Spring Semester 2011

New semester is coming up fast! I am currently working on a masters application for the fall. Yep, that means I will have a Bachelors this spring. I am adding a fitness class to my already full schedule, because I need it. Maybe it will inspire me to get back into shape again. The past several years of school have really taken a toll on my physical well-being, kind of odd considering  that one of my majors was Exercise Science.

After a few weeks of break and slacking on Alexander, I began really missing it and needing it today. I had signed up for the same class again this semester, but they cut it. It is sad really, because it is very expensive otherwise. 'tis a shame that such a crucial, and potentially life changing technique is kept out of reach of the masses. I shall do what I can by reading, watching videos and applying what I learned last semester.

Now I will apply what I learned to everything else, now that this isn't my Alexander journal/blog. It will expand its horizon a bit. Everything I do and learn is interrelated, so . . .

Unearthing the unspeakable

Scott (1991) points out that institutions function at multiple levels, arranged in part by the power relations within a setting; dissonance is often apparent between what Scott terms the public and hidden transcripts of an institution. “The public transcript is, to put it crudely, the self-portrait of dominant elites as they would have themselves seen…. It is designed to be impressive . . . and to conceal or euphemize the dirty linen of their rule” (Scott, 1991, p. 18). The hidden transcript challenges the institution’s public discourse and administrative overlay on “reality”; it refers to discourse “that takes place `offstage,’ beyond direct observation by powerholders” (pp. 4-5) that contradicts what appears in the public transcript.

Unearthing the unspeakable: When teacher research and political agendas collide

Kathryn Herr. Language Arts. Urbana: Sep 1999. Vol. 77, Iss. 1; pg. 10, 6 pgs