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A Simile about Schools

Submitted by jrlewis on Sun, 07/27/2008 - 1:23pm.
Very interesting thoughts about the psychological or emotional responses to interdisciplinary work; there is a lot of defensive behavior occurring.  It might indicate a lack of comfort with the identity of one’s discipline.  Similar to the cliques formed by high school or junior high school students. The cliques serve to emphasize the difference between the students just as disciplines act as boundaries between inquiry into different topics.  However, the cliques are formed from a body of students who are similar to one another.  They are competitive and exclusive to the point of limiting beneficial social interaction or cooperation.

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