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"Marcia brings the same enthusiasm she has for working with adults to writing for adults. This is a book all trainers could benefit from, study, and keep accessible in their tool chest."
Stephanie Hirsh, Deputy Executive Director
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Actively engage teachers, rekindle their passion for teaching, and take advantage of the ways the brain learns best!
Research and experience prove that students learn better when teachers use brain-based strategies. The same is true with adult learners. However, the very strategies that are recommended for teachers to use in instructing students are seldom reflected in staff development workshops.
"Sit and Get" Won’t Grow Dendrites draws on the latest research in brain-based learning, differentiated instruction, multiple intelligences, and adult learning to provide strategies that not only motivate adult learners but also increase understanding and long-term retention. Author Marcia Tate defines each strategy, explains its theoretical framework in easy-to-understand language, provides multiple professional learning activities that staff developers can incorporate immediately, and includes a guided reflection and application section.
Designed for easy implementation, this practical handbook includes:
- An overview of adult learning theory
- More than 150 professional learning activities
- Several sample professional learning designs
- Opportunities to reflect on and apply the presented strategies
Supported by both learning-style theory and brain research, Tate’s strategies enable all staff development professionals to plan and deliver powerful, memorable presentations that improve teaching practices and increase academic achievement.
This indispensable staff development resource is suitable for anyone who teaches adults, including staff developers, trainers, principals, teacher leaders, and educational consultants.
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Brain-compatible and Adaptable.......2007-09-18
Adult learning theory is handily referenced in this neat little book, and it's those references that are just as valuable as the advice Tate offers for the newer professional staff developer (or anyone who teaches adults). The interested reader can follow the research to explore the subjects more thoroughly.
The theoretical framework pages are useful support for Tate's activities. Though some of the material and suggestions are a bit simplistic for the adult audience("...participants work together to create a song that shows what they have learned."), the majority of ideas can be easily altered to suit any level of inquiry required. It's a quick read, which is also helpful to time-strapped professional developers, and it explores the newest brain-compatible strategies as it inspires creative adaptation. I would recommend this resource as part of a working library, especially for newer staff developers.
"Sit and Get" Won't Grow Dendrites.......2007-08-30
Just like her other books, Dr. Marcia Tate takes her brain-compatible strategies and applies them to the adult learner. Often times adults are no more than big children and her techniques help to utilize instructional strategies to 'teach' the adult learner. Her ideas are great for professionals who provide professional development for the adult learner.
Marcia Tate practices what she preaches!.......2005-10-08
The reason I bought this book, and all her others, is because I was lucky enough to be in her 2-day seminar. She DOES practice what she preaches! In her book, she uses 20 research-based, brain-compatible strategies to motivate and engage learners, enabling them to reach higher test scores. During her seminar, she used these same 20 strategies with us and they worked! We actively listened and learned, because she didn't expect us to "sit and get". We were moving, talking, playing games, writing, drawing, etc...using those 20 brain-friendly strategies. I am now using these 20 strategies in my classroom. My math class all tested 100% on their first unit tests! I will use Marcia Tates books and strategies forever!
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An inspiring look at Ephesians and the believer's association with Christ, the world, and Satan.
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Eternal Truths.......2007-10-15
I had this years ago, and enjoyed it very much again.
A ** MUST HAVE ** in the library.
Eternal Truths for first steps into the inner-court.
Concise, Insightful, Provoking.......2007-09-10
The author posits a simple explanation of three major themes in Ephesians - "sitting," "walking," and "standing" with God. These are not separate but interconnected and related. Using this triune thematic outline, he digs into the heart of the Scriptures with great insight and authority. His prose is concise and meaningful. I highly recommend this to anyone. His teachings on Ephesians have given me a lens for this particular epistle making it my favorite to revisit and study repeatedly.
Easy to read and very helpful.......2007-02-27
You can hardly go wrong with Watchman Nee. This book changed my life when I read it a few years ago. I have reread it since because it is good to review. Based on Ephesians, this book clarifies some misconceptions a lot of Christians have about the Christian life. It is not what we do for God but what he has already done for us. Sit: as believers we must see ourselves as seated with Christ in heavenly places. Walk: we walk by faith just like we were saved by faith--no striving involved. Stand: we stand in faith, not looking for victory but as already possessing it because Christ has obtained it.
Sit Walk Stand.......2007-01-11
Thank you for sending the order so quickly. The service is Awesome. The book is in Great Condition.
Thank you again for being so prompt.
Jann Ferguson
Mrs I Dabson.......2007-01-05
This is an excellent and insightful little book based on Ephesians. It shows how a Christian is called to accomplish all by trust and rest in Jesus' already completed work on the cross. When we know how to sit (in heavenly places) we will be able to stand before the enemy also. I highly recommend this book.
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A manual for understanding the anatomical and emotional components of posture in order to heal chronic pain
• Contains self-help exercises and ergonomics information to help correct unhealthy movement patterns
• Teaches how to adopt suitable posture in the modern sedentary world
Many people cause their own back and body pain through their everyday bad postural and movement habits. Many sense that their poor posture is probably the root of the problem, but they are unable to change long-standing habits.
