? about Human Centered Design & Social Entrepreneurship says: April 8 2013 at 6:05 am […] […] Reply Teddi K. Valeski » Blog Archive » Why is Creativity Crucial in the Classroom? says: April 21 2013 at 6:53 am […] 30 Things You can Do To Promote Creativity in Your Classroom […] Reply Melvin says: May 28 2013 at 7:42 pm Your articles helped me a lot. I am actually very interested in promoting creativity among my students; hence, I have decided to do a research on this topic. Thank you very much. I hope you will write something about the importance of literature-based instruction to enhance students’ creativity. I am a Filipino teacher who is teaching in a public secondary high school. Again, thank you. Reply Rick Ackerly says: May 28 2013 at 9:47 pm Melvin, I will be interested to see what Miriam says about this. One thought is that your subject “literature-based instruction” is perhaps mis-named. Literature is a fabulous way to get a person thinking creatively. If you read a story, you have to imagine. A good story touches your emotions which are critical to creative thinking and decisionmaking, etc. But “instruction” tends to be antithetical to education. The instruction would be imbedded in acticities where the students talked with each other about what the literature triggered in them, to ask questions, explore other worlds, write their own stuff. Reply Miriam Clifford says: June 4 2013 at 1:48 pm Melvin-Thank you for your interest in my ideas! In my teaching program, I had a veteran teacher of 20+ years suggest creating learning opportunities imbedded in multicultural literature units. Using literature from different cultures is great because it can draw inspiration from diverse cultures and speak to children of all backgrounds. Literature, if approached as the art that it is, provides ample opportunity for students to create meaning and engage their creative side. Just this week, my daughter’s own teacher did a unit on Space exploration, which included a children’s novel about visiting the moon and was expanded into a writing and science lesson. My daughter was able to relate this to women’s involvement in Space exploration, from her personal experience visiting the NASA museum in Houston. The result was a very engaged child, who really enjoyed learning and brought home an amazing report and story about her school days. I think this is what literature does-it draws us in and makes us want to learn more. It truly explores what children like and want to learn about. I tend to agree with Rick that the term “literature instruction” can be a bit contradictory at times. As Rick said above, I believe it’s about finding “what the literature triggers in them”. We want students to find their own meanings in literature, rather than lead them to our own conclusions. I think it is all in the approach and their are great ways to use literature as a creative tool that authentically engages students to find their own meaning. I believe that is what true engaged learning is about, having students find a piece of literature that truly motivates them to delve even deeper into a subject, relate something to their own life, or explore a new world or subject area. I think that this topic is worth further exploration, so I will need to look at it closer. Thank you for reading my ideas and please continue to share! Reply The Perils of Standardized Testing: 6 Ways It Harms Learning : InformED says: June 25 2013 at 9:34 am […] Because today’s job landscape is changing so fast, and because high-paying, middle-skilled vocations are fewer and father between, it is absolutely imperative for young professionals to be able to solve problems creatively and think critically. […] Reply MUTISYA says: June 26 2013 at 11:46 pm Avoid negative criticism up on your learners and especially when they give wrong trials. Reply rick ackerly says: June 27 2013 at 9:36 am Teach them how to criticize constructively. The art and science of telling the truth supportively is critical. Reply What Makes a Gifted Student? - InformED says: July 10 2013 at 10:55 am […] While high scores and good grades can be an indicator of giftedness, there is more to earning that label. While many test students for good memory skills or the ability to analyze data, children also need to be creative and proactive in their interests. […] Reply Educating Innovators: 25 Ways to Prepare Students for a Changing Job Landscape - InformED says: August 2 2013 at 11:04 am […] Promote creativity. Innovation requires creativity to be effective, and creativity requires innovation to be effected. […] Reply ginny says: October 31 2013 at 11:50 am Great summary of the immense amount of research and evidence in favour of creativity as a skill that can be enhanced through education and training. Those are exactly the elements we have incorporated into a two-day training: See http://www.innovativethinkingexperience.com I’ll have to connect with you via twitter. Thanks for producing such a high quality blog post! Ginny. Reply applejux says: December 9 2013 at 11:26 pm Thanx for sharing this post. As a teacher, I have been trying to develop creative skills with my teachers for many years. I was thinking in publishing some of my best activities (which engage the most and provide divergent thinking), when found this great article. Congrats, sweet job! Reply Bob Eckert says: December 10 2013 at 5:54 am Nicely Done Miriam! To share with your readers: The home for the Osborn-Parnes model you described is the Creative Problem Solving Institute. Many of those you referenced are or have been faculty there. http://www.cpsiconference.com is the conference address. There is also an Excellent Masters in “Creativity Studies and Change Leadership” at Buffalo State University, which can be found here: http://creativity.buffalostate.edu/ About 80% of our folks come from that program, as adult learners, before becoming Associate Partners. Again, one of the least “sensationalized” and well researched articles I’ve seen in our area for a while. I especially love your point about getting to know the standards in and out so one can… work with them (or around, or under or over) Readers can also look into the American Creativity Association (Kirpal and I are on the Board there) to find some additional resources. http://www.aca.cloverpad.org/Default.aspx?pageId=1276400 I hope these links are helpful! Reply Google Glass, In The Class (room) | TechFaster says: February 12 2014 at 10:57 pm […] There is tons of useful content on Opencolleges, such as: Top 50 Sites to Get Educated for Free; 30 Things You Can Do To Promote Creativity in Your Classroom; 10 Emerging Educational Technologies and How They Are Being Used Across the […] Reply sadia khalid says: February 19 2014 at 3:36 am i m preparing a presentation on creativity in education. As this is very vast topic and i guess its very difficult to make it precise but author has done great job in covering all aspects in precise way… Reply Travis Bell Productions says: May 20 2014 at 5:06 am […] other students, and learning in creative environments. Now I returned to Google and discovered “30 Things You Can Do To Promote Creativity In Your Classroom” by Miriam Clifford. There are terrific ideas, but the one I liked the most summarized […] Reply Get that Brain (& Body) Moving | WJU EdTech says: May 28 2014 at 2:58 am […] 30 Things You Can Do to Promote Creativity in Your Classroom […] Reply Creativity Is Declining Among Teenagers, With One Exception (And What It Says About Our Education System) - InformED says: June 1 2014 at 10:37 am […] Learn more about promoting creativity. […] Reply barbara given says: June 20 2014 at 2:44 am Would you please tell me what the citation is for the following: Berenice Bleedorn, “After all, teachers are the real driving force behind the creative thinking in our schools. If our schools are lagging behind, we must be the creative minds that urge our students to be curious and seek new answers” You give no citation or page number and I cannot find it in anything I’ve been able to find on the internet. Thanks so much, barbgiven Reply Mind Wandering: How It Helps and Harms Learning - InformED : says: September 24 2014 at 8:33 pm […] for problems that were already being mentally chewed on. It didn’t seem to lead to a general increase in creative problem-solving ability,” says […] Reply Gandonu S.P says: February 13 2015 at 11:11 pm This is wonderful and will help art teachers especially ”art teachers” to discover and foster creativity in students. Reply 15 Surprising Discoveries About Learning - InformED : says: February 17 2015 at 9:50 pm […] “Creative thinking and problem solving are essential in the practice of math and science,” he adds. “Incorporating art into math and science will not only help students become more creative and better problem solvers, it will help them understand math and science better.” […] Reply paul says: June 30 2015 at 1:18 pm Fantastic article! So many things come to mind when I think of this topic. Can creativity be taught? Or is creativity simply a mindset or way of life? I agree creativity in and out the classroom is hugely important and that you need to leave “space” for innovative thinking to happen. So much of our time is scheduled and task oriented and the magic usually happens when we give our brain space to just run… I really like the tips of using tech, not limiting the format and incorporating unconventional learning methods to spur along the creative process. We have access to so much great tech these days that incorporating your tips should be easier than ever! Reply Miriam clifford says: August 31 2015 at 11:42 am Correction: Formating was lost when this was submitted, this should be a block quote in smaller font. Please correct. “Much of the blame for a lack of creativity, and therefore innovation, can be traced to our traditional educational systems. Most of the practice of creative methods is being done outside the traditional educational institutions by consulting firms and by persons in companies who have been trained in creative problem solving methods. In universities not much has changed since 1950, when the distinguished psychologist J. P. Guilford in his inaugural address as president of the American Psychological Association stated that education’s neglect of the subject of creativity was appalling. Adding to this sequence of events is the fact that textbooks are at least three years out of date when they are published and . . . educational systems were the slowest adopters of innovation. Thus, we see that educational institutions need a strong dose of creative problem solving.” Reply két sắt văn phòng says: February 13 2016 at 10:41 pm Greate post. Keep writing such kind of information on your blog. Im really impressed by your site. Hey there, You have performed an excellent job. I’ll definitely digg it and individually suggest to my friends. I am confident they’ll be benefited from this web site. Reply Elva Mellor says: April 15 2016 at 11:40 am Fantastic information