[lit-ideas] Re: The full irony of the education minister's plagiarism
- From: Omar Kusturica <omarkusto@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: "lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 7 Feb 2013 11:05:21 -0800 (PST)
I usually take a book with me on a bus or plane trip but, in truth, I only read
from it a little or not at all.
O.K.
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From: David Ritchie <profdritchie@xxxxxxxxx>
To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Thursday, February 7, 2013 7:13 PM
Subject: [lit-ideas] Re: The full irony of the education minister's plagiarism
On Feb 6, 2013, at 4:12 AM, cblitid@xxxxxxxx wrote:
> As if it is not ironic enough that it should be the EDUCATION minister who
> has had her doctoral title revoked for plagiarism, further irony is to be
> found in learning the title of (now simply) Ms. Schavan's dissertation:
>
> Person and Conscience: Studies in the Prerequisites, Necessity and
> Requirements for Conscience Formation Today.
>
A more pleasant irony is that now I've adjusted reading lists to accommodate
different learning styles and abilities--and I mean exactly that; this isn't
code for "lite-n-d" them--when I introduced the new syllabi with "not everyone
is passionate about reading, or reads well" students hastened to disabuse me.
I said that I took it as a sign of the times that on subway in Singapore and in
Hong Kong last summer I saw not one commuter reading an old-fashioned book.
Some had electronic readers; many were watching soaps on their tablets other
such devices. My students expressed horror. How could you take a bus without
having a book to hand?
I'm expecting a good semester.
There is hope.
David Ritchie,
near the city of books,
Portland, Oregon
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