Word: mindlessness
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Whatever we are doing, we are doing it mindlessly or mindfully, and mindlessness is more ubiquitous than most people realize. When we are mindless, for all intents and purposes, we’re not there to notice. The body essentially turns off as we mindlessly disengage, but the consequences of mindlessness are real and often important. Accidents, burnout, poor performance, memory problems and interpersonal difficulties may not be far behind. Dramatic events like the loss of the professor’s son are often necessary to force us to take notice...
...contrary to what some may think, NASCAR patriotism is not just mindless bravado. Nor is it simply my-country-right-or-wrong jingoism. To be sure, there exists a much more profound connection between NASCAR and the American military. Indeed, it’s a relationship that is unparalleled in the world of sports...
...many teachers in our public schools, urban and suburban, who have deep knowledge of subject matter and of how to engage youngsters, most are in despair over the limits put on them by the mindless work demanded by these high-stakes tests. Many of those who are less well prepared for teaching use this diminished curriculum as a crutch. They do not seek further help, nor does anyone in a supervisory capacity offer help of any significant kind. Again, high-stakes tests prevent the development of high standards...
MCAS and the “standards-based” reform movement simply support the status quo: high standards represented by thought-provoking curriculum for the advantaged, low standards represented by the mindless memorization of soon-to-be forgotten facts for the disadvantaged. For us, that is—to borrow President Bush’s phrase—the real soft bigotry of low expectations...
...made the pilgrimage from Boston to the holy grail of mindless TV addiction with the hope of becoming VJs for an unspecified project. Both of us had gotten vague e-mails about MTVU, a spinoff MTV channel theoretically geared specifically toward college students. Instead of broadcasting boy bands and bubble gum pop, MTVU would aim at a more sophisticated music audience. This is not to say that MTVU will entirely forgo programming that plays on stupidity—in fact, movies like Tom Green’s Road Trip are typical of the humor that MTVU will likely display. MTVU...