tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7271371374883035548.post5580078619898660879..comments2013-06-18T11:04:49.421-05:00Comments on Fail2Learn: Just relax...and be spontaneousRebecca Mileshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10509914295532874557noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7271371374883035548.post-22633039571249783122010-11-09T16:32:57.721-06:002010-11-09T16:32:57.721-06:00It's a bit like whitewater rafting it seems to...It's a bit like whitewater rafting it seems to me, trips on which without preparation one may drown and without spontaneity one cannot navigate. There is a difference it would seem between having a script for the trip and an agenda for it.A Fittshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01026877073190933244noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7271371374883035548.post-91095725940999683112010-10-05T07:03:41.408-05:002010-10-05T07:03:41.408-05:00Michael, you're a writer, too, and I appreciat...Michael, you're a writer, too, and I appreciate the comment. There was a time when I believed that authenticity required spontaneity, or at least the willingness to be spontaneous. But I've encountered some fine people, some of whom teach, who are authentic in lives that seem very structured. Then, I think, authenticity becomes an honest recognition of their lack of spontaneity and a Rebecca Mileshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10509914295532874557noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7271371374883035548.post-57059254665694283112010-10-04T21:06:52.320-05:002010-10-04T21:06:52.320-05:00I agree. I find it both fascinating and frustrati...I agree. I find it both fascinating and frustrating in uneven parts given the day that while several of us ride the same bus(es), we don't converse there, in the halls or across them, or God forbid in our offices. If we did, what a dialog could transpire. Then again, perhaps that is what we fear, face to face interactions which might hold us each accountable, providing the impetus to Michael Phillipshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02442602597009408878noreply@blogger.com