:53:01
What?
:53:02
You said good day.
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I think that it is
a nice day today.
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- Is it?
- Yes, I think it is.
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Why is that important?
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Because...
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it's the essence
of all human communication.
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I say something conventional,
you respond...
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and the information we exchange
is not about the weather...
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but that we agree to converse.
:53:21
In effect, we agree
that we are both human.
:53:24
I am not an exploiter...
:53:25
and you are not a deranged,
what, revolutionary?
:53:29
That we may have positions...
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and that we may have desires
which are in conflict...
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but that we're just human...
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that means sometimes
we're imperfect.
:53:39
Often, we're in conflict.
:53:41
Much of what we do...
you're right...
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in the name of principles
is self-serving.
:53:45
Much of what we do
is conventional.
:53:47
You're right.
:53:49
You said you came into the class
to learn about education.
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I don't know that
I can teach you about education.
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But I know I can tell you
what I think about education...
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and then you decide.
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And you don't have
to fight with me.
:54:02
I'm not the subject.
:54:04
And where I am wrong...
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perhaps it's not your job
to fix me.
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I know I don't want to fix you.
:54:13
I would like to tell you
what I think...
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because that is my job...
:54:17
conventional though it is,
and flawed as I may be.
:54:27
And then...
:54:29
if you can show me
some better form...
:54:31
then we can proceed from there.
:54:33
But just like,
"Nice day, isn't it?"...
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I don't think we can proceed...
:54:38
until we accept
that each of us is human...
:54:42
and we can
still have difficulties.
:54:44
We will have them.
That's all right, too.
:54:47
- Now...
- Wait.
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Yes, I want to hear it.
:54:54
The...
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Yes, tell me frankly.
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My position...
:54:58
I want to hear it
in your own words...