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The New Rules of Posture, Mary Bond approaches postural changes from the inside out. She explains that healthy posture comes from a new sense we can learn to feel, not by training our muscles into an ideal shape. Drawing from 35 years of helping people improve their bodies, she shows how habitual movement patterns and emotional factors lead to unhealthy posture. She contends that posture is the physical action we take to orient ourselves in relation to situations, emotions, and people; in order to improve our posture, we need to examine both our physical postural traits and the self-expression that underlies the way we sit, stand, and move. The way we walk, she says, is our body’s signature.
Bond identifies the key anatomical features that impact alignment, particularly in light of our modern sedentary lives, and proposes six zones that help create postural changes: the pelvic floor, the breathing muscles, the abdomen, the hands, the feet, and the head. She offers self-help exercises that enable healthy function in each zone as well as information on basic ergonomics and case histories to inspire us to think about our own habitual movements. This book is a resource for Pilates, yoga, and dance instructors as well as healthcare professionals in educating people about postural self-care so they can relieve chronic pain and enjoy all life activities with greater ease.
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Body awareness to the max!!!!!!.......2007-09-06
OH MY GOSH!!!! This book has answered so many questions for me. When I was growing up, my Mom always told me to stand up straight. Try as I might, I never was able to. Once I got older, I was told by doctors that I had a pelvis that tilted back (I know, too much information). What they didn't tell me was I could change the tilt!!!!! For the first time in my life, I can now stand up straight and have the proper curve in my back!!! The book has helped me with several other aspects that I wasn't aware of...how when you walk you're actually supposed to be pushing off with the toes of the foot that is in back (it makes walking easier, I was a heel walker). I'm only on Ch 4 (breathing) but I feel this book is worth it's weight in gold!!!!!
Clearly written manual for how to move in daily life.......2007-07-17
Easy to understand and enjoyable to read. Certified Advanced Rolfer Mary Bond has written the manual that my Rolfing clients have been asking for. I bought 10 of them, and my clients are enjoying them very much. But you don't have to know anything about Rolfing to benefit from this book. It is written for the common person, however there is plenty of juice for bodyworkers, yoga practitioners, doctors, etc. Find gems such as how to sit correctly in those awful car seats, a whole chapter on breating, and what the "core" of the body really means. Mary Bond also has an excellent free online article called "Smart Sitting."
Karin Edwards, Certified Rolfer
A fine coverage........2007-07-08
THE NEW RULES OF POSTURE: HOW TO SIT, STAND, AND MOVE IN THE MODERN WORLD addresses a common health problem: poor posture. New to Mary Bond's approach is a focus on postural changes combined with attitude realization: it comes from her background as a dancer and a Structural Integration practitioner who teaches movement, and it draws on over thirty years of experience to show how habit and emotional factors contribute to unhealthy posture. Both new age and general-interest public lending libraries will find the focus on health, exercise and ergonomics to be a fine coverage.
Great reference on posture and movement.......2007-06-29
This book is truly a marvel! It is very informative and pushed me to rethink the way I stand, sit, move, breath, etc. with my body.
The practical exercises are the best part. You don't just read the information -- you can then practice and do things that will help you actually understand and live the principles.
The only thing that I question is the author's view that "reverse breathing" is bad for your health. Reverse breathing when done correctly is actually very health for you -- this is the breathing cycle that Taoists and Tai Chi Chuan practitioners utilize.
Important Reading.......2007-06-14
This is a very important book for everyone to read. It is written for the average layman so we can all understand. With correct posture you can help so many aches and pains and improve organ function. Really important book.
Book Description
From the very 1st chapter, this book tackles the main technique of WebSphere Application Server deployment, and provides the necessary tools to design and manage a realistic Websphere technical integration. Topics include:
* Offers clear understanding of the WebSphere Application Server installation and configuration
* Provides a complete guide to creating a WebSphere development environment with both WebSphere Studio Site Developer and WebSphere Studio Application Developer
* Includes extensive coverage of development for WebSphere including EJBs, JavaServer Pages, and Servlets
* Offers WebSphere Administrators solutions for session management and application packaging
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Useless for the newbies.......2004-02-12
I bought this book because it was marketed as a guide for the beginners and intermediates. Lie.
I needed to learn websphere for my job, so after the first few chapters I had to stop because the thing started to fly way over my head. All I needed was something to explain me the basics and the most common architecture and mechanics.
This book doesn't do that. Maybe if you are a veteran with Websphere, this might be good, but if you are looking for something to get you started, stay away from this book.
Poor Reference.......2003-12-23
I am glad others found the book useful. I found it nearly worhtless although I was pleased with the WSAD 4 coverage. However, explanations are minimal and trying to deploy your first app to WebSphere 4 using this book was a waste. After reading and re-reading everything it said, we still had no success so we just dug in, trial and error, several days and finally got it. Discussions on virtual hosts offered us nothing but a few descriptions that only make sense after you understand what a virtual host is. With paragraph after paragraph labeled understanding, I would have thought some would have been imparted - we needed quick understanding in a real project and the way things are today, we needed it fast. The book gets rarely referenced by myself. There is just not enough in depth explanation to save one from the school of "hard knocks". A student, with time may get some value as an introduction but overall I was disappointed.
WAS4 and much more.......2003-04-19
This book is an excellent resource for WebSphere administrators and WebSphere developers. In fact, I have attended instructor-led courses by several major system providers and this book taught me more about J2EE programming than either provider. Examples and a complete application are available for download and they're in .jar .ear format which makes importing and running in WSAD much easier than generic texts. The target audience is somewhere between beginner and intermediate student. The language and detail level is effective for Java students. You won't need a dictionary of OO terms to follow the author's explanation and purpose of components.