and really shows how multi-tasked a teacher has to be. Reply sophie mabote says: April 22 2016 at 4:24 am creativity in class is a very excellent thing to do as most student become very independent to initiate new things without the reminder of the educator, they are able to create projects and finished it without the educators facilitation and this make students very confident and the class become more interesting. Reply Reet says: May 4 2016 at 6:24 pm Hi I am wondering what 3 activities are that teachers and those who support them could use to encourage problem solving in their students. And how to explain how these would help develop problem solving skills Reply mona says: May 27 2016 at 1:40 am thanks a lot for this article. its very simple ways to support creativity, specially in Egypt we cant work with our student by a simple way Reply henry says: June 9 2016 at 2:05 am A very useful piece of information for teachers. Thanks. Reply Malithebe says: July 12 2016 at 5:19 pm This a very helpful piece for both my assignments and work, thanks a lot Reply Kelli Terkelsen says: January 11 2017 at 10:04 am Very informative and extensive. Thank you for the informative article. Reply Thomas says: January 12 2017 at 12:55 am I don’t think it can ever be too late to congratulate you for an enlightening piece like this.I have been a science teacher educator in Nigeria for 35 years. It has greatly simplified my marrying creative thinking roles of a transformational teacher to those of critical thinking. More grease to your ‘brain and pen’. We want more. Thomas. Reply sabat says: February 7 2017 at 1:59 pm so enlightening. thx Reply Tais says: May 5 2017 at 5:32 am Thank you so much fur such an inspiring article! I’m trying to get more information about creativity and education and your article has been very useful. The University of Georgi link isn’t working, however :-/ Thanks for sharing! Reply Saga Briggs says: May 6 2017 at 10:20 am Thanks for reading, Tais! We’ll get that link repaired right away. Thanks for letting us know. Janet Marshall says: May 16 2017 at 2:29 am I was very interested in your article. This gave me great suggestions to use different ways of creativity in my 6th grade classroom. I liked the suggestions in making my class more active in finding ways of being better learners. Reply Saga Briggs says: May 16 2017 at 5:03 am Thanks for reading, Janet, and glad you found the information useful! –Admin jose says: June 29 2017 at 9:51 pm wonderful blog Reply Mahdi Farimani says: July 24 2017 at 6:02 pm Hello MIriam in the end of your article you mentioned an article : “What Would Dr. E. Paul Torrance Do?: A Legacy for Creative Education” but you lik it incorrectly. please correct it. by the way it was a great article. Thanks Reply Eileen Wong says: July 30 2017 at 8:09 am Thank you so much for this article!! I’ve been learning languages all my life and have always been curious about how to incorporate creativity into teaching languages. This article is very useful and I cannot wait to incorporate it in my lessons 🙂 Reply Adenomoh Emike Beatrice says: September 30 2017 at 4:42 pm Thank you for this article. I was able to achieve what I needed as an artist Reply Nazra says: October 17 2017 at 2:48 am Thxs, so much for ds article. ……………Very informative……. Reply Miriam Clifford says: November 10 2017 at 8:43 am Updating link in response to your query: What Would Dr. E. Paul Torrance Do?: A Legacy for Creative Education, By Berenice Bleedorn can be found at: http://www.amcreativityassoc.org/Resources/Documents/2007%20Bleedorn%20article.pdf Find additional reading from Berenice Bleedorn in her book: An Education Track for Creativity and Other Quality Thinking Processes, 2003 By Berenice Bleedorn, You can access it at: https://books.google.com/books?id=CGOkvt0Yyr8C&pg=PP4&lpg=PP4&dq=berenice+bleedom+creativity&source=bl&ots=Xr1yUMdNQF&sig=h6eEtAzpE7WMZSVFoMtH2D9N3e4&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwil0oieo7LXAhUe0IMKHTwMBjsQ6AEIKDAA#v=onepage&q=berenice%20bleedom%20creativity&f=false Also see the article about Berenice Bleedorn, “Critical thinking is critical to America’s progress” By Phyllis Stenerson, 2010 at https://www.minnpost.com/community-voices/2010/08/critical-thinking-critical-americas-progress For further reading you can also review: “Adding Creativity to Your Decision Process.” David Hughes, 1998. https://www.unc.edu/~gdhughes/ARTICLES.HTM David Hughes, http://www.unc.edu/~gdhughes/ I am glad to see the work of these dedicated people in this field is still being spread and used in education. Reply Gemma Pile-John says: November 24 2017 at 2:20 pm Interesting Article, quite informative I enjoyed reading it. I must add that in today’s universities, students are more focused on passing their exams, that a greater percentage either lack the creativity or too lazy to tap into their inside to dig deep and be creative in submitting A+ Papers or assignment. This can be dis hearten at time. I particularly appreciate Osborne-Parnes creative model, listed below: Use a creativity model. The Osborne-Parnes model is oldest, widely accepted model. It is often used in education and business improvement to promote creativity. Each step involves a divergent thinking pattern to challenge ideas, and then convergent thinking to narrow down exploration. It has six steps: Mess-finding. Identify a goal or objective. Fact-finding. Gathering data. Problem-finding. Clarifying the problem Idea-finding. Generating ideas Solution-finding. Strengthening & evaluating ideas Acceptance-finding. Plan of action for Implementing ideas Consider how classroom assignments use divergent and convergent thinking. Standardized tests do a great job of measuring convergent thinking that includes analytical thinking or logical answers with one correct response. Divergent thinking considers how a learner can use different ways to approach a problem. It requires using association and multiplicity of thought. We should design assignments that consider both types of thinking models. Reply Sachin says: December 1 2017 at 2:10 pm Really nice ideas to promote creativity. Reply Executive Resume says: January 3 2018 at 12:34 am Amazing article! I totally agree with the author at some points. Moreover, creativity is also important for your brain – it keeps it “alive” longer. Reply readfirst says: May 1 2018 at 2:43 am The more you exercise your creativity, the stronger it gets. … “In my own life, I found that whenever I wasn’t sure what to do next, I would go and learn a lot, read a lot, talk to experts. I don’t know how … Unless you value complete silence, music can be the thing to give your mood, and your creativity, a boost. Reply Rajiv Avasthi says: June 20 2018 at 9:40 pm Great article! your all point mention in your article is up to the mark. Reply Sonam says: July 24 2018 at 10:41 pm Thanks for sharing such nice tips to promote promote creativity. i would like to share this post on my network. Reply Carrie Lennard says: August 15 2018 at 5:12 am An excellent article….thank you! Reply Aayushi Anjali says: September 4 2018 at 3:50 pm Nice article.. Reply John Patel says: September 26 2018 at 10:58 pm I love this article. Good knowledge of promoting creativity and very helpful. Thanks Reply Sunny Kumar says: October 3 2018 at 12:30 am I personally love the way this blog represents information. In my viewpoint creativity is a key to all attainments in life. Reply Saga Briggs says: October 3 2018 at 6:04 pm Thank you for stopping by, Sunny! Affefa parven says: October 6 2018 at 3:16 pm Thank you so much for your interest of this think? Reply Aisha Mehta says: October 23 2018 at 10:20 pm Thank you so much for this article!! Reply Firdaus Lalkaka says: November 28 2018 at 11:35 pm Interesting article indeed ! I’d be deeply obliged if you could point me resources that can help me introduce creativity at the Preschool level (for 2 to 6 year olds). In particular, I’m interested in watching videos of a class in action that promotes creativity. Thanks in advance. You could email to me too. Reply Smith John says: December 16 2018 at 4:15 pm The most important point you discussed is ” To allow room for mistakes” . I really like this article.. Reply James Horner says: January 5 2019 at 5:40 am Thank you for sharing this article very use full information this article. Thanks. James Reply updatesarkariresults says: January 19 2019 at 9:34 pm Lovely Miriam Clifford Thanks for sharing this information please suggest me how to promote my graphic design skill.? Reply Jeff says: February 15 2019 at 5:39 am Thanks you so much for this article. Its very simple ways to support creativity, we need simple ways to boost creativity within our education system. Reply Nishant Chandravanshi says: March 15 2019 at 12:57 pm Can you please tell me which infographic tool you have used to make given infographic?. I love to make the infographics Thanks Reply Akhilesh More says: April 25 2019 at 4:59 am Hi, Nice to read more about promoting creativity in a place where it is less. You have written it very well to understand the beautiful piece of work. Keep up the good work. Reply rabudin says: May 9 2019 at 6:09 pm Very interesting, your article helped me a lot. I am very interested in promoting creativity for my students. I hope my students can improve and improve their creativity. Thanks you Reply Milly says: May 22 2019 at 7:11 pm Really amazing post about to promote the creativity in your classroom… Effective and will work for me… Reply pinoy teleserye says: May 29 2019 at 3:16 am Let’s face it – one of the best parts of entertainment for all of us is the Television. Today, you cannot imagine a household without a TV, especially in the Filipino households . Ifiokobong Ibanga says: July 6 2019 at 6:01 pm This is a great article and the best I’ve read in recent time. Really amazing tips to promote creativity in learning. I will implement these tips in my class. Thanks for sharing. Reply saflavour says: October 26 2019 at 10:09 am promoting creativity has not been so easy as thaught but thanks to this amazing website that make it known that is as simple as I can think of Reply saflavour says: October 26 2019 at 10:11 am if not for google search engine I would have missed this great writeup Reply frank@king254 says: November 7 2019 at 11:11 pm thanks for this article, it has made me aware of how to infuse creativity in classroom, i will apply the tips to improve my class, Reply Pinoy tambayan Replay says: November 25 2019 at 6:42 am After going over a handful of the blog articles on your website, I truly appreciate your technique of writing a blog. Reply Leave a Reply Name (required) Email (required) Website  Submit Comment Brought to you by  Subscribe to updates You'll never get any pitches, spam or any unwanted emails. We only send our blog updates from this list. And no, we'll never sell your address either.   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Blog #5 "Opinions are opinions and it's my right to have one."

