From: Allen Esterson [mailto:allenester...@compuserve.com]
Sent: Monday, December 07, 2009 12:45 AM
To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)
Subject: RE:[tips] When Metaphors Fail
On 6 December 2009 Rick Froman wrote:
>In a search to find evidence of a liberal arts college changing
>buildi
On 6 December 2009 Rick Froman wrote:
>In a search to find evidence of a liberal arts college changing
>building names inspired by Harry Potter, I found that Oxford
>University, of all places, had done just such a thing:
> http://tinyurl.com/yg25x46
Well, not quite. Students at one of the Oxford C
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>Date: Sun, 06 Dec 2009 18:37:14 -0500
>From: "William Scott"
>Subject: Re: [tips] When Metaphors Fail
>To: "Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)"
>
>This might be a Jayson Blair type description of college search that th
Bil Scott doubted that any college-touring high school student would encounter
multiple allusions to Harry Potter. I am much more credulous for the following
reasons:
You can confirm the Middlebury allusion easily by searching their website for
Quidditch. What is really sad is that there is an
This might be a Jayson Blair type description of college search that the NY
Times fell for. I know of no Harry Potter admiission efforts, and I doubt that
any college touring high school student would encounter multiple allusions.
Bunk.
Bill Scott
>>> "Mike Palij" 12/06/09 9:57 AM >>>
The NY
