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Wow Will! What a lesson.  This has reinforced for me what I truely believe educational experiences should be.  Like your fine wines, a truly sublime combination of flavor, body, and texture.  There was something for everyone.  Very impressive and I feel really embodies the "spirit" (as Paul called it) of the institue.  The entire process felt to me as if I was determining what I was to get out of this.  Even the reading, which was predetermined, was presented in a way that I was making my own meaning of what I was reading, and then lended itself to co-constructive conversation.
 
One of the connections I made to the article, activity, and discussion was to one of my favorite books (which admittedly I have not finished yet) called "The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat" by Oliver Sacks. This book contains many of Mr. Sacks' experiences helping people with different brain "differences."  In one case, a man has no ability to differentiate between peoples faces, whether in person or a picture.  In one humorous anecdote, when Dr. P. is leaving a room, he tries to pull his wife's head off and wear it as a hat.  He had mistaken his wife for a hat.  However, when he begins to play music on his piano, his ability to identify people comes back to him.  But only in that moment.  I think this idea that Will has brought to the table really has a big part in finding a way to bring the unconscious to the subconscious.  If we are able to make our students aware not only of devient behaviors, but those positive ones we may begin to break down many challenging barriers that exist.