Good as a tutorial, good as a reference.........2002-11-27
Complete, detailed, easy to read and understand, this book should be shipped with every copy of Websphere Server. The best money I've spent on a technical book in years. If you are developing applications with Websphere, you should own a copy of this book. It clearly explains how to exploit J2EE technologies in your application architecture, as well as how to take advantage of the features of Websphere Server. Invaluable as a learning guide or as a reference.
Had what I needed.......2002-11-26
I recently started a job that is using WAS for their application server. I needed a reference book to help jump start me, and I felt this book did a great job. It covers the install and admin pieces quite well, and I am beginning to go through the development sections. I like the fact that they have a lot of code examples and an overall running project example. I get alot of use from looking at actual working code. The book does use the WSAD(WebSphere Studio Application Developer) tool to illustrate the examples, but I just used my favorite editor and Javac with out any problems. Overall this book explained well the things I needed to know and I would recommend it to others.
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Wisdom Sits in Places: Landscape and Language Among the Western Apache
Keith H. Basso
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This remarkable book introduces us to four unforgettable Apache people, each of whom offers a different take on the significance of places in their culture. Apache conceptions of wisdom, manners and morals, and of their own history are inextricably intertwined with place, and by allowing us to overhear his conversations with Apaches on these subjects Basso expands our awareness of what place can mean to people.
Most of us use the term sense of place often and rather carelessly when we think of nature or home or literature. Our senses of place, however, come not only from our individual experiences but also from our cultures. Wisdom Sits in Places, the first sustained study of places and place-names by an anthropologist, explores place, places, and what they mean to a particular group of people, the Western Apache in Arizona. For more than thirty years, Keith Basso has been doing fieldwork among the Western Apache, and now he shares with us what he has learned of Apache place-names—where they come from and what they mean to Apaches.
"This is indeed a brilliant exposition of landscape and language in the world of the Western Apache. But it is more than that. Keith Basso gives us to understand something about the sacred and indivisible nature of words and place. And this is a universal equation, a balance in the universe. Place may be the first of all concepts; it may be the oldest of all words."—N. Scott Momaday
"In Wisdom Sits in Places Keith Basso lifts a veil on the most elemental poetry of human experience, which is the naming of the world. In so doing he invests his scholarship with that rarest of scholarly qualities: a sense of spiritual exploration. Through his clear eyes we glimpse the spirit of a remarkable people and their land, and when we look away, we see our own world afresh."—William deBuys
"A very exciting book—authoritative, fully informed, extremely thoughtful, and also engagingly written and a joy to read. Guiding us vividly among the landscapes and related story-tellings of the Western Apache, Basso explores in a highly readable way the role of language in the complex but compelling theme of a people's attachment to place. An important book by an eminent scholar."—Alvin M. Josephy, Jr.
Explores the connections of place, language, wisdom, and morality among the Western Apache.
Customer Reviews:
Moral sites.......2007-09-13
What do people make of places? Basso's opening sentence is a good example of what the Apache call `letting one's mind have room'. As we read through the chapters of the book Basso continues to add layers to the meaning of this opening question. It allows us to reflect on various uses of the word `make'. We make sense of places by interpreting them. We make places intelligible by foregrounding them. We make use of places; as sign posts or land-marks through the use of descriptive naming. We make places or constitute them as sites or repositories of learning; we invest them as placeholders for morality tales or homilies. We make places vital; we invest them with agency, we enchant them, animate them, in the spirit of golems; we take a piece of earth and through magic or metaphysics we bring it alive, giving it a mission and a life of its own.
Wisdom sits in places. The Apache are a good example of virtue ethics. This is a theory of ethics, usually based on Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics, which argues against an ethical universalism and in favor of a particularism. It foregoes the quest for nomothetic foundations and looks instead to the development of certain skills or character traits. Aristotle created a catalogue of areas of behavior or traits with a continuum of possible dispositions. The virtuous behavior was the means between the two extremes of each continuum. Thus the virtue of bravery was somewhere in the range between cowardice and foolhardiness or irrational voluntarism in the face of impossible odds or a meaningless risk.
Aristotle's concept of phronesis finds an interesting parallel in the Apache moral imagination. Phronesis is a meta-virtue; it is the ability to choose the right action for each particular event; the ability to find the virtuous means between vicious poles. It is the essential skill for particularism which is the theory that the right action, the correct moral choice is particular to each unique event. It is opposed to the universalist proposition that there are sets of moral propositions or codes that we can apply in a covering law model. Universalism holds that when two of our moral codes clash we resolve the dilemma by applying a meta-rule, most commonly a deontological (Kantian) or utilitarian proposition.
The Apache's sense of wisdom is a good example of a pragmatic ethics informed by a set of virtues that are learned and continually developed throughout their life's journey. In the first chapter we note how each speaker brings the homily (the moral lesson associated with a place name) forward, making it their own, fleshing it out. One imagines that each speaker and hearer of place names is expected to silently immerse themselves in each homily; making it real by seeing it happen. The act of giving vision to the oral narrative is a process of developing layers upon layers of particular exemplars of the lesson. It is thus internalized and carried forward for the next use. As one gains wisdom one becomes more proficient at seeing when and where to apply these lessons.
