I've noticed "The Secret" pops up every now and then. I was wondering, has anyone on TIPS has actually read it (reading primary sources and all that)?
The only thing that annoys me about "The Secret", is that I wish I had written it--it obviously works for the author! lol --Mike On Sun, Nov 15, 2009 at 5:16 PM, <tay...@sandiego.edu> wrote: > I have a student in my honors intro course who just lives by the Secret. > > I tried to tell her that it was a ridiculous premise (I may have even called > it that, yes, my very bad--I just get so upset over highly capable students > who swallow this stuff without thinking it through). > > Although there are probably some good parts to the whole premise of positive > thinking, etc. there are many aspects that are very negative and very > confusing. > > I went on line to find her some readings that do a more critical analysis but > failed to find anything substantial other than blogs. I have the piece by > Michael Shermer in scientific american but nothing else that would be more > substantial and making a critical analysis. > > Do any of you have any suggestions? > > Annette > > > > Annette Kujawski Taylor, Ph.D. > Professor of Psychology > University of San Diego > 5998 Alcala Park > San Diego, CA 92110 > 619-260-4006 > tay...@sandiego.edu > > --- > To make changes to your subscription contact: > > Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu) > --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu)
