Posts by Geoff Lealand
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@ Philip M. I was pleased to see your Press feature on the Chch earthquake reprinted as a full-page feature in the Waikato Times.
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...and she used to be a student in several of my courses.
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Ben: well, as far as MPs go, she is one of the best around...smart, interesting and a teensy-wensy bit glamorous.
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It probably happens but I haven't yet encountered it. A PhD is more of a life passage rather the point of life. Personally, I much prefer the US system of taught PhDs, where you do higher-level courses, practicums, language requirements, internships etc, rather than everything hanging on the thesis. It is vital, however, that folk maintain their passion and interest through the whole thing. There are downsides for those who supervise and examine the beasts too--sometimes my heart sinks when I face another trot through the literature...Derrida ad nauseum!
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@Ben. A pity you didn't find Jackie, Megan and I lurking in the corner of the Safari Room sooner. I had intended to leave 'round 10.30 but a hour later I was still engrossed in conversation with two very smart women.
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@ Kyle. So, you had a bad experience but surely you are not arguing that your experience negates all scholarship? I can cite just as many good experiences eg how I was introduced to notion of historiography (that history is constructed, not just reported) in American Studies at the University of Canterbury, how four of my second year World Cinema students went out and rented a copy of Citizen Kane, after I had shown them the opening sequence...all the brilliant PhD theses and academic articles I have read over the years. Of course, 'he would say that' but I am not sure what people are arguing for (or against) here.
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Ill-education rules! I did a semester of history at Uni and felt I could have accomplished 20 times as much by spending that time reading instead
The problem with kind of sentiment is that is not far distant from 'we don't need no edgikation' . Don't blame tertiary institutions; it may well be the shortcomings of a particular lecturer. Anyway, reading is an integral part of any good university course.
I first discovered NZ Lit (Jane Mander, Bill Pearson, Maurice Shadbolt) through a Univ of Canterbury English course, and I am mightily grateful for it.
This post is republished from my monthly column in the current issue of Red Bulletin magazine
I will have to stop chucking this straight into the recycling bin, as I usually do, for it has all the appearance of a glossy mag promoting Red Bull and more ways of using up fossil fuel ;-
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Aric Sigman at it again report... (sorry guys...)
How could you...I just about lost my lunch! The Daily Mail is probably a suitable home for a fruit-loop such as Aric (which is semiotically close to ache or arse?
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As he was on Mediawatch this morning? Made me splutter into my morning cup of tea. What a monumental prat--all big hair and puff!
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The Press piece by Philip Mathews is excellent. Demonstrates once again how PAS is a vital part of national conversations.