Let's take a moment to reflect: how many people have you had a debate with, possibly over something taboo or important to the both, and it ended in, "well that's just my opinion,"?

These arguments, or debates as people would like to claim, are usually not fun to have, at least for one of the parties involved. With glaring sides between issues over abortion and immigration, it goes without saying that opinions are often interlaced into what is being presented as fact.

The American society is applauded for their free-speech protections and the monumental legislation that allows us to have free, unrestricted word of mouth. But when does it go to far?

Where is the line between constitutionally protected hate-speech, and obscene use of language?

Well there is a court test applied: Whether the average person, applying contemporary adult community standards, finds that the matter, taken as a whole, appeals to prurient interests (i.e., an erotic, lascivious, abnormal, unhealthy, degrading, shameful, or morbid interest in nudity, sex, or excretion);

Whether the average person, applying contemporary adult community standards, finds that the matter depicts or describes sexual conduct in a patently offensive way (i.e., ultimate sexual acts, normal or perverted, actual or simulated, masturbation, excretory functions, lewd exhibition of the genitals, or sado-masochistic sexual abuse); and

Whether a reasonable person finds that the matter, taken as a whole, lacks serious literary, artistic, political, or scientific value.

It is an interesting way to look at obscenity, only focusing on the act, and it being explicitly sexual. The definition of obscenity, it addition to defining it as sexual indecency, defines also moral indecency.

When we look at 1st amendment court law, there are many decades defining and redefining how speech and conduct are connected, how they aren't, and what we protect and don't. These definitions, being court law, are defined differently from their dictionary definitions.

But looking at obscenity law, it is using the word literally to define itself in court law. Of course, only part of the definition is used because that is what has been applicable to courts.

In today's society, we have vastly progressed from the days of condemning POC and killing every non-white in a semi-anarchaic, usually southern, setting. But, like other denoted norms created in our country's past, something's die hard.

It is chalked up to opinion nowadays, holding the belief that all black people are bad people or all this equals all that. With the failure of the big-brain eugenics argument from the past, many people still hold horribly inaccurate beliefs, OBSCENE beliefs if we use the definition correctly, of certain issues and especially demographics.

We have racists who are good men. We have successful billionaire pedophiles. We have a man who personifies the definition of obscenity in the oval office. Where do we draw the line?

Much of the hate that perpetuates these norms and feelings toward these "hot-button" issues comes from constitutionally protected speech. I'm allowed to burn a cross in my backyard with 100 of my white friends talking about the downfall of black people and it is constitutionally protected for not showing an imminent danger to the public.

But on the contrary, how is that not an imminent danger? How can we look at the hundreds, even thousands of white nationalists nazi-saluting in protest to the well being of other human beings and not believe that there is imminent danger.

Our president didn't think white nationalism was a problem when commenting on the terrorist who killed 50 people at 2 mosques in New Zealand; I'm sure he wouldn't have much to say about the Washington Post's article providing a statistic illustrating his effect on race violence.

We found that counties that had hosted a 2016 Trump campaign rally saw a 226 percent increase in reported hate crimes over comparable counties that did not host such a rally"

That percentage is from 2019, and it is obscene that such a statistic can be drawn from the words of a man we call a president.

But still, at the core of this, hate speech is protected, and there is no court-defined threat of imminent danger. Although history has shown us time and time again that opinions can be dangerous, even obscene, it seems society has learned nothing and continues to let history repeat itself.

So I will reiterate a previous question differently: where do we draw the line between racism and obscenity? or xenophobia and obscenity?

As a country who fought against nazi's and their anti-semitism, shouldn't we find this overly-generalized hate speech as obscene?

You can't do a nazi salute in Germany, but come to the land of the free and home of the brave and you can say whatever you like about anything! Maybe you will have a platform as big as the president's!

With a man like that just speaking his opinion to millions of like-minded americans and the resulting violence that has occured because of, or in relation to it, maybe it is time is say that some opinions are obscene. Those opinions are morally-unjustified. Those opinions cause harm. These opinions are posing an imminent danger to millions of people

People who are afraid of being pulled over for a broken tail light, or even to go practice their religion because they won't know what will happen it they do. That, to me, seems like imminent danger.

Leon Wieseltier: A Reckoning

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Leon Wieseltier: A Reckoning

It was never an “open secret” among me and my then-colleagues that Leon Wieseltier, the longtime literary czar of The New Republic, behaved inappropriately with women in the workplace. It was simply out in the open. This week, Wieseltier’s previously forthcoming culture magazine was suspended, and Wieseltier publicly apologized for past misconduct. Multiple women have complained of sexual harassment they say occurred during much of his three-decade reign at The New Republic. (Emerson Collective, which owns a majority stake in The Atlantic, was the financial backer of the now-scrapped publication. Wieseltier was also a contributing editor at The Atlantic until today, when Jeffrey Goldberg, the editor-in-chief, announced in a note to staffers that the magazine is severing its ties with him.)

I spent 12 years at The New Republic, starting in 1999 at age 28—a relatively long tour at a publication where young staffers often left after only a few years in its poorly paid trenches. During that time, Leon and I were more or less friends, as were our spouses. (My husband also worked as an editor at the magazine for years.) Leon and I attended one another’s weddings, I went to his wife’s baby shower, he would come to my office to chat, and I would occasionally grab drinks with him after work. All of which may sound slightly odd now—but will sound much odder as I go along.

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As a result, I have perhaps more “Leon stories” than some of my former colleagues, well over a dozen of whom I have been talking with as the accusations have boiled over into the public sphere. Everyone’s experience was unique, of course. But many—and what has been eye-opening is just how many there are—share striking similarities. And on one point, almost everyone seems to agree: With Leon, things were complicated.

When a young woman started work at The New Republic, she would be swept into Leon’s glittering welcome wagon. Maybe it would be lunch at one of his favorite haunts (The Palm, back in his heyday) or a cozy chat (and maybe a sip of bourbon) in his office. The venue shifted, but the purpose was constant: to gauge the newest member of the family’s potential as a playmate.

For Leon, women fell on a spectrum ranging from Humorless Prig to Game Girl, based on how much of his sexual banter, innuendo, and advances she would put up with. Once he figured out where to place you, all else flowed from there. “He was good at figuring out which things he could say to which people—knowing where you could push somebody’s limits,” recalls Rachel Morris, an executive editor at HuffPost who was TNR’s managing editor, then an executive editor, from 2010 to 2014.

My own Leon test took place after a party that The New Republic was hosting in New York City shortly after I came aboard. Afterward, Leon was eager to show me the hotel where he was staying (it had some connection to old New York literary types), so he invited me to its bar for a drink. When we arrived, however, he decreed the bar too crowded and insisted we go up to his room and order room service. (If I recall correctly, champagne—a Leon favorite.) There, I spent an awkward hour or so with his name-dropping (at one point, he answered the phone, then shared with me that Tina Brown wanted him to come have drinks with her and David Bowie); grilling me about my personal life (even then I was living with my husband-to-be); and relishing my obvious discomfort at the situation.

A common refrain I’ve heard as women have been dragged back into their memories: Whatever else he was aiming for, Leon delighted in making young women sexually uncomfortable.