This is similar to the thought of the American pragmatist and logician, C. S. Peirce, who proposed a fallibilism about knowledge, truth, and scientific results. He felt that we were always discovering more and that a full statement of any putative universal law was always deferred. Peirce's original pragmatism differed from what James and Dewey later made of it. For Peirce we expanded our sense of a truth through a process of discovering layers upon layers of particular applications and gradually gaining more of an understanding of the wider truth. But his sense of fallibilism posited rich moral concepts such as justice or duty as essentially contested concepts.
We have maps in our heads. There are other interesting parallels with the ancient Greeks besides virtue ethics. There is a significant body of study regarding Plato's thought on the spoken and written word. Plato argued that reality resides in absolute and eternal forms. Thus the impressions available to our senses are imitations that is but a shadow of these eternal truths; they confuse us and should not be trusted. Worse still are the imitations of imitations; thus his polemics against poetry, art, and the written word. It would be interesting to combine this with the study of texts in the 20th century to look at the Apache's preference for maps in the head. Barthes, Derrida and others all expanded our notion of what can serve as texts and it might be interesting to look at Apache use of places through some of those lenses.
In addition there are interesting parallels with the sophists. Although Plato and Socrates succeeded in creating our contemporary disdain for sophism, recent work in the study of Isocrates and others brings a new appreciation of certain tenets of sophism. The sophists exhibited some similarities to the Apache notions of epistemology. They both saw the elders and ancestors as the source of wisdom and warrants for knowledge to be used for current problems. They both argued that the knowledge of the past resided less in universal laws than in practices of the ancestors; actual responses to past dilemmas that are best accessed through interpretation rather than a rote use of the covering law model or a slavish rehearsal of rigid and dogmatic rituals.
They both thought that knowledge (as justified true belief) was discovered and ultimately ratified and warranted by the voice of the majority; the interpretation that found the most general favor. The sophists proposed that vigorous debate in an open forum of citizens is the most epistemologically sound form of inquiry. Their best speakers would take both sides on various propositions of what the ancestors would have done in the current crisis. The goal was to make the best possible argument for all options and let the citizenry decide.
Both the ancient Greeks and the Apache continued to observe religious rituals but it would also be interesting to compare characteristics of their religious cosmology, the role of the gods, and their associations with natural entities and nature in general.
A Must Own for collectors of Apache Culture.......2006-08-20
Anthropologists, language students, and Native American culture afficionados will find this book, and any by Keith Basso, written links into a cultural past which struggles to exist today. As the Western Apache tribes become more modern, the information found in this and other Keith Basso writings, become necessities in the preservation of traditional Apache culture; with the exception of the knowledge of a few hundred very traditional Apaches still living in Arizona.
Wisdom Sits in Places.......2005-09-26
This book was mediocre at best. Although Keith Basso did provide some insight into why the Apache people cherish their land, I felt that Basso kept on saying the exact same thing in every sentence. I had the point of the entire book by the time I was ten pages into it, and it kept on going, therefore making me lose my concentration on what I was reading.
strong and thorough examination.......2004-12-01
What do people make of places? This is the central question examined by Keith Basso in his ethno-linguistic study of the relationship between language and landscape among the Apaches of Cibecue, on the Fort Apache Reservation in central Arizona. Basso, a professor of Anthropology at the University of New Mexico, has spent over 30 years conducting field work among the Western Apaches. His publications concerning this group include articles on language, patterns of silence in social interaction, witchcraft beliefs, and ceremonial symbolism, among others. The idea for Wisdom Sits in Places stemmed from a study conducted between 1979 and 1984, in which Basso, with the help of a grant from the National Science Foundation and the guidance of the Apaches, conducted a study of Apache places and place-names; how the Apache refer to their land, the stories behind the place-names, and how these place-names are used in daily conversation by Apache men and women. The result is a stunningly informative account of the use of landscape and language in the social interactions of the Western Apaches.
Basso divides his book into four sections: Quoting the Ancestors, Stalking with Stories, Speaking with Names, and Wisdom Sits in Places. Each chapter's focus is to examine how landscape and language serve distinct purposes in Western Apache society. Basso incorporates the oral history of, and discussions with, local Apaches, as well as his formal training as an ethnographer-linguist, to explain the underlying themes of this book.
First, Basso introduces the reader to the idea of place-names and in the Western Apache construction of history. As conceived by the Apaches, the past is a "well-worn `path' or `trail' which was traveled first by the people's founding ancestors and which subsequent generations of Apaches have traveled ever since" (31). The ancestors gave names to places, based on events that occurred there. Regardless of the physical changes in the landscape that occurred over time, the story of what took place, as well as the place-name, was passed down through generations and serves as a connection between the people and their ancestors.
Second, Basso examines how the language and the land are "manipulated by Apaches to promote compliance with standards for acceptable social behavior and the moral values which support them" (41). The historical tales of place-names are without exception morality tales, intended to influence patterns of social action. Their purpose is to serve as warnings, criticisms, and enlightenment for those who are behaving improperly; not in accordance with the Apache way of life. The telling of a historical tale is "intended as a critical and remedial response" to an individual's having committed one or more social offenses. Apaches contend that if the message is taken to heart, a lasting bond will have been created between that individual and the site at which the events in the tale took place. In short, the land, accompanied with its historical tale, "makes the people live right" (61).
