Word: dewey
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...recent column “What Do You Do?” by Kevin Hartnett ’03 (Feb. 11) raises interesting questions about individuals’ and society’s perceptions of various occupations, but he falls prey to his own criticism. Hartnett invokes John Dewey, arguing that a person’s job is not the full measure of her individuality. Yet, in his assessment of a Subway sandwich maker, Hartnett “can’t get past the sandwich,” arguing that the worker’s individuality is snuffed...
...John Dewey understood this connection between the job you do and who you are, and he didn’t like it. He thought it better to get rid of “the notion…that the creative capacities of individuals can be evoked and developed only in a struggle for material possessions and material gain.” Dewey felt that a society runs into all sorts of problems when one’s sense of individuality and one’s job become the same thing. If you really want to understand Dewey?...
...think about what John Dewey had to say and you think that he was trying to save the Subway employee. And then you think about it a little more, and realize that maybe he was trying to save...
...Shevchik 1:53.09. 2. Rick Dewey 1:55.02, 3. Ryan Smith...
...Crimson will try to fill its biggest gap in last year’s line-up with breaststrokers Diane Dewey and Jelena Kristic. Both are experienced in the 100 and 200-yard events, and Kristic is a national qualifier...