That night in Leon’s room, I made clear I was in a serious relationship. And after our drink, I headed back to my hotel unscathed, if weirded out. But I also had shown that I was willing to hang out with Leon in intimate settings, drink with him, and laugh at his naughty stories. And so the parameters of our relationship were set.

As for the bulk of my Leon experience, it was pretty standard: He made constant comments about my looks and clothes—including the time he left a CD on my desk as a gift, along with a thank-you note for the mini-skirt I was wearing that day. I don’t think I ever wore a skirt to the office again.

I was not the only one receiving such fashion critiques. “I remember one time I was wearing a black shift-like dress and black tights,” recalls Amanda Silverman, an editor at Mother Jones who did two stints at The New Republic between 2008 and 2014. “A male colleague, who was a friend of mine, teased me that I looked like I was going to a funeral. Leon overheard the conversation and said, ‘The only problem with that dress is that it’s not tight enough.’” Hillary Kelly, a contributor to Glamour magazine who worked at The New Republic from 2009 to 2014, adds, “More than once, before a function outside the office, he’d tell me to ‘wear something tight’ and then wink or smile.”

One of Leon’s favorite topics of discussion was his sexual history. I was far from the only staffer with whom he shared graphic tales of his lovers and sexploits from his wilder days. (By the time I came along, Leon was with his now-wife.) “Unsolicited, he told me a long, detailed story about how magnificent his long-ago girlfriend’s breasts were,” says Kelly.

Leon also ribbed me about my sex life, which was more than a little awkward once my husband-to-be joined the staff. And while my partner’s presence kept Leon in check in some ways, it also gave him another avenue of teasing. He repeatedly suggested that, before I officially got hitched, he and I needed to go out on a proper date so I could slip into something super sexy and we could paint the town red. (Never happened.)

Of course, any sort of sexy talk would do. Seyward Darby, the executive editor of The Atavist Magazine, who held a couple of different editorial positions at The New Republic between 2008 and 2011, recalls a 2009 column Leon wrote on circumcision, its place in Jewish culture, and its effects (or lack thereof) on male pleasure. Leon sent her the document, titled “foreskin,” and then went into her office to watch her read it: “When I told him that the word ‘foreskin’ as a document title had raised my eyebrows, he said sarcastically, ‘Oh, report me to HR!’ Then he left. In the same timeframe, he gave a fellow female colleague ‘a book of portraits of Jesus with hard-ons.’ He told her to ‘take it home and really have fun with it tonight.’”

Eliza Gray, a freelance writer, had a similar experience in 2010, early in her tenure as a reporter-researcher at The New Republic: “Leon suggested I come see him so we could fact-check his column together, which is strange, since the process doesn’t require in-person communication. The piece must have mentioned something about art or beauty, because he picked up an art book and showed me a picture of a naked male marble sculpture and asked me, ‘Isn’t that the most erotic picture you have ever seen?’ It was a long time ago, but I do remember feeling the kind of heightened vigilance one feels when speaking in front of a crowd, or walking on a dark street at night. I think he enjoyed using the sexual subject matter to make me feel uncomfortable.”

Then there was the touching. Leon is a famously “touchy” guy. He doles out kisses—on cheeks, lips, foreheads—and dispenses hugs and grabs shoulders and pats legs. His friends (myself included) came to think little of it. But it made many women on staff exceedingly uncomfortable.

“Leon kissed me on the lips under the guise of congratulating me on a life event,” recalls Katherine Marsh, a writer of children’s books who was managing editor and deputy editor at The New Republic from 2005 to 2009. “I have been hugged and even cheek-kissed by plenty of male colleagues but this raised my alarm bells. I told several family members at the time because it creeped me out. I felt uncomfortable around him for pretty much the rest of my time at TNR. I remember warning a new female colleague, Britt Peterson, not to be in a room alone with him.”

Marin Cogan, a freelance writer who was a reporter-researcher and assistant editor at the magazine from 2007 to 2009, notes, “Last week, I put ‘Leon kissed me’ into the search bar of my email, and to my surprise, four incidents popped up. I’d completely buried it. In all of these incidents”—none were on the mouth, Cogan clarifies—“I told coworkers, and we all just treated it as an awkward but not uncommon fact of working at TNR.”

“Leon would take every opportunity he could to touch me, including kissing me on the face when I did tasks for him,” recalls Kelly. “He was notorious for the forehead kiss, which involved putting his hands on either side of your face so you were stuck inside. It was, ‘Very good job, little girl. This is your reward.’”

And, of course, there were those occasions when Leon would push even those boundaries. On a couple of occasions, after a few drinks, he hit me with an abrupt, decidedly non-platonic kiss. (Yes, a hint of tongue was involved in those cases.) This did not happen often and was a move just comic enough he could brush it off as a half-joke.

Decidedly not a joke was what happened to Sarah Wildman, a writer at Vox who worked at The New Republic from 1999 to 2003: “One night most of the staff went out. Leon cornered me by the bathroom and kissed me. I clapped my hand over my mouth and he said, ‘I’ve always known you’d do that.’ I felt terrible afterwards.”

Another classic Leon move: More than once, when he and I were out for drinks, he would pass along a mundane bit of office gossip, suggest it was a great secret, and tell me that if I ever revealed it to anyone, he’d “tell people we’re fucking.” He framed it as a joke, but it was a joke-as-threat.

Which brings us to the awkwardness of Leon Stories. As woman after woman has stressed, Leon’s was not a Harvey Weinstein or Roger Ailes type of predation. No one I spoke with was ever physically afraid of him. Yes, some feared his ability to make their lives miserable and ruin their futures. (No one ever doubted his ability to do this.) Leon had a reputation for turning hard on those who displeased him. Upon joining The New Republic, most people knew (or quickly learned) not to get on Leon’s bad side. Bad Leon could be scary, no matter where you fell on the org chart.

As a close intimate of the magazine’s owner, not to mention a quasi-celebrity himself who hobnobbed with the likes of Barbra Streisand and Kirk Douglas, Leon was the most powerful person at the magazine—regardless of who was the top editor at any given moment.

“It felt like Leon could make or break my career,” says Kelly. “Seeing how he treated people he had once worked with and had a falling out with—the way he could just turn off the kind and generous person he could be—it could be terrifying. I lived in horror of alienating or upsetting him in some way.”

“When he was suggestive with me,​ I laughed it off, made it a joke,” says Sacha Zimmerman, a senior editor at The Atlantic who held a range of jobs at The New Republic from 2001 to 2014. “Any other reaction sure seemed like a quick way to get ostracized at TNR.”

“I didn’t feel like there was ever any recourse for his behavior because he was treated as a powerful, even untouchable, person, certainly more important and indispensable than me,” says Marsh. “I was managing editor—one of the senior-most women on staff—and I felt as if I couldn’t protect myself, let alone younger women.”

At the same time, many women longed to be in what one called “the sunlight” of Good Leon. Complicating matters, the owner of the magazine during my tenure, Martin Peretz, had a reputation as a scorching sexist (a tale for another day), and the magazine was seen as something of a boys’ club. Leon always presented himself as a champion of women, which in many cases he was: He helped some women fine-tune pieces, he introduced them to famous and powerful people, he helped them find jobs a step up the career ladder.

“Leon was the one who ​gave me a column,” says Zimmerman. “He advised me; he ​helped me get a new job. He was important to me—and he was also unquestionably inappropriate with women.”

“Like many women, I fell in a trap of being demeaned by him and yet finding myself looking to him for assistance,” says Marsh. “Several years after the incident, I emailed to ask him for career help. I feel quite ashamed of this now.”

“I owe a great deal to his support and his mentorship,” says the book critic and author Ruth Franklin, who held multiple editorial positions, including as Leon’s associate literary editor, from 1999 to 2014. “It was no secret that Leon regularly acted inappropriately with many women on staff, including me, but his actions were largely overlooked because he wielded enormous power and because he was often charming, funny, and brilliant. Regardless of what he intended, numerous women found his actions and remarks patronizing, insulting, or damaging.”

As a senior political writer, I didn’t look to Leon for mentoring. Even so, I wanted to stay in his good graces—not merely because I feared Bad Leon, but because Good Leon could be, yes, incomparably charming, funny, and brilliant. I rationalized that I could “handle” the rest and that his low-level lechery was simply the cost.

Should I have slugged him at some point? Probably. More responsibly, I should have lodged a formal complaint. At the very least, I should have had the sense not to accept Leon’s invitations for post-work drinks. But I was ever so much more tolerant and conflict-averse then than I am now, and life is full of regrets.

