Comments on: Legacy 1: Fear and Trembling at Camp Joy (or, “Ambivalent Apostasy”)

By: When Corrupting the Youth is Good | Beyond School

When Corrupting the Youth is Good | Beyond School — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 15:50:59 +0000

[...] to do good. I’m just doing it by my own lights, instead of by the teachings of childhood. I left those teachings long ago, by reading more than the preachers showed me. (I also discovered, in the cult of the [...]

By: Legacy 6: From Soldier to Peacemaker: Learning the Language of the “Enemy” | Beyond School

Fri, 01 Aug 2008 18:46:14 +0000

[...] and culture – its propensity, shared with the USA, to attribute the creation of the universe to a mythic superhero who “wrote” three conflicting and conflict-causing books several mill… notwithstanding – was to convert me into a person who greatly (yet in certain instances critically) [...]

By: Of Jocks and Fags - A Bullying Memoir | Beyond School

Of Jocks and Fags - A Bullying Memoir | Beyond School — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 12:37:02 +0000

[...] Years: Legacy 1: Baptist Childhood Legacy 2: Comic [...]

By: Legacy 4: In the Crumbling Temple of the Dead White Males (the College Years) | Beyond School

Wed, 30 Jul 2008 12:28:31 +0000

[...] Legacy Series So Far: 1. Fear and Trembling: Goodbye to Christianity 2. The Hulk Leads to Hamlet: Reading Despite School 3. Of Jocks and Fags: [...]

By: Dean Shareski

Dean Shareski — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 23:27:06 +0000

I don’t think you need to apologize for writing outside the realm of education or even trying to tie it back.

I enjoy the personal narrative and you of all my “friends” (are we friends?, never quite sure how that works) writes so provocatively that I can’t help but read and be engaged.

I also appreciate the insights of your spiritual struggles both here and in your other posts. While I’ve not had the same types of struggles, it does help me understand better, those who have.

As always your candor and eloquence is appreciated and admired.

By: How the Hulk Led Me to Hamlet | Beyond School

How the Hulk Led Me to Hamlet | Beyond School — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 06:25:40 +0000

[...] [Part 2 in the autobiographical "Web Legacies" series. Part 1: Ambivalent Apostasy (or, Fear and Trembling at Camp Joy)] [...]

By: Clay Burell

Clay Burell — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 10:38:24 +0000

Hi Paul,

Interesting extension of Will’s “legacy” meme, and one I sort of pointed at by hoping out loud that others “get personal” for a spell this summer.

That “artifacts” assignment, you made me realize, was actually the seed of the 1001 Flat World Tales project I started a couple years ago. As usual, it worked to unlock only a few excellent stories from the students, but I guess that’s part of the territory when it comes to our young customers.

Let us know if you go off on any of your own legacies. I know you like to write too

Finally, I aimed to give the “Camp Joy” story a few laughs, because the view from this 46-year-old seat is a very light-hearted one (chock that up to the Taoists, above all, with a pinch of Buddhist sanity re: not freaking out over fear, desire, and death).

The funniest thing about posting this first clip was the struggle to revise out the academic voice (again, it was a college paper, as those citations show) and insert more of the personal. The results were uneven at best.

Hope you’re enjoying your summer.

Clay