I found it moderately interesting, but (perhaps predictably) containing much more minute detail in areas that didn't seem interesting. However, her detail about the brain itself and the process of a stroke should be good for your students. Beth Benoit
On Fri, Sep 18, 2009 at 3:50 PM, Marc Carter <marc.car...@bakeru.edu> wrote: > > > Has anyone read Jill Bolte Taylor's _My Stroke of Insight_? I saw her TED > talk, and have assigned that as one of the texts for my "Self" freshman > writing/speaking/critical-thinking courses. (We're piloting a new gen ed > curriculum, and this is one of those.) > > Anyway, I haven't read it yet, but her talk was certainly interesting. > > m > > > -- > Marc Carter, PhD > Associate Professor and Chair > Department of Psychology > College of Arts & Sciences > Baker University > -- > > > ------------------------------ > *From:* Beth Benoit [mailto:beth.ben...@gmail.com] > *Sent:* Friday, September 18, 2009 2:29 PM > *To:* Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) > *Subject:* Re: [tips] Garrison Keillor Explains What A Stroke Feels Like > > Thanks for submitting that, Sue. It should also be a lesson for us all: > If you have symptoms like that, pull over and call 911. *Don't drive > yourself to the hospital. *Had he had a second, perhaps more serious > stroke shortly after the first one (which often happens), the results could > have been much more tragic for him and perhaps others. > Beth Benoit > Granite State College > Plymouth State University > New Hampshire > > On Fri, Sep 18, 2009 at 3:10 PM, Frantz, Sue <sfra...@highline.edu> wrote: > >> >> This is a short 2-minute video. >> >> >> >> “It’s numb, as if you’d been to the dentist and had 4 martinis. And you >> feel this odd disconnect.” >> >> >> >> [image: nprnews] <http://twitter.com/nprnews> >> >> *nprnews <http://twitter.com/nprnews>* Garrison Keillor Explains What A >> Stroke Feels Like http://su.pr/1E3dUb >> *Fri, Sep 18 12:00:27 <http://twitter.com/nprnews/statuses/4085410288>from >> Su.pr <http://su.pr/> * >> >> >> >> --- >> To make changes to your subscription contact: >> >> Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu) >> >> > --- > To make changes to your subscription contact: > > Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu) > > > ------------------------------ > The information contained in this e-mail and any attachments thereto > ("e-mail") is sent by Baker University ("BU") and is intended to be > confidential and for the use of only the individual or entity named above. > The information may be protected by federal and state privacy and > disclosures acts or other legal rules. If the reader of this message is not > the intended recipient, you are notified that retention, dissemination, > distribution or copying of this e-mail is strictly prohibited. If you have > received this e-mail in error please immediately notify Baker University by > email reply and immediately and permanently delete this e-mail message and > any attachments thereto. Thank you. > > --- > To make changes to your subscription contact: > > Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu) > > --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu)
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