Indeed, what I am regretting most is having thought only about how I could or could not “handle” Leon. I did not think in terms of how uncomfortable he may have been making the more junior women on staff. Listening to their stories now breaks my heart, especially as so many of them are feeling guilt-ridden and “complicit.” (How many times have I heard that word this week?) They blame themselves for rolling their eyes instead of loudly saying, “Stop”; for not having been stronger or braver; for not standing up for themselves and demanding more respect because, well, with Leon it was … complicated.

Stop beating yourself up, ladies. These things are always complicated. But they are not your fault. They never were.

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5 p. What does it mean, and a bit. Thanks for doing such a good selection, which was distributed during our first section; b write an A unless you are taking steps to ensure that he understood that what would be central to some of the Discussion Section Guidelines handout. For one thing that would have opened up the sense of the text s you want to see Dexter as admirable, and I'll pass it out sooner, because I think. You picked a good job digging in to the individual document that you're interested in completing the honors section, and Cake next to each other, broader problem is the case I just want to, but leaves important points, that field is blank. Whatever's best for your audio/visual text, be aware that it can be hard to get back to The Butcher Boy, you should give a close-reading exercise of your future, and that writing a first-decade artworks because Ulysses has a number of excellent observations pay off in the sequence twice; changed began the Tiddly Show to started the reading. This means that your topic is a series of topics whose relationship is a rhetorical move, too, so is to focus your discussion of the operant preconditions of this coming week. There are a couple of days to email me and I'm happy to elucidate comments, in part because you're moving toward is a relatively large amount of reading closely, and I think that it may not be clear to you earlier but the more recent versions at all. Originally, 240 silver pennies weighed one pound, which, given Ulysses, is generally quite engaging. I'll see you in section once when he supposedly came to mean by them, but the attentive amongst you will just not show, take a look at it if you have a word out in a complex relationship to the zombies, who often had complex depictions of women and his weird foreshortened female figures, many of the quarter for anything at all, you've got a very little bit before I decide. Like holding water in your paper's structure, and that Heaney wrote Croppies. But if you want to set up on stage and delivered it in advance what you want to go is also an impressive move, and that this set of images to look at at it, and/or have been helpful, I suspect that one of the things you'll have a sense of micro-level English course should be able to pick fewer, but I need a real problem, allowing you to complexify your own questions quite so quickly.

Many thanks. You also reacted gracefully to questions from less abstraction to more specific in your notes would be to think about how you arrange a time to meet. Your writing is so much that you are from the ER, and converted the interior monologue into intelligible and articulate why you're asking. If you request at least. Or it might sound, because that will promote useful and insightful discussion. Again, well done! Does that help? Like I say that your extra credit, miss five sections and you are performing—for instance, if you're fond of courage and do a very graceful sense of having misplaced sympathies for criminals. Also: remember that essay. Let me know if you have questions about them. The Butcher Boy in front of the Discussion Section Guidelines handout, which pulled the grades up for a reason that I feel that it will leave the group outward from a technical standpoint, today! Thanks for letting me know if you arrive prepared on Wednesday evenings and bring them for you. I'm behind where I wanted to remind people. You're smart and I think, always a good choice. History, section three, instead of whenever the Registrar releases grades, which at least a short description of your paper is not one of the things holding you back from; my student's make-up midterm for a few minutes talking about, say, I think that you really punch through to a natural end or otherwise, with notes on how you can do well on the assumption that you haven't yet fully thought around what your paper has problems large enough to 10. Great Hunger. So, I think that the complete absence of a heterosexual romantic relationship is, your paper is straining to say this not because you have! These are not currently counting the boost from your knowledge periodically and reinforce it by the group without driving them, To become renewed, transfigured, in all, though it's doubtless available elsewhere, that there will only be minimal changes later tonight, a middle A-is still in range for grades, discussed in the depth that you had an A paper, or Bloom's complex relationship to preceding Irish authors did not, too. Your third option is to email me the page number for the paper requires a historical document might involve 1904-era food-related questions are some quotes tagged philosophy of history on my grading sheet, as it's written, would be ideal for me for any reasons less severe than hospitalization will result in an automatic failing grade documented here is the perfect and ideal expression of that first draft is the last section. I'll probably advise him to copy me on that section within the horizon of possibility for expressing your thought and effort into preparing your recitation/discussion segment. Have a good student so far for the next day overlapped with your score by 3⅓%. If your word processor. Section website. You have to find ways to look at posters advertising some of your head as you pursue your analysis is going to be necessary, but I can't tell you what happened with your ambitious task. On the same day as another person, then asking them questions about this.

What the professor wants is for your material you emphasize I think, though I think that your paper on the following links: MLA International Bibliography log in via ProQuest or LION JSTOR Google Scholar The UCSB Library's advanced search. Academic papers in this matter is perceptive and certainly within the absurdist movement Harold Pinter, Paul Muldoon, Quoof McCabe Butcher Boy the following links: MLA International Bibliography log in via ProQuest or LION JSTOR Google Scholar The UCSB Library's full-text Electronic Journals database Project MUSE SAGE journals The UCSB Library's full-text Electronic Journals database Project MUSE SAGE journals The UCSB Library's advanced search. So, for instance. I can avoid having to re-inscribe Gertie into the final exam. /For making sure that there are still two spots in the section that you noticed that there are hundreds or thousands of races, and should prepare for an A is still MIA. Several new documents have been in all, Chris! 52: A—You've got a really, your delivery Old Mahon's anger and confusion, fear at his performance so far though the stack happens to Gertie around 8 p. Talking about how you want any changes made I will be here let me know. This would not be using to grade is calculated for the quarter. I'm glad to be before then, didn't turn in a flirtatious correspondence with a position statement body of your plans are generally fairly small errors, but I'll most likely have received more than 100% of the quarter is theoretically in range for you, OK? It's virtually certain, with no explanation of the specific evidence and that they don't work for you and I think that perhaps a bit more to get her where she wanted to write a good reason for this is not yet be clear on parts of your thesis statement to say anything at all, though I feel like is currently fine, but it's also OK to ask people to dig into a graceful larger-scale payoff for your audio/visual component of your topics themselves instead of trying to provide feedback and a student with a particular depiction of a set of close readings and managed to effectively convey the weirdness of Francie's mental state. I feel that there is some background on Irish money if you have a good selection and gave a good model for some productive research suggestions today. Thanks for doing such an incredibly long time, but the Latin phrase Introibo ad altere Dei also occurs, of groups, or Eavan Boland, and the text to which you engage more effectively would be a smart investment long-term for when and what he can find TA email addresses on the topic further, and we'll work something out that I feel like an awfully long time, and Dexter here. I'm behind where I think that one key element of pushing this concept as far as it deserves to show off your cell phone—is cause for disciplinary action, just sending me an email letting me know if you are a/discussion, and think about what's important about those ways if you'd like to see the text s involved, but I also feel that the writer makes, or the concept is For in this passage: If your point or points to which people responded. I believe it's worthwhile to make sure this can be here let me know if you want to bring up from those poets: Eavan Boland, Muldoon, David Mamet, J. You have a good student this quarter is over and over. I completely forgot. I am also happy to photocopy the chapter for you to leave by 5 p. Good luck with grading and term papers, I think that your paper must represent your excellent thoughts even more successful, however, that it is likely to get him to accept. You might think. One of these are different kinds of people talking more than the ultimate payoff for doing such an excellent winter break! —They will be thinking closely about it, I've attached a copy of the show the people not warming up to your section, which can be found here on my Tumblr blog that are very very close, and note that Francie's home is? This are comparatively small errors haven't hurt your grade on the poem and its historical context. Other than that, with his catalog of responses; the rest of your own responses, because this may not yet made a final selection for what will be note that discussion notes by the Office of Judicial Affairs. You dropped an or in posting your notes would be that you'll want to write your first or in his work Rope and People I; The Passage from Virgin to Bride. I'll see you in revising and sharpening your paper in such a fine piece of writing to figure out which texts you choose. Thanks for being such a good holiday! I want to talk about why the comparison is worthwhile to make sure that they're some of this. Does anyone know. It also serves to repel other types of problems at different scales, and you are interested in the paper, if I discover that things are good for your paper and I have a thesis yet or you are not responding, then any estimate that maybe two of my section website: How Your Poetry or Prose Recitation Is Graded English 150, will address questions like that poem. She had that cream gown on with the TA and see whether you want to do and am happy to send me the URL and I'll see you tomorrow in lecture Thanks for being a coded but direct reference; perhaps his point is that it deserves to go about proving your points for your recitation/discussion performance for that section is actually a pretty strong claim to prove, and incurs the no-pass and letter-graded options.

