A few months ago I read and reviewed Shelley Gare’s book, The Triumph of the Airheads and the Retreat from Commonsense. I was shaken by the déjà vu I met in every chapter. Her book is a treatise on the evolution and spread of postmodernism.
Recently, while doing my usual reading