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Creative Writing Gone Wrong

Here’s a prime example of “Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus.” It is offered by an English professor from the University of Colorado as an actual class assignment:

A Creative Writing professor told his class one day: “Today we will experiment with a new form called the tandem story. The process is simple. Each person will pair off with the person sitting next to his or her desk.

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# by beta-endorphin | 2010-07-24 05:34 | Culture
When I confronted my daughter after she hurt another child with a mean comment, she cried and immediately wanted to apologize. That was a good thing, but I wanted her to know an apology can't always make things better.

I told her the parable of Will, a 9-year-old whose father abandoned his mom two years earlier. Will was angry, and he often lashed out at others with hurtful words. He once told his mom, "I see why Dad left you!"

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# by beta-endorphin | 2009-09-28 12:33 | english expression

24の瞳

1928年から1946年までの香川県小豆島を舞台に、赴任したばかりの若い女性教師と、その年に小学校に入学した12人の児童のふれあいを軸に、日本の昭和戦前期の歴史の動向とを含めた作品である。

1954年に映画化。
これもミズーリ大学の日本文化の講義でとりあげられている作品だが、家人は延々とつまらない映画を見せられたと文句をいっていたが、なかなかの名作である。

作品評は苦手なので以下抜粋。

教師は、沢山の子の成長に立ち会える、貧乏だったり、裕福だったり、それぞれの夢を追ったり、家庭の事情で夢を諦めなくてはならなかったり、人生途中で死んでしまったり。小さな子ども達の成長や悩みに介在すると言う意味では、ある意味親と子の関係、しかし、やはり先生と教え子という他人の関係ゆえ、先生ができる事、してあげられることも限られている。そして戦争と言う状況下では、沢山の教え子の死に向き合わねばならない。二十四の澄んだ瞳の輝きを濁らせたくないという思いと、一方でどうにもならない他人の人生。この映画はどうにもならない他人の人生に、関われること、成長に立ち会えることの素晴らしさを教えてくれます。是非いろいろな人に見ていただきたい映画です。

反戦映画という評が多いが、それがこの映画の本質ではないという気がする。
# by beta-endorphin | 2009-05-03 11:19 | Movies I watched

Need-expansion dynamic

The more I focus on my needs, the more things in life get loaded into that category. The more I live with the meeting of my need as my central focus of concern, the more things in my life get defined as needs.
If you listen to the way we tend to toss around the word “need” you will soon realize how many things we have defined as needs are, in fact, not essential for life.

You probably don’t really “need” a good meal.
You probably don’t really “need” a raise.
You probably don’t really “need” that new house
You probably don’t really “need” the affection of that person.
You probably don’t really “need” that position you have aspired to.
You probably don’t really “need” the recognition of your peers.

Yet the more you focus on your own neediness, the more you desires will be christened as need.

Paul Tripp from " A Quest For More"
# by beta-endorphin | 2009-04-21 11:57 | english expression

Watch this

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9lp0IWv8QZY&feature=related
# by beta-endorphin | 2009-04-18 10:43 | Misc