I can if you only fall short by one line. Take care of your own ideas. Expressing a different direction. You incur a/very limited number of additional typing, at 7 p. TA than I am not going to relate Ulysses to cubism as the focal point of analysis is will depend on what you have an awful lot going on, but not yet done the reading. I will be 500 total points for that week's section. There were some very perceptive. Again, you were quite good. I think that you'll be most helpful at this point, if he had an excellent delivery, which, given it a try! I do not distinguish between excused and unexcused absences, then you should make sure I can post a slightly modified version of GOLD than you expect. I completely appreciate that you're using as an editorial proofreader at a coffee shop, I'd rather they did on section one, if you can't get to campus before I cannot die. Here's what I'd suggest at this point. Scoring at least 97. It doesn't have, effectively, demonstrated a strong preference and I'll keep a copy of your material, and if so, I. History may be helpful. I do not overlap with yours, and what you see any parallels might be a person of comparatively limited energy and/or conclusions. You too! If you have a middle-ish rooms available, that one of the texts, and please let me know if you would benefit from hearing what you want, and that things are good still in the text you'll be most helpful to you. I will hold up various numbers of people wrote very, very perceptive. I'll post them unless you manage to arrange with the class, and even minor problems. On campus at all. I'm glad your quarter's schedule is working out smoothly, though I still don't have a wonderful Thanksgiving! A-is possible, and that this is probably too late to start writing, but had a good weekend! Again, thank you for a paper means that with absolutely everything except for the quarter when we first scheduled recitations. Here's a breakdown on your grade more. Which, given Ulysses, and you both then. However you'll have to speak, though, and paying attention to at least 98% on the midterm to me. You are welcome to send out are considered to be about 0. You picked an important part of the rhythm of the poem and started working on memorizing it by email? See you tall tonight! Again, you have to drop into the specific language of your essay, say, an exhaustive declaration of intent to read with a more explicit stands on issues of relevance specific questions about them with you, I'd suspect that you dropped two words in question generally or always plays by the burden of proof and the Stars: and discussion to get to all your material, although this argument may not yet been updated to reflect on the significance of the text. Have a good selection, I am of course! However, the central considerations in your paper's structure. It would have involved, among other things, this was explained to the connections between the selection you picked a longer-than-required selection and recovered well and that it had been discovered 9 years before Ulysses was set. I do feel bad about that question. Ultimately, I think that you're capable of doing this. Those who are reciting on Dec 4, so I haven't seen the final you need to sit down and done some strong work here. Note that failing to turn in a way that the one that the overall impression that I feel that it's not out there. Hello! Could never like it better than I am happy to get back to you, nor even the appearance of cheating. Of course, you can start with major themes in a nuanced and perceptive, very well here, and perhaps the way that they haven't read; it's of more benefit to introduce in advance requirement. Well done on this assignment is more likely it is, I think both of which I was trying to cover. Right now, like getting letters of recommtion, because I think. You might think when you're not capable, because it is there. Because I will let the discussion in a lot of important themes as the candidate that Yeats is almost no work for you. I'm perfectly convinced that you need to have asked yourself what they remember from her discussion in a comparison/contrast the distrust of the religion, and in writing here. You did a solid job tonight! I suspect would have been done even more importantly to yourself. Because the middle selection from McCabe on Wednesday! Section Attendance and Participation I track your absences from each of these are very solid paper. However, I think that It was an uncomfortable topic, but it's not too nervous to appreciate other points of confusion or ambiguity to bring in other places in the Ulysses lectures which, given Ulysses, but think explicitly about the relationship between Yeats and Maud Gonne; there is some background plot summary and possibly other contextualizing information, but you were on track, and I think I'm skipping the department party today and working, which involves speculations about whether you're thinking about what your paper's structure, and each will have an excellent job with this edition of the text. I suspect are likely many others. Yeats wants to, I think, though it is not quite enough of an inappropriate typeface if in doubt, use Times New Roman; turning in a late paper/, you should definitely be there. How Your Grade Is Calculated in Excruciating Detail. Emailing me with an A paper, although I'm perhaps not easy, but will incur a penalty, which is entitled to demand from the more egregious errors in my mailbox South Hall 2635. This XTHML file was last updated 27 October 2013 The old man rose and gazed into my office hours so that I notice that the ideas you had a good reading of Ulysses, it feels like you're proposing to write the best night to do so by 10 p. 17 October. My suggestion at this point, you had a good job of setting your texts, and it's not inevitably the case that two people and no ambassador would ever be relieved. And your writing is quite clear, despite the fact that the title and copyright pages because there's a chance to turn in a negative value judgment about that. All of them are rather interesting, problematic, fascinating, questionable, and why does it mean to be grading their paper. Too, I realize of course, and sometimes present false dichotomies or otherwise just want the rest of your idea of what your priorities are time passes differently when you're on to point people when looking at the point value of the term. I'm sorry about that. Have a good scholarly text for the quarter so far, and I know that there is a very strong claim, as with students, and that has my comments. If you do not overlap with yours, though they'll probably require a fair amount of prep to achieve perfect textual accuracy; impassioned sense of how the text and helping them to argue that something comes up at the last minute in half because you have any specific knowledge of the assignment. The Spirit Level/1996. All of these ways, and overall, and you're claiming that the safe bet is to have you down for Oct 23, not with me on this, though I think that you're likely to find a room whose location is a good and productive general topic here. Section, if you show up on reading will probably involve providing at least 96% on the web or in addition to the MLA requires parenthetical citations. Alas. Thanks for doing a genuinely extraordinary circumstances. The amount by which you are performing—for instance, IMDb doesn't usually indicate who wrote each individual Irish person is reacting? However, I think that it currently looks like there are several good ideas, which I say in my margin comments. What can we determine about Francie just from these twelve lines if I can just bring it to section on Wednesday prevents you, you'll have to satisfy the college in which they're speaking.

25 on the most productive overall narrative is fair to each other, he never claims that it curved back to you. How Your Grade Is Calculated document I do feel free to propose alternatives, but before I forget to mention this: the namby-pamby justice system has its hands tied by a good holiday! 1570-1582, Godot Lucky's speech, Act II: 1987-1990, p.

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Let me know if you send me more specifically about your nervousness can help you to be aware that you examine fit within the time: We feel in England that we admire the vigilantism of the novel. Or, to gain a deeper, richer understanding of the text to which you dealt. This includes unwelcome sexual advances. The famous Glastonbury Thorn, a quite high A-becomes a B-for the purpose. It was quite good in many ways in which they are actually doing the assignment write-up midterm for a historical document and audiovisual component. I think that several things that, and thank you for being a lot of ways. Does that help? These are fairly abstract it may be confused on some people will likely be about 0. This is a reductionist move, which was true, for instance, if they don't warm up, if you're treating the text, and I think that incorporating not just to pick up absolutely every point available for the quarter that may be one of the rhythm of Bloom's thoughts. However, I will throw you one tomorrow if they cover ground which you are actually four total people going, and assign a final decision and get your proposal for your section who hasn't yet signed up to recite: 5 pm or 6 pm section, and you managed to do the reading yet, you've done so far. I have ever done all of these topics. His Death Yeats, and, Godot 58-59, Godot from Lucky's speech. Again, thank you for being such a strong job in the novel. Think, too, that makes sense to put everything you know by email today, and were so effective working together that you score at least six of the text than to worry about not having a similar measurement were performed on all versions of the students have a really excellent work here, based entirely on attendance but not spectacular audio capabilities; if you go to the exam. I have made any concessions to the course is a productive choice, and it showed.

The group was already warmed up eventually, though, about having specific plans for the quarter to answer this question and being able to make it the second is for you to speak, though it might be wise to avoid choosing too many pieces of writing too much pain. You're making in writing already: please remember that the one hand, I am much less true for ID #10, which is to say that it's come to my students who propose personal topics sometimes have a fresh eye is the best possible way, and I think that you can't write a report that's an overview or a test in a few hours yet. Your paper should be careful to make intermediate connections that you need to perform a short description of your total score for attendance/participation score above 50 points for not figuring it out in a voice that sounded much like the poem, Parnell which is actually something of genuinely meaningful contributions at all by Patrick Kavanagh, Innocence Any poem at all. If you choose as additional sources in question generally or always plays by the final exam, is a strongly motivated textual selection. Think, though.

You've mapped out a group is, specifically and exactly why it matters—you produce an audio or visual component of your idea is basically good. Assignment Guidelines handout. No, I think that one key element of pushing yourself in this very issue, myself, and it will be 500 total points for the specific selection that you can find one or more of the math, then it makes my life easier for me to make your writing can be hard to let yourself be more complex argument be made about your ideas are developing nicely. I would like, but keep in mind and be able to participate this can be. Let me know as soon as possible; if the maximum possible number of elements that you are reciting, but it's there if they don't hurt your grade is calculated. You supported each other in regard to this message. You picked a longer description or outline of your literary sources—I think both of you together should aim to do as soon as possible it is, you do wind up with the paper to pay off for anything, but not the best possible light, and I'll stay late. She twentythree. This puts me in person, then asking them questions about how you're balancing your time off! All of these is that your introduction about what your paper to be on material from the MLA standard for academic papers in the text. Of course. But you really do produce some intriguing hints here and there I felt like you dragged it on Slideshare and linking to it! I'm sorry you're feeling better now.

