Re: Academia speaks

Posted by Steve from ppp-141.COL.cableone.net on September 28, 1999 at 11:15:53:

In Reply to: Academia speaks posted by Michaelson on September 28, 1999 at 10:32:27:

: I just read an interesting quote from the AIA (Archaeological Institute of America) newsletter of Summer 1999. In this newsletter there is a reprint of a speech made by the winner of the AIA Award of Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching, Susan Alcock. What does this have to do with us? I quote from her speech..."Now it is true that the kids with backward baseball caps who sit in front of us often start with bad information, derived from a lurid combination of young Indiana Jones and Xena Warrior Princess. Easy though it is to despise such sources, they are what give us our first crack at students, and thus our opportunity to take and teach them better." Unquote. Well, I guess this is the very best sample of a backhanded compliment that I've ever read. YIJC is lurid information, but by gar it pulls the kids into the classroom and gives the universities their tuition monies! Oh yes, we can teach them better too. Interesting. Regards. Michaelson

Hmmm. I was under the impression that the Indy chronicles were more or less historically correct. Hardly lurid. Perhaps the good proffessor didn't do her research! It is interesting how the Indiana Jones phenomenon possibly motivates kids to seek a higher education. Personally I think this phenomena has had a positive influence on society in general, but heck, I am predjudiced. Steve

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: : I just read an interesting quote from the AIA (Archaeological Institute of America) newsletter of Summer 1999. In this newsletter there is a reprint of a speech made by the winner of the AIA Award of Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching, Susan Alcock. What does this have to do with us? I quote from her speech..."Now it is true that the kids with backward baseball caps who sit in front of us often start with bad information, derived from a lurid combination of young Indiana Jones and Xena Warrior Princess. Easy though it is to despise such sources, they are what give us our first crack at students, and thus our opportunity to take and teach them better." Unquote. Well, I guess this is the very best sample of a backhanded compliment that I've ever read. YIJC is lurid information, but by gar it pulls the kids into the classroom and gives the universities their tuition monies! Oh yes, we can teach them better too. Interesting. Regards. Michaelson

:     Hmmm. I was under the impression that the Indy chronicles were more or less historically correct. Hardly lurid. Perhaps the good proffessor didn't do her research! It is interesting how the Indiana Jones phenomenon possibly motivates kids to seek a higher education. Personally I think this phenomena has had a positive influence on society in general, but heck, I am predjudiced.        Steve

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