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...says that teaching writing in a university promotes the mistaken idea that education requires a turning inward into one's self, rather than outward towards the world." Creative writing classes, he claims, take away valuable classroom time reading the writing of great minds such as Milton and Joyce. I agree that turning outward towards the world, learning the ideas bestowed unto us by the Great Minds, is of utmost important. But turning outward does not mean the repression of turning inward to oneself...
...like most of their kind, are used to gathering facts from a variety of sources around the world. But reporting for this special issue on the cyberrevolution has been unusual. In addition to asking many outside experts about the impact of information technology on society, we found ourselves turning inward to tap the many experienced sources within our own company -- indeed within our own magazine. Not only is Time Warner Inc., TIME's parent company, involved in a wide range of multimedia projects -- such as the creation of a pioneering interactive television system in Orlando, Florida, and the establishment...
There is more. Creative writing, almost by definition, requires of students that they critically evaluate their own lives or experiences. This notion of writing, when housed in the university, promotes the mistaken idea that education requires a turning inward into one's self, rather than outward towards the world...
...worry about him, mass at a provincial mansion to try and find out what is afoot. This ragtag cabal scans shards of Vowl's writings, an amalgam of mumbo-jumbo, looking for hints. Will chaos or stark fatality confront all participants of this odd squad of misfits, drawn inward in companionship to look for a missing Vowl...
...increasingly active, joining street patrols, reforming schools and seeking alternative health care. Not every corrective impulse is completely benign. Many Americans have stocked up on guns and walled in their communities. The question that remains is whether America's notion of personal responsibility will prove to be selfish and inward-looking, or expansive and community-minded...