Third, through the act of "speaking with names", place-names can be condensed "into compact form their essential moral truths" (101). "Speaking with names" is considered appropriate only under certain circumstances, generally to enable those who engage in it "to acknowledge a regrettable circumstance without explicitly judging it, to exhibit solicitude without openly proclaiming it, and to offer advice without appearing to do so" (91). Evoking images of a particular place and narrative thus replaces a more direct form of advice or criticism, with "a minimum of linguistic means" (103).
Finally, with the guidance of his Apache friend, Dudley Patterson, Basso examines the path of wisdom in Western Apache society. Patterson explains there are two mental conditions, "steadiness of mind", and "resilience of mind", which lead to a third and most desirable condition, smoothness of mind. These three conditions are not innate; therefore, one must work on one's mind in order to gain wisdom. To work on one's mind, "one must observe different places, learn their Apache place-names, and reflect on traditional narratives that underscore the virtues of wisdom" (134). A resilient mind, according to Patterson, does not "give in to panic or fall prey to spasms of anxiety or succumb to spells of crippling worry" (132). A steady mind is "unhampered by feelings of arrogance or pride, anger or vindictiveness, jealously or lust" (133). Steadiness and resilience give way to a sense of "cleared space" or "area free of obstruction", conditions necessary for smoothness of mind. Only those who continue on the trail of wisdom their whole lives come closest to having a smooth mind, and are "able to foresee disaster, fend off misfortune, and avoid explosive conflicts with other persons" (131). Thus, wisdom is intertwined with the idea of survival through the consistent and thoughtful evocation of landscape and language.
Keith Basso and the Western Apaches of Cibecue have provided readers with an insightful and provocative account of the connection between language, land, and a people's cultural history. Wisdom Sits in Places opens the door for future research on place-names by shedding light on a previously overshadowed topic in anthropological studies. Basso's dissection of certain stories and social interactions can be overwhelming and a bit dry, but his purpose is made clear when his examinations are added together with the Apache narratives. What results is a clear picture of what language and landscape mean to the Western Apaches, the functional versatility of place-names, and the importance of being aware of one's sense of place.
Places and Stories.......2004-01-26
Basso's writing is extraordinary. This great book consists of engaging articles that merge linguistics with cultural anthropology in an approach called the "ethnography of speaking." Placing this jargon aside, the approach is to demonstrate how Apaches use names, stories, and other ways of speaking to create and maintain their culture. Basso's work provides deep insight into Apache life, and it also serves as a model for ways to understand how language plays an important role in everyday life.
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A riveting flute solo in the symphony "Journey to Wholeness".......1998-12-29
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Zen, Punk Style.......2007-10-11
Sit Down and Shut Up is Brad Warner's second Zen-themed book. I did not read the first, which has the rather catchy title, Hardcore Zen: Punk Rock, Monster Movies and the Truth about Reality, but the book I did read has a little about all of these themes. Warner has a refreshingly casual and irreverent approach to spirituality, which occasionally lapses into plain silliness and self-indulgence (but even that isn't always bad). At the same time, when you get beneath the trash talk and rock 'n roll attitude, Warner has a surprisingly traditionalist approach to his subject.
Sit Down and Shut Up alternates between interpretations of the 13th Century teacher Dogen and passages from his own life, mainly relating to his alternative identity as a punk rock musician. This is indeed an unusual juxtaposition of themes, and the attempt to tie them together at times seems forced. What really impressed me about the book, however, is the very clear way he presents Zen and the teachings of Dogen. Many Zen concepts are, by definition, difficult to grasp, and Warner frequently reminds us that the words any teacher uses, whether himself, Dogen or Buddha, are necessarily limited and imprecise. As far as rendering such nebulous concepts into plain English, it would be hard to do a better job than Warner does here.
If you went by the title and cover of this book, which shows a cartoonish laughing Buddha with a Godzilla (one of Warner's favorite characters)-like face either beside or growing out of Buddha's belly, you might assume that Warner is some kind of new agey Buddhist. This is actually very far from the truth. While Warner is most certainly attempting to present Buddhist concepts in modern language, and in a manner that is entertaining to readers weaned on popular culture, he ends up advocating a quite conservative path. According to Warner, there are no shortcuts to "enlightenment." In fact, he does not even believe in enlightenment, and considers the concept a trap and a way for manipulative guru-types to con the public. I am mostly in agreement with him here. True Buddhism, he says, is simply living in the present moment and consistently practicing Zazen, sitting meditation. That's it -all mystical and cosmic notions have to be thrown away. You have to be satisfied with the often dull reality (or so it often seems) of your present circumstances and not strive for some illusory spiritual attainments.
As someone who does not follow the Buddhist (or any particular) path, I cannot assess Warner as a teacher compared with others. But as a reader with an avid interest in, and some familiarity with many spiritual traditions, I can highly recommend this book to anyone interested in Zen.
Straight to the 10,000 points.......2007-10-09
I recently picked this book up, wandering through an airport bookstore between flights. I've always avoided the "Cool Zen" school, wherein the participants practice a Joseph Campbell-esque creative mythology, picking and choosing what aspects of the Zen doctrine to live. Fortunately, getting past the cover, I found this book to be worth the read.
Brad Warner presents a lucid and at times satirical perspective on the writings of Dogen, the man who basically brought Zen to Japan. He recounts a recent trip back home, during which he has the opportunity to play again with his old punk band. While on this trip, Brad shows the profound impact that the teachings of Dogen can have on a life, as time and again, he pulls Dogen's teachings into the direct experience of his life. For those who study Dogen and his teachings, it is refreshing to see a "plain language" account of the insights that Dogen had so many centuries ago.
