Re: curricula & cases
blah b b blah (jrovira@juno.com)
Wed, 10 Mar 1999 16:57:31 -0500 (EST)
Heh... I think Freud is a Terrible hero to have :) There's a good reason
why no one is doing straight-up Freudian psychoanalysis these days, and
that's probably because there's more to being human than sex and death.
But that's my opinion.
I have a friend who tends to see the best in everyone, and he's been
doing it to a fault and to my chargrin for 16 years now. But at the same
time, he brings out the best in people. I've even heard of odd studies
done in college Writing Centers to this point. One group of students
would get nothing but praise for their writing (only their strengths
highlighted). Another would only have their weaknesses criticized.
Another group would get mixed critiques. The group of students whose
writing improved the most was the "praise only" group.
I have NO IDEA how they evaluated the work or conducted the study, but I
found it interesting. I haven't tried it myself.
My experience with other listserves has been varied as has been yours.
But what's interesting is that all the listserves you mentioned had to do
with writers of some merit. My wife has subscribed to listserves to
Keanu Reaves and the owners of rabbits for pets. The writing in posts
sent to those listserves wasn't quite up to the writing sent to other
literary listserves I've been subscribed to.
Jim
"The written word is a power of such magnitude that only pedants would
try to reduce it to rules. Or the French."
--F.K.
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