On Fri, 15 Jul 2011, Laval Hunsucker wrote:
> It seems to me that it is wildly absurd ...
> ... that "knowledge" and "advice" part ... has been grotesquely
> hyperbolicized by the ... "profession"
> And the idiotic acme ...
> The very idea that I would consider turning to ... [a librarian] with
> the request "Please teach me how to think critically" has me rolling all
> over the floor in hysteric laughter.
Obviously. Your rhetoric is already sublimely laced with a "willingness
to imagine or remain open to considering alternative perspectives,
willingness to integrate new or revised perspectives into ways of thinking
and acting, and willingness to foster critically in others." [An analysis
of the concept critically in adult education / B.W. Raiskums (2008)]
OTOH, the "average guy" can't be expected to request something that only
librarians possess but too rarely expound upon. Who knew, outside the
ivory tower?
> the notion that anyone in his/her right mind should think it appropriate
> to turn to a librarian in order to learn critical thinking.
"Who ya gonna turn to?" especially when ya (e.g., average guy) don't even
know what it is? The people who push the information, who else? The
Deception Busters!
> Most of them ...
You mean "us" ... or not? :)
> [Librarians] seemed ... to be more uncritical ... in their thinking than
> ... the average man or woman in the street.
Ah, so we do have experts who could be spreading their competence to the
masses! Good idea!
All in good fun, Laval... while we can still afford it.
Cheers!
jgm
John G. Marr
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CDS, UL
Univ. of New Mexico
Albuquerque, NM 87131
jmarr_at_unm.edu
jmarr_at_flash.net
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Received on Fri Jul 15 2011 - 19:53:14 EDT