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“ Given that you were primarily concerned with humans (and human inquiry), this may seem irrelevant but I think its actually quite germane. You see, humans ARE to a significant extent like trees. Like us, trees grow, trees take in nutrients, trees respond to changes in their environment, trees retain traces of prior occurrences in their lives, and so on. And they do all of those things (and more) without thinking. What that suggests is that much of what we do we probably do the same way trees do them, without thinking. In fact, there are lots of observations that indicate that that is indeed so. The "unconscious" is real, though not quite the beast that Freud (or people after him) made it out to be; see "Making the Unconscious Conscious, and Vice Versa").

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LaKesha Preston-Roberts

A student talks about her experience in tutoring algebra to a freshman in high school.

Joanne Townsend

A reflection on how teaching assistantship can be improved to benefit the students, the professor and also the T.A.

Becky Strattan

This essay focuses on the concept of ignorance and how one can overcome it by being aware of other people's different points of view than one's very own.

Sky Stegall

An exposition which supports being a revolutionary mentor or teacher, and talks about the challenges encountered by such a nontraditional approach.

Emily Schneider-Krzys

The author shares her experience on being a student-teacher and learning from the teachers in the classrooms she has been placed in.

Amie Claire Raymond

A paper which explores the voluntary, continuous learning of adults. At the end, the author suggests methods for extra-classroom teaching.

Caitlin O’Keefe

The following treatise explores the concepts of team teaching and extra-classroom teaching.