Sunday, December 02, 2007
Thought Competition
Rebecca Wallace-Segall, the writing mentor of my early NYC days, has written a terrific piece “In Praise of ‘Thought Competition’” in the Wall Street Journal. The article is behind a pay wall, but for a few more days you can read it here.
If the link above doesn’t work for you (pay walls be damned) you can read the article on Rebecca’s blog here.
Rebecca’s ability to think large and deep still impresses me (she’s written for Salon and The Voice). Knowing that she’s working with kids at Writopia Lab, people gives me a warm, fuzzy, optimistic feeling because she offers a rare mix of intelligent and nurturing support. Not everyone founds a school and makes it a beautiful success.
Rebecca is sort of educator I hope kids would have, mainly because our school system undereducates and ill-prepares students for pretty much everything they’ll need to know in order to be confident (through self-knowledge) people with realized talents, people who “make” the world and don’t just consume it… without which we are are doomed on a large and small scale. Doomed, I say.
So, yeah, I’m proud to know this lady.
p.s. The story of the insomniac owl, mentioned in the article, was one piece I was lucky to hear at the student reading held at Barnes and Noble on November 19th — howlingly, snortingly funny, well-crafted and smart.
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