WTF is a "Teachable Moment", or "Momentary Racism"?
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FreeMan
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Whuh? I thought the ghost of FreeMan invaded the UBJ spot! I was trying to keep my sarcasm away from them calling things a teachable moment.
Everyone learns the same thing and that is don't get caught. I think the world would move forward very fast if we just understand some people will be what they are no matter what happens. I always hate that people try to ignore real issues by calling it a teachable moment.
A teachable moment only becomes so if one learns something. Rarely do people learn if they are too busy defending themselves, blaming others, or denying. I've done enough teaching to know that rarely does anyone learn unless they want too. example? The U can teach the BCS a lesson all they want and still not get ranked.
Concerning to whom the fault of oppression belongs; "We are not all equally guilty but we are all equally responsible" - Rabbi Abraham Hescel
Concerning blaming others for the problem; "...And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother's eye, but considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye?... - Matthew: 7 1-5
Concerning how to fix the problems concerning oppression; "Someone once said that the word 'motivation' should never be used in the singular. Some combination of motives always exist and it's impossible for anyone to qualify the proportion of each that is involved in any given act" - Warren Buffet (in an interview in the USA Today)
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Whuh? I thought the ghost of FreeMan invaded the UBJ spot! I was trying to keep my sarcasm away from them calling things a teachable moment.
Everyone learns the same thing and that is don't get caught. I think the world would move forward very fast if we just understand some people will be what they are no matter what happens. I always hate that people try to ignore real issues by calling it a teachable moment.
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A teachable moment only becomes so if one learns something. Rarely do people learn if they are too busy defending themselves, blaming others, or denying. I've done enough teaching to know that rarely does anyone learn unless they want too.
example? The U can teach the BCS a lesson all they want and still not get ranked.
when you find out let me know?
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