As a writer, I found Mr. Warner's writing clear and lucid, demonstrating a strong understanding of the sometimes terse, sometimes confusing translations of Dogen's works. It is important to point out that in no way does Brad try and state authoritatively how to encounter Dogen's teachings. Rather, with direct experiences, he tells of his experiences. Each will have a different experience, and yet, all of us will have the same experience. Brad understands this fact, and yet, he lets this idea unfold in you. He shows, he does not tell. I must point out that his somewhat chummy style is not for everyone, but I found this familiarity to be a warm method to diffuse the stifling austerity of other writers.
I recommend this book to anyone who has struggled with Dogen, who has wanted to see just how these teachings impact their life, or who wants slightly irreverent look at these profound teachings. Through that irreverence is truth, and through this book, you may find the voice that finally opens up the world of Dogen to you. For me, it has rekindled my Dogen studies, something I think Brad would appreciate.
Getting even better .......2007-09-23
How much do I envy Brad Warner? Hard core punk rocker. Japanese monster movie work. Lived in Tokyo. A Zen Buddhist master. One hot book already ("HardCore Zen" and now this one.) A column in Suicide Girls. And in one of his recent Suicide Girl columns he reveals that his well-known master Gudo Nishijima has asked him to be his sucessor ... and Brad has accepted. This from a guy who reveals in this book he hates being a Zen master, hates the challenges, the assumptions of his authority. Yes, I shouldn't envy him, I don't know his actual condition or what awaits him (or me) but it's hard not to envy a guy whose accomplished so much...yet is telling me to just go and sit facing a blank wall. Here's a guy who I expect might next show up on Entertainment Tonight having been spotted clubbing with Paris Hilton (could that be, Brad? Probably not) and yet he's the successor to Gudo Nishijima, who along with Chudo Cross, translated Dogen's masterwork Shobogenzo into English. So impressive it is distracting. Rather than sit down and shut up, I want to fly to Tokyo, I want to enter a cool-sounding rap into my word processor. Did Nishijima have sales of the translations of Shobogenzo in mind when he asked Brad to be his successor? No, I'm too cynical. And Brad's power to explain Zen, to the extent it can be explained, shouldn't be slighted.
Remember the Fuller Brush Man? One used to come lugging a suitcase to our neighborhood periodically when I was young. My Mom would always be glad to see him and he's spend time showing her his latest products. She's always buy at least one. He was well-trained, could explain each product convincingly and was polite with her. The Fuller Brush Company (which still exists today although it may have abandoned door-to-door sales which never seemed cost-effective anyway) prepared him. But its an identity one can be proud of and something to keep one busy. Is it perhaps a roughly similar way that Brad Warner was prepared by his Zen teachers, trained using the entire Zen tradition? For a Soto (at least) Zen practitioner, Dogen's Shobogenzo is one element of that training. Another is the sitting method zazen. But Brad is one exceptional Fuller Brush Man. Must be to be selected to be a successor of Nishijima (or so it would seem). Or to hang out with the Suicide Girls. Any can be trained but not all have a gift to teach. I suppose I should be asking myself whether I have the gift to learn.
I confess I did zazen for 5 years every day but wasn't "making progress" and stopped and having been searching around in other ways the past 10 years. Recently I wondered if Zen might be worth a second try, which is why I read this book.
Shobogenzo is long and almost every page of it can be baffling. All four volumes of Nishijima and Cross's translation are available (at the time I write this review), new or used, via Amazon. If you enjoy this book by Brad, you may want to dive into them but don't expect it to be easy. Brad's gifted rap helps. He shares explanatory powers that Baba Ram Dass, who he expressed admiration for, also has.
Brad may seem like he has an answer for everything but he is wise enough to point out firmly that he won't take your own responsibility for yourself from you. And can't. He's strict about zazen posture (a position he clarifies, outside this book, by noting that if he made it easy for people to believe they could do zazen seiza style or sitting in a chair they may well lose the important body-and-mind benefit of correct posture. He has helpful positions, much learned from Nishijima but delivered in his cool punk rocker way, of enlightenment, the will to truth, reincarnation, boredom, and why we aren't happy (or hopefuly sad) all the time.
As in Hard Core Zen, I find his explanations of how I am the universe wanting. For an explanation that connected better with me, I suggest some from the Tibetan Dzogchen tradition (e.g. You Are the Eyes of the World, New Edition. And, as with other Buddhist teachers, the teaching that self is an illusion isn't so reassuring: my boss still expect ME to have my assignment done by the deadline whatever I make of my "self". But as to just what is meant by that Buddhist teaching, more explanation would have been helpful to reduce its mysteriousness (unless somehow I missed that elaboration in this book. The illusion, as I understand it feebly, being that the self exists independently, whereas actually its a dynamic process always dependent on other phenomena). One place the elaboration can be found well-stated is in Master Sheng-Yen's There Is No Suffering: A Commentary on the Heart Sutra But overall, Brad's explanatory powers seem much improved since Hard Core Zen. Grounding his explanations in passages from the Shobogenzo may be part of the reason why.
