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On 26 November 2012 05:27, Greg Thompson <greg.a.thompson@gmail.com> wrote: > And very closely related, I heard author Paul Tough out here on RadioWest > last week and was really troubled by it. He weds neuro-discourses with > "character" education (but in a different guise). The radio show turned out > to be not as painful as I had expected, but painful nonetheless. > > His big argument was an argument that I always find fascinating because it > sounds good but also feels very, well, icky. The argument goes like this: > people in bad circumstances (think "inner-city" America) have their brain > chemistry affected by the terrible circumstances that they live in. As a > result, we shouldn't blame them for their inability to exhibit intentional > control over their actions (e.g., their tendency to "fly off the handle"). > > What do others think? > It's a typological error. Brain chemistry is only relevant in the same way as fuel is relevant for driving. Huw > > His book is titled How Children Succeed: Grit, Curiosity, and the Hidden > Power of Character, and it is currently #222 on Amazon's list of > bestselling books. > > The audio for the program that I heard can be found at: > http://radiowest.kuer.org/post/how-children-succeed > > Anyway, I'd love to hear other's thoughts, esp. with the problematic nature > of this discourse. It feels icky, but I can't quite put my finger on why. > Would appreciate others' criticisms and concerns. > > -greg > > > On Sun, Nov 25, 2012 at 11:51 AM, mike cole <lchcmike@gmail.com> wrote: > > > This article from the NY Times was forwarded it to me. I thought it might > > be of interest to others on the list. > > mike > > > > > > Date: 2012/11/25 > > Subject: "The Tip of the Hippocampus"(!) > > > > __________________________________________ > > _____ > > xmca mailing list > > xmca@weber.ucsd.edu > > http://dss.ucsd.edu/mailman/listinfo/xmca > > > > > > > -- > Gregory A. Thompson, Ph.D. > Visiting Assistant Professor > Department of Anthropology > 883 Spencer W. Kimball Tower > Brigham Young University > Provo, UT 84602 > http://byu.academia.edu/GregoryThompson > __________________________________________ > _____ > xmca mailing list > xmca@weber.ucsd.edu > http://dss.ucsd.edu/mailman/listinfo/xmca > __________________________________________ _____ xmca mailing list xmca@weber.ucsd.edu http://dss.ucsd.edu/mailman/listinfo/xmca