Steve Almond Tells Us
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Steve Almond Tells Us
These stories often feature exaggerated elements of rebellion, autodidact mastery, subversive hacking, heroic confrontations with villainous teachers and schoolyard bullies, genius non-neurotypical personal innovations and breakthroughs, and powerful experiences outside formal learning. These stories often sound like self-serving tales told by midd... See more
Venkatesh Rao • What Makes a Good Teacher?
We build our own prisons and serve as our own jail keepers, but I’ve concluded that our parents and the society at large have a hand in building our prisons. They create roles for us – and self images – that hold us captive for a long time.
The individual who is intent on self-renewal will have to deal with ghosts of the past – the memory of earlier
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In order to heal, would I really have to throw away everything that made me who I was?
Stephanie Foo • What My Bones Know
Regard and Self-Awareness