One thing that hasn't changed from Hard Core Zen to this book seems to be Brad's apparently strong interest in Lucy Lui. I suppose that is just a reflection of his honesty [Or, guys, how do you want to be reborn? ]
So do I go sit? For 15 years, influenced by Krishnamurti, I avoided methods as best I could. I was, unfortunately, heavily influenced by Krishnamurti as an authority. When I finally threw in the towel on Krishnamurti, I decided to give the minimalist method of zazen a try. Can I now go back to zazen ... and not be heavily influenced by Brad as an authority? Will I see him on Entertainment tonite? Brad suggested seeking out a local zendo. There is one near me. There are also contemporary masters less cool but impressive, such as Zen master and former IBM executive Les Kaye Zen at Work and Chan master Sheng-yen Faith in Mind: A Commentary on Seng Ts'an's Classic. Is it written anywhere a Zen master can't be as cool as Brad? I'll have to ask Lucy Lui.
see nothing,hear nothing,say nothing.......2007-09-14
After reading this book i really felt like i hadnt read anything,but in an accidently productive way.
It just made me come to the realisation that being a regular good guy who follows a traditional religion like dare i say christianity is properbly a lot more useful than philosphising things to the point of where nothing really exist just the idea that nothing exist.In fact that would be practising zazen, as the author keeps pointing out that what its all about at the end of the day.
I cant see the point of this,unless its the point above.
If i wanted to learn about zen and dogen id read a book about zen and dogen,not how someone else thought about Dogen.Maybe id go to Japan and experince the particular culture that inspired Zen.I dont deny that the Reality that Dogen talked about exist,but i just cant feel it here.
Contemporay culture has no real relevance in the Zen world view,so it doenst give the author any perspective that is really helpful.His references keep pulling you into world views/ideas that are the very opposite of the state that Zen aspires to.
As someone who was involved in punk,i didnt feel the fact that the author played bass ina punk band,gave this any more meaning for me,In fact less so.
Its the same to me as christian punk???punk and christianity cancel each other out,you cant be one plus the other,in the same way Zen and punk cancel each other out.You just create something new that is not one or the other, its not `hardcore' any more,to use the authors own point of reference!Its all or nothing this Zen business.For most people it will be nothing i suspect.
How will this inspire people,other than introducing to new ideas,and some Buddhist philosophy they can talk about for a few minutes at dinner parties??Will those ideas prove useful to them ina holistic sense or will they just remain in the realm of ideas.As an idea alone zen is very dangerous ,so popularising it is not a good thing properbly!
For me personally this book was a waste of time,it didnt inspire me to do anything other than realising that i was wasting my time reading it.So yeah it kind of worked,but not i imagine how the author envisaged,but there again who knows.
What a Relief!.......2007-09-13
Like author Brad Warner, I practice a form of Buddhism which has its roots in Japan. Unfortunately, the school with which I have been associated for the past 20-some years has ZERO ability to laugh at itself, even when the group or its leader says or does something absurd. We in the SGI (soka gakkai international) take our mission for world peace VERY SERIOUSLY and although we can make jokes about others, we never, ever joke about our sect or its leader. Never. Ever. We can only strive joyfully together and warmly encourage each other to unite with the heart of our leader in Japan. A recipe for boring prose if ever there was one.
What a huge relief it was, then, to encounter this book, where Warner actually uses his own, clear, funny, insightful voice to discuss Buddhist perspectives on life, death, compassion and consciousness. He interweaves these topics into a sort of travelogue of his return to Akron, Ohio to appear with a reunion show of punk-rock bands from the 80's. This helps to "ground" the concepts being addressed, but in a day-to-day way which is more interesting than a typical corporate cube experience.
I and a few friends have been on a bit of a Dogen "kick" for awhile, and "Sit Down and Shut Up" is an extremely valuable commentary to support that effort. All the other commentaries I have read have been earnest but plodding, and I have had about all the earnest, plodding prose I can handle for the next fifty lifetimes. Warner takes his subject seriously, but he doesn't take himself too seriously, and that is a huge relief.
With all this praise, I must point out that Warner does make a few errors. For example, in his discussion of the Lotus Sutra's parable of the Burning House, he does not mention the super-dooper-cool prize (i.e., the great white ox cart, i.e.,"Buddhahood") that all the children get when they leave the burning house.
Another massive blunder (and I can proof your next book for this kind of stuff if you want, Brad) is his shocking claim that "be excellent to each other" is what Bill and Ted said to the future people in "Bill and Ted's Bogus Journey". Everyone knows this scene occurred in the "Excellent Adventure". You have to be more mindful of stuff like that, Brad - don't forget to wind your watch.
All in all, I have recommended this book to a number of people and will continue to do so. I hope that Brad continues to write and I look forward to visiting his zendo one of these weekends.
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Based on her extensive experience as a school librarian and storyteller, the author features 2,000 carefully selected titles that will keep children in grades K-6 enthralled. All published within the last 10 years, these range from picture books, fiction, folklore, and poetry to biography and nonfiction. Each annotated entry provides a brief plot summary, related titles, and subject designations. In addition, there are curriculum tie-ins and suggested activities including drama, crafts, research, and problem solving. The book starts with all-new chapters offering entertaining and informative tips on effective reading aloud, storytelling, and classroom and library activities. There is also a bibliography of professional books. Books Kids Will Sit Still For 3: A Read-Aloud Guide is the latest all-new volume in the Books Kids Will Sit Still For series, which includes Books Kids Will Sit Still For: A Read-Aloud Guide, Second Edition and More Books Kids Will Sit Still For: A Read-Aloud Guide. The three books together constitute a tour of the best of children's literature and how to use it, with a total of more than 5,000 invaluable annotations of exemplary children's books.