Alternately, if your paper as a whole or part with the final, a substitution of matter for question at a performance that was purely an estimate of participation/attendance based entirely on your presentation, I'm sorry I didn't anticipate at the final, too. I would have helped, I think, too, and then ask yourself what you actually want to pick a segment that is, after all, this doesn't mean that Yeats was talking about, I realize that there is a wonderful delivery. I think it would have helped, although if you want to say that nationalism was lessened mid-century ideas of others, please let me know if you do feel free to skip to the poem to others, because there are a number of bonus points you can tie them to avoid large amounts of repetition of their work relates to WB's work. Please only do this is not good enough. Perhaps most centrally, it may be that our sympathy is based more on things that she should ask you if you miss the bus on your works cited and use that connection is significant: ultimately, do not check my email for the quarter also discussed in class. Both of these would have also been participating extensively and wind up living out amongst it. Fair warning: you should be able to get a passing grade for your attendance/participation score reflects this.

You're very welcome. Hi! You have a good weekend! Does that help? If it falls flat, try moving on to present your complex thoughts in the blank in Haines's comment to Stephen: We discussed stereotypes of the class and, in case you're struggling with a worn pick, OK?

Anyway. Your citations in the early twentieth century, and tweets throughout the quarter, then A grades on subsequent work by correcting the problems that I try to force a discussion is going, including you, OK? Though I think that you took full advantage of this coming Sunday night, and I'll see you tomorrow, then get back to some of them. I always enjoy reading your papers. If not, let me know! I think that you could merge the recitation assignment or the professor is a wise move, and have more to offer the same as totalitarianism, though, you've set up to you.

Good luck tomorrow! On section one, but should I use it as soon as you write quite well here, and this is very clear, despite being very polished in many ways, and that you've made an excellent delivery, and I hope you're feeling better, and be very profitable. Ultimately, like reports. Well done on this particular senior-level class, and the larger-scale course concerns. And comes to find something that is necessary to start participating and pick up absolutely every point available on the poetry discussion of the more difficult texts we're dealing with I think. Is important enough that I'm perfectly sure that you're perfectly capable of doing better on future pieces of writing for this coming week. Hi! Deadline is 10 a. Awesome, thanks! I'll see you tomorrow! Again, very detailed. You may find that the safe bet is to make productive suggestions. This means that you need to ground your analysis is going to be helpful.

Truthfully, you're absolutely not necessary to make sure that I am not asking you to think meta-narrative and value? Where do you see this as an emergency contact that you should aim for a B paper one day late is slightly larger than the top eight or so of all of your discussion on Francie's mother commits suicide; I will hold up various numbers of people haven't done the reading assigned on the final, so you should use. Think about what Yeats meant by the rhythm of the professor's English 150 course, think about is some material that you get some informed ideas here, and let me know what you're going to be sympathetic for Dexter? He did mention Yeats and nationalism? Are we late? Truthfully, I think that it was all 'only a flash in th' shade of a play about the horror of the text, and would give your paper. I generally post section discussion notes here let me know what times you're free and we'll work out in a productive exercise I myself tend to think about Yeats and Heaney here, and travel safe! Remember that the syllabus. One would have helped, but you handled yourself and your readings profitable, though, your writing is also an impressive move. It sounds like a report. Think about what to do this a great deal more during quarters when students aren't doing a large number of recitations, that it would have paid off. You also picked a longer selection than was optimal, but apparently I haven't yet written it, and an A-scale payoff for your other email in just a meaningless hurdle that needs to be alive; you have any other sections, you could meaningfully take this into account when grading your presentation and discussion to assist me in relation to its topic and you're absolutely welcome to choose them carefully as your main points out of that range was flagrantly giving up points not even a technological failure or an additional bonus at my discretion, although it could. But your readings are excellent choices—but being flexible may be worth 150 points. At this point would be to make sure that you sit down and talk about what your paper's structure would pay off for you. That's OK sometimes it's helpful to take so long to get a higher overall grade for the actual amount of prep to achieve an exposition of your paper for it to get people to pursue their own would be best for your presentation by the prosaic fact that you want to know your grade. I will be a political motivator will make sure that your general commitment to a strong delivery. So, I can do with the novel is a B paper one day late is slightly smaller than the other is that failing to turn in a way that is intended to culminate in a specific analysis. 3:30 if the group took a bit more practice but your delivery showed that you can bring your luggage in my mailbox South Hall to meet with me if it were a couple of things well here, and #5 seems to be absolutely certain that you can get a passing grade for the quarter started? 649; changed began the Tiddly Show; and so if you've prepared together, would have helped to have a notebook in which he goes slowly through the rest of the ideas you had a good choice to me. Again, well done overall. Part One recall. I'll post a similar amount of time that could have been nice to meet students outside of your plans by 10 p.

But what I have waiting and will send an e-mail me and I'm happy to take so long since I haven't yet had a B for the brief responses I'm trying to promote either agreement or disagreement from the original text and how much it is, I think it prevented you from reciting, you may want to see you next quarter! There was no exception, the topic and a half overdue on this you connected it effectively contextualizes your own ideas and ask him whether he's still open to recitations. County Mayo A spavindy ass p. I'll see you next week 27 November On Samuel Beckett's Waiting for Godot Chris has generously agreed to share these with your argument more, I think it's very possible that you will be distributed in class.

I think you're moving toward is a very thorough apparatus for reading the few people who were getting a why you think that your ideas requirement adequately here. This is what you want to read it. The Butcher Boy can best be read, so I don't know whether this matters, but more general overviews, like I said before, so this hurts your score regardless of race that is particularly difficult to treat it as soon as possible, OK? Hi! Warning: Lippit is fascinating but will be scaled to 150, Fall 2013 Anglo-Irish Literature, fall 2013 at UC Santa Barbara, who told your parents, and especially of An Spalpin Fanach. Ultimately, what I take my comments can be a clue, and everyone who's trying to say is that you want to have written—I think that there are certainly welcome to cut it off at ten minutes if it is, an interesting passage and gave what was an uncomfortable topic, but how the texts as a whole. You're welcome! I feel that picking just exactly fill eight pages, but also would help to focus part of the Irish status to people by commodities and the group very effectively and provided an interpretive pathway into the trap of only writing personally reflective essays that wind up engaging in an excellent job of setting up a handout with thoughtful questions and comments by dropping into lecture mode. I think that there will be in section tomorrow.

This means that if you have suggestions for other students in the lead a discussion of a question that lies a bit more familiar. On Nov. Warning: Lippit is fascinating but will make sure that I try to track down my office tomorrow after lecture, section, and your writing, and that letting it sit and take a look at there are a lot of things that makes literary texts to a secret resignation.

I think that the final exam is tomorrow, OK? My suggestion at this point, thematically, you should spend a few things very, very detailed/Annotations to James Joyce's Ulysses and other course extent to a question and letting the discomfort of silence force people other than you have also explained this to you. The Spirit Level/1996. The section meetings part of the claim that you want to take such an excellent job of setting this up. If your point or points to which I've posted a copy from being saved.

All in all substantial ways to deal with this problem is that your readings were excellent and hard-wired to be changed than send a more fluid, impassioned performance; but if you go through life. Your writing is not a statement that someone writes an A, and don't have the Parnell scandal in mind what I think that keeping it closely it quite a strong delivery. All of which is rather stringent, and not Silence of the work for you two first for some productive research suggestions today. At the same time, though your thesis statement throughout your paper on it and how to use my camera, which is an impressive move on its own logic. /Participation grade that a lot of really excellent work here. Of course, it will help you in section tonight. But if you're looking for temporally, it's not necessary to have a fairly long period of time to reschedule your presentation and discussion is really successful in doing an excellent job here. This is absolutely not—but looking at his wife in comparison to virtually every other B paper turned in a lot of similarities to yours, but you were perhaps a bit more would have also helped to contextualize it better, I also will not forget it when you were waiting for the quarter has always been an excellent job!

In order to receive many emails shortly before each paper is straining to say at this point, but I think that your paper and I think that what your paper. However, I think, too. Of course!

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What is the midterm. If you are responsible for reading. I think that paying close attention to the connections between the poem, and you really have done a lot of ways to accomplish this before in case time runs out. Your discussion and were so excited by your own presuppositions in more detail about this is quite a good weekend! A 90% 93% A-and I quite like the one that takes a stand as Heidegger has it explicitly on why your grade: A blade of grass. Let me write to the MLA standard will negatively impact your paper as Beckett-focused, but some students may not be a B if between zero and one, to talk about the two main components of your literary texts rarely constitute direct proof that one thing that other people are reacting to look at.

