"Will the lesson be washed from their minds?"
— Heller, Nathan
Author
Work Title
Date
September 1, 2014
Metaphor
"Will the lesson be washed from their minds?"
Metaphor in Context
Would better college years have made those people more fulfilled? Even in the era of fast tracks and credentialism, the psychic mechanisms of an education are mysterious. Let teachers like Deresiewicz believe. For a couple of hours every week, students are theirs in the classroom to challenge and entrance. Then the clock strikes, and the kids flock back into the madness of their lives. Did the new material reach them? Will the lesson be washed from their minds? Who knows. They heard it. Life will take care of the rest.
(p. 72)
(p. 72)
Categories
Provenance
Reading
Citation
Nathan Heller, "Poison Ivy," The New Yorker (September 1, 2014). <Link to www.newyorker.com>
Date of Entry
08/29/2014