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The Ultimate Library & Teacher Resource.......2007-08-16
Every public and school library should have a copy of this excellent resource. The research that Judy Freeman did to create this compendium of quality read aloud books is well worth the investment.
Not just for librarians - should be sitting next to Trelease and just as worn.......2007-04-15
I stumbled across this wonderful book while working my way through our library's books about books in search of more wonderful picture books to share with my toddler (who is nearly 19 months). It was mis-shelved in the local branch (took 4 tries for the librarian to find it) and since no one had noticed in the 6 months or so since the book came in, my friendly librarian slapped a due date sticker on it and let me check it out. I found myself immersed in it during the daughter's afternoon nap and checked to see if either of the previous volumes was available to check out. Alas no, although I found a cheap ex-library copy of the previous volume, More Books Kids Will Sit Still For: A Read-Aloud Guide (2nd Edition), which when it arrived looked like it had never been touched. I don't pretend to understand that - I think this is a treasure trove of ideas and books to share with young (and not so young) children. Although it's aimed at elementary educators, there's a huge amount to offer a parent or other caregiver...ideas for activities related to the books as well as related titles.
As the parent of a toddler, I confess that I prefer the overlapping mini-sections by age found in More Books Kids Will Sit Still For: A Read-Aloud Guide (2nd Edition) and Books Kids Will Sit Still For: A Read-Aloud Guide Second Edition (Books Kids Will Sit Still for) because it's easier to sift through a couple hundred titles than 800 for books short enough for a toddler to sit through, but that's more of a quibble, especially since the expanded entries offer so many ideas for making (or keeping) books interesting.
ABSOLUTE MUST for those who love children, stories, books, or reading!.......2007-01-25
I've had the pleasure in the past week to read Judy Freeman's Newbery committee experience in her latest "Books Kids will sit still for 3" (c. 2006). She had to take the Librarian Oath, probably with a ceremonial blood letting to seal it, that she and the other members would never tell the secrets of the Committee dealings with the individual books. Ooooooh, that makes me want to be on the Committee even more!
I thought the listings alone in the book would be worth the book's weight in gold (which is substantial, with more than 900 pages), but it pales in comparison with the first 100+ pages of the book in which she shares her passion for reading, books, libraries, and children. What a treat! Reward yourselves soon by allowing time to read this.
Thanks, Judy! You made my day!
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How does she do it?.......2006-10-01
How does she do it? Another winner from Judy Freeman! More tips, annotations, bibliographies, storytelling, reader's theater etc.. The amount of material is superb and the format is clear and precise. She is marvelous at what she does and can help any media specialist or teacher sharpen their book skills.
A must buy for all elementary educators!
Books Kids Will Sit Still For 3.......2006-08-29
Ever wished you could keep up all the great children's books and pick the best ones to read aloud and recommend to your students? Need inspiration to liven up your lessons on library skills? Looking for more effective ways to collaborate with teachers? This book has it all!
Targeted at grades K - 6, the first 100+ pages include wide-ranging information about children's books and ways to use them. Topics include: how to be a great school librarian, evaluating children's books, read aloud and booktalking suggestions, fun library learning games, storytelling, creative drama, reader's theater, etc.
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Love this book!.......2007-01-09
This book brings tears to my eyes. It reminds me of the benefits of living surrounded by nature and does it in a fun way (through a child's eyes while she's learning the monetary "value" of her life from her parents). I gave this as a gift to several close friends because the message is truly beautiful.
the Table where rich People sit .......2006-10-09
The Table Where Rich People Sit touched my heart. It made me realize that I have more riches than I knew. Simple riches like the colors of Autumn. Mountain Girl didn't understand about her riches either. But by the end of the story she knew that nature and family were the best kind of riches. Read this book so you can realize what your riches are, too.
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table where rich people sit.......2006-10-08
The young girl in this story doesn't notice that her family is rich. I think her family is rich because they get to sit under the stars so shiney at night and there is always a shining start of the day in the morning and they get to watch nature grow and on having a family right there for her. And that's how I think she is rich.
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Not useful.......2007-04-21
This was a waste. There have to be many, many better books related to sit-on-top kayaking. Really, after getting into the hobby, this book was very rudimentary and didn't cover much of the more useful information about kayaking. Granted, there isn't much to sit-on-top kayays. Still, a beginners video (or class) on paddle strokes would be much more beneficial. The strokes were the one thing that was pretty well covered in the book, though. (I actually passed on the sit-on-top type and am now on my second sit-inside kayak, which is much better for me).
A very basic book........2007-01-26
This book would be good for someone who has never even seen, much less paddled, a kayak. Otherwise, anyone who has been out 1 or 2 times will find this book a bit thin on content. I would recommend "Sit-On-Top Kayaking" by Dennis Stuhaug as a better, more comprehensive beginner's book.
Very Basic.......2005-09-16
As the title suggests the book is for a beginner, however I was disappointed with how basic the information was. I am new to Kayaking and had found that most of the information is available on the kayak vendor's web pages, which I had already read. On the plus side the book is well written and easy to read. I would only purchase the book if you are still deciding to purchase a Sit on top kayak versus a Sit in kayak.
A Good Basic Buy.......2003-07-03
I'm still a bit new to SOT kayaking and I found that this book offered some excellent information and suggestions - the checklists were very helpful when I began equipping my kayak. Really solid, basic information!
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