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Created: December 9, 2002
Latest Update: December 11, 2002
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Sarah Thurman's painting of our Anti-War Teach In

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Site Copyright: Jeanne Curran and Susan R. Takata and Individual Authors, December 2002.
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I wrote a comment on the teach in last week. Sarah is responding to that comment. But in the confusion of programs crashing, e-mail flying, and coping with not being able to walk, I seem to have erased the file by writing over it. Anyone have a copy they printed out? Pat would appreciate it. jeanne

On Wednesday, November 27, 2002, Sarah Thurman wrote:

Subject: Fw: The teach in

Hi Jeanne my name is Sarah Thurman and I'm in your women, and law classes. Like you I was also upset that after the teach,since there was to time for our voices to be heard. I think that our class should sit down with the people who put this "teach in" together and teach them the meaning of illocutionary force. I stayed for the whole presentation and I would have liked to have had a discussion and question/answer period to hear what other people thoughts were about the future war. I felt the reason we were there was to learn, but that idea was thrown out the window when people were not able to ask questions and were told to sit back down. I felt that it was rude! We had spent the last 2 hours with them, and we couldn't ask the questions we wanted answered. I also felt that the people who were doing the speeches would have been more than happy to answer our questions, but the gentlemen who was the "ring master" would not let it happen. So I decided to paint a picture of the teach in. The guy in the middle is the gentlemen who would not let us speak. The people around him, are all the people who should have been heard but were not. I was pretty upset this happen. I believe next time for them to have a real teach in everyone's voice should be heard so we can all teach each other. Thank You!

On Monday, December 9, 2002, jeanne responded:

Sarah, I'm delighted with your response. I agree. We needed time to interact and come to understand the different positions we were taking. More when I get back. jeanne

On Wednesday, December 11, Rose Barnaby wrote:

Hi, Jeanne, I know the semester is coming to an end, but I was reading over the messages and was very impressed with Sarah Thurman's message.

I really did not know why I felt that I didn't receive a sense of satisfaction from the teach in until I read her message. She is completely right. After learning about illocutionary force for 16 weeks, I felt the 2 hours spent in the teach-in was wasted. Yes, the presenters were excellent, but by not allowing the guest to speak, I felt robbed.

Now, I don't know if I should thank you or not for teaching illocutionary force because my husband is tired of the 'debating' as he calls it and I seek actual communicating in all avenues, now. :)

Ending the semester as started - -with my opinion. Thank you for enlightening - yet enjoyable - classes. M. Rose Barnaby

PS
I reviewed my art work at home and I must have misplaced or not saved :(

jeanne's comments: Barnaby, If Im lucky, I'll find them. jeanne

And I have lots of stuff to put up on the teach in. Soon. jeanne.
Oh, and apologies to your husband. I think mine feels the same way. jeanne