AM Post 9/19

There's a benefit to being late all the time. Really. You see, this blog enables a postmodern culture reader, like yourself, to review information that was presented last week immediately before new information is posted! In a way, this diversifies the chronological order of the blog continuum. It's actually a very postmodern way of presenting a format. Even if I doooo post my after-class blogs on time, wouldn't it be necessary for the reader to actually be in class with me so that I may be validated authentic?

I was into the Benjamin quotes presented in class. They are something definitely better pondered over for a great length of time.... marinating, sort of, in a stew of contemplation. The fourth quote says, "Everybody who witnesses its accomplishments is somewhat of an expert...At any moment the reader is ready to turn into a writer."(27-8) How empowering! We can all become educated experts! But like the trophies distributed to all the pre-K winners at soccer games...how would we begin to distinguish who is the REAL winner?



That's very American, isn't it? That sense of competition. I get a sense of anxiety just thinking about my son, there on the soccer field, racing his little heart out to kick the damn ball only to have little Tommy's team come by, kicking harder, faster and scoring. But it's just a game, right?

Or is it? Benjamin certainly makes me aware that we, in a democratized society, ALL have the opportunity to utilize our education and experience in such a way that enables us to be competitive -on the soccer field or in the global economy. Remember -the process of reproduction is democratizing because it puts us in a position to utilize.
Utilize.
Utilize.
Utilize.
....perfect segway to Eco & Dorfman...