Return-Path: <nifl-womenlit@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.10.2/8.10.2) with SMTP id e8REbT920009; Wed, 27 Sep 2000 10:37:29 -0400 (EDT) Date: Wed, 27 Sep 2000 10:37:29 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <1110E1B783F5D111B71100805FBB2F56013F035B@njc.cccoes.edu> Errors-To: alcrsb@langate.gsu.edu Reply-To: nifl-womenlit@literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-womenlit@literacy.nifl.gov Sender: nifl-womenlit@literacy.nifl.gov Precedence: bulk From: "Johansson, Heather" <Heather.Johansson@njc.cccoes.edu> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-womenlit@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-WOMENLIT:1014] Re: Questions X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas Content-Type: text/plain; X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2650.21) Status: O Content-Length: 1477 Lines: 33 It all comes down to you can only take your students and those you help to the level in which you have been helped/healed. I think someone who has experienced this could be more sensitive to the issues and depending on how much healing he/she has had will depend on how much the discussion is successful or not. -----Original Message----- From: Daphne Greenberg [mailto:alcdgg@langate.gsu.edu] Sent: Tuesday, September 26, 2000 6:00 PM To: Multiple recipients of list Subject: [NIFL-WOMENLIT:1003] Re: Questions I agree. However, I wonder about the complications that arise when the instructor is also a survivor. Where she or he is on her or his own journey will impact the classroom exercise/discussion. Especially, if the topic gets brought up by a student when the instructor never intended to have this topic discussed in the class. Daphne >>> AWilder106@aol.com 09/26/00 18:04 PM >>> Daphne, It seems to me to be useful for the teacher to have a fairly clear idea of why they feel this topic should be brought up, and what to do with it when it is brought up. It can usefully become a topic of writing, for example, because in this way cognition--thinking--can be used to master and use the emotion. Many others have noted that it can be used as an entree into a discussion of what shelters are available, etc., and perhaps a fulcrum for group effort of a political nature. I mention these two areas because both are ways out of helplessness. Andrea
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