Word: responders
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Brother and sister at first respond differently--and characteristically--to their predicament. While David literally tries to keep the show going as scripted, it doesn't take Jennifer long to rebel. Appalled by the sanitized blankness of Pleasantville life, she undertakes to teach the townspeople a thing or two, beginning with sex and progressing to the larger issue of what lies outside the Pleasantville universe. As the semi-robotic citizens gradually come to life, splashes of color begin to permeate the black-and-white world--not all at once or to everyone, but by steps and degrees, delightful in their...
...creator of the theory of multiple intelligences mentioned in your article "Seven Kinds of Smart," I would like to respond. You noted that so far my discussion of the different intelligences as routes to understanding important topics has been general. In The Well-Disciplined Mind, to be published next spring, I develop three examples of such understanding--the theory of evolution, the music of Mozart, and the Holocaust--in exacting detail. You noted my hesitation to claim that multiple-intelligence schools have succeeded. In fact, dozens of MI schools have reported higher test scores and other benefits. However...
...declined to respond to the audience member's accusation that her philosophy was "racial-centric," a comment that drew murmurs of disagreement from the crowd...
...that there are certain matters with greater significance than free expression, though it is unclear what these matters might be. Despite these ambiguities, so far it seems that Harvard's speech policies haven't been particularly problematic. The more salient question at Harvard may be how students, not administrators, respond to unpopular speech. Kors and Silverglate describe instances at other schools in which student publications have been stolen from campus distribution centers by students who disagreed with the views expressed in them...
...would certainly presume that the Harvard administration wouldn't tolerate such action, but more importantly, one would hope that Harvard students are committed deeply enough to the principle of free expression on campus so as to not let their strong offense to another's views prompt them to respond in such a fashion...