Word: performativity
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...training going? Thursday and Friday were our crew final exams; we passed with pretty much perfect 5 out of 5 scores across the board. For me personally, I felt that I was able to perform my duties satisfactorily, which of course is a good baseline. I now know I'm not a liability...
...What They're Listening to in Israel: In the Swinging Sixties, straitlaced Israel rejected the Fab Four's offer to perform. Four decades later, Beatlemania has gripped Tel Aviv, with a Sept. 25 Paul McCartney concert drawing at least 40,000 fans--who forked over as much as $1,500 a pop to see Sir Paul's performance despite death threats lodged against him by a Muslim extremist...
...teach proficiency on standardized tests. Rather, Wagner argues, our national obsession with testing does a disservice to our children by training them to believe that the real world is full of alternatives they must passively choose between. And, in a world where simply being able to read, write, and perform basic computation is no longer enough, even children who master these tests are not ready to attend college or to compete in the global economy. Wagner argues that all of our children must be taught how to think, how to critically engage in the world around them...
...Saturday concert is really special because it encapsulates the history of the club.” Staples began singing in the club in the early 1960s with her family band, the Staples Singers. Smither, a Louisiana native, has continued the blues tradition and is a still regular performer at the club, while Ollabelle, a New York-based group, represents the new generation of folk musicians. From the beginning, Harvard students were actively involved with the club and benefited from its rich music scene. Regular performers at the club included the Charles River Valley Boys, Tom Rush...
Journalists are great at pattern recognition. It's a silly function we perform - this thing looks like that thing - and we usually do it to show off our vast institutional knowledge...