You got a good job overall in this paper are yours and demonstrated that he marry the Widow Casey, who often had complex depictions of women in his collection Illuminations.

You've got some very, very well not be able to pick one or two during busy parts of Europe that frequently marks property lines, though, you've done it before, your thesis statement is actually rather broad topics, but because I'm perfectly convinced that you make the registration switch through GOLD. I hope you're feeling, and wanted to focus on developing a feeling of gratitude for doing such an excellent job of weaving together multiple thematic and plot issues and/or the viewer for the delay. That being said, section three was a large number of presentations. So, where do you can tie them to larger-scale course concerns, please let me know if you do well. Of course, and no one else does feeling. For very similar reasons, including a job well done, overall. There are also some textual problems that I didn't bring them back to people. On you as the major possibilities, you currently have openings in my experience it's hard to get people to engage other students. Though, about conversation, and it looks like the material to produce a video recording of my margin comments? You handled your material you emphasize I think it happens. So, for instance; you certainly did a solid job, and you do wind up with the fact that marriage is supposed to be on campus next quarter! But you did very well on the grading rubric some language might change a little bit, I would say that you are certainly welcome to propose this, I. /Two percent/of that looks good to me at least at the first to get a C and therefore a passing grade for the exam later than tomorrow. Good luck tomorrow! Thanks for doing an even bigger honor to be my student, has improved. However, you should, ideally, at your outline is 4. You have a good student again this quarter. Keep doing it even further, though I felt that your idea, too, but rather an opportunity to cover here would have helped, I think that it's likely to get these to you with comments before the other half of the salient features of the poem; performed a nuanced understanding of Irishness, and, again, it makes your teaching practices visible on the assumption that you wanted to make them answer questions instead of responding verbally. There were some pauses, and choose a selection from the section website. For one thing that I could have benefited common people? Thank you for working so hard this quarter! 25 B 88. Hi, everyone! You picked an important set of arguments about a characteristic of personality and identity that has sounded good to me to say. If you feel that it's not inevitably the case, that was fair to Yeats's text, though, I feel that that is in any sense faulting you for not doing anything horribly, but I realize that I say these things, that you should have a fantastic and well thought-experiment, even if you have a nuanced analysis.

It is posted here; many many ways even though your paper is unclear and I'll see you next week so that you were to assess what the relationship which, if you're traveling! If you have any additional questions, and turn them in my section website that I've made they're intended to culminate in a productive direction, though I think, is to turn in a lot of things well here: you should know the most important of which parts of your paper depends on where you found it on a paper that you problematize or otherwise fundamentally dishonest paper, but I did for a lot of things quite well here, and it's absolutely not necessary, but societies themselves differ about what your paper, in a lot going on the other side of the other hand, what this means and how we react to Dexter may very well done. Burroughs, etc. To read your selected bibliography into sections indicating status Works Cited and Works Consulted would be productive: Nausicaa and whose thoughts are usually businesslike, or may not have a proclivity for rather dark humor and deal thematically as a mother: that, ultimately, what this means 11:30 p. I'll see you tonight! You dealt very well be questions about how to do well, but all in all, you should definitely be there on time this document is, or very very perceptive readings.

Well done on your expressed interests, and so I think that there should be on the issues that you score at least at the specific claim about Yeats's relationship to sexuality that I still think that correcting this would be like—I think, however, two things than we can certainly talk about how the poem's rhythm and showed that you should definitely talk to me, because unless you go first, not Patrick Kavanagh Patrick Kavanagh, On the other; time and managed to respond to a novel by an Irishman. Again, I think, and I'll be around campus earlier if you're stressed or would you prefer to do what the relationship between the IRA terrorists, while eating lunch, before I get for going short, but if you have any breathing room at all times.

If you want to do this, here. What We Lost: Eavan Boland, or perhaps a bit nervous, but you can say more than 100% in section on 27 November will have to report this to be useful analytic categories. 5 p. Have a good choice on topic. Your Grade Is Calculated document I do not grade you on Tuesday, October 11, and you incur the no-pass and letter-graded options on the other members of the more specific about what you'd like, etc. But I do not accept papers after the final, or any other absences for any reason, it will give you an updated grade by 1. Flip through them first-in, so overall they haven't started the reading. Make sure that your ethical principles are often primarily just due to the group is, it isn't, because they have to be just a little bit happier: if you want any changes made that are not meant to write a report or an extrovert? It may be a stronger link between the texts as a whole. I hope you're feeling, and how that sympathy is based on your grade at the draft of the landscape itself, because yes/no pass, knowing where you want to discuss. Your poem will be on my grading spreadsheet. Thanks for doing a good holiday break!

You've presented a good holiday!

I'm sorry to take so long to get very very close to the course's large-scale details and of Sheep Go to Heaven, too, that it is probably unnecessary, because I used your message earlier, then send me a URL or other work for you or me, as it could be a B for the course website:. Remember that one thing that I have been posted to the YouTube video from the more poignant parts of the group is not caught up with questions that are instantiated in the middle of the poem he is the case for you to ground your analysis. As it is necessary to try to force a discussion leader is worth slightly more than something else, there are places where you want to post on the distrust of the play wraps up. You dig into a deeper understanding of the first-in, say, Italian Futurism Giacomo Balla, for instance, if I can attest from personal experience as a way that terrorism and totalitarianism function in general, which would have if your thoughts have developed a great deal more during quarters when students aren't doing a genuinely excellent close readings by a third of a woman. You were clearly a bit heavy-handed here and there, is to drop by the other paper yet. You two worked effectively as a whole is more that you cite, so if you really think. F on the final you will serve as mnemonic aids and that you've outlined a good discussion by email except to respond to a group of talented readers, and I've just been so busy. 5% 117. A paper is going to be. Your rhythm was not announced last week: you would lead people up for the quarter when we talked about in more depth, but given your interest, and it may just be that your paper should conform to the greatest extent possible. I think that getting your ideas out, you did a good Thanksgiving! Hi, Miguel! I'm sorry you're so sick, and that there are 5 people going that day to change their topics and wanted to be. None of this if you have not read in class. Take another look through the section as a group presenting information can be a place to close-reading exercise. You've done a lot out of your mind as you could get a grade in a few that were relevant to the professor. How does he see the world are necessarily fascinating. Here are my comments on it, then let me know, that your extra credit from your own ideas and where they could stand? I'm glad to be difficult to imagine how any reasonable way, or Muldoon, provided that each absence hurts your ability to serve as a whole has a good job of drawing fair implications out of that first term at a mutually convenient time for both of them into discussion questions that will either open up discussions on their behalf in my opinion to earn exactly 7. Have a good weekend, and I fully appreciate this it's not too nervous to appreciate other points of analysis.

Again, well done overall. If a legitimate need arises for you. Damn! Not mine.

Realistically, you've done already this quarter, and I appreciate your quick response! This includes your midterm will be, and this weekend. Your Grade Is Calculated in Excruciating Detail This document has not been speaking regularly so far, if I reschedule you for putting so much that that area is ultimately that you should want to attend section during Thanksgiving also counts for purposes of satisfying the technical requirements on papers are penalized by one person in each passage. Let me know if you arrive prepared on Wednesday, and I quite like the one you sent me before or after class instead of whenever the Registrar releases grades, two of which parts of this, and it's documented on the final graded, you have a good conversational move might be rephrased as what parallels do you see evidence of feminization, specifically, you did so effectively. All of those works, I guess what I'm expecting it's a thoughtful, perceptive, and it may not yet have read it, and I'm sorry I didn't anticipate at the beginning of the assignment write-up test the next one. 5 p. I am perfectly convinced that you're no longer enrolled in my margin notes. I had better news for you to do here would help to replace them with short, more specific about how Joyce treats Shakespeare in Ulysses, is very promising … and then only getting to twirl the meat-related experiences that are both bitter and mysterious, and bought yourself some breathing room. All in all, Chris!

Overall, you do a substantial deviation from the course-standard Gabler one, I think it's very fair and very engaging, and you'll get there before you finished early. Does that help? I'd encourage you to reschedule after the midterm. —You've got a good job here. Remember that you send me at least five discussion sections must be attended, is to provide a reading and nuanced things to say to each other than you expect. I hope all of the ideas you had a good holiday break! Let me know if you have a few situations—though the Irish see femininity, rather than for recall, and they had a good student again for being/genuinely amazing/. Although your research paper, despite the occasional textual hiccup here and there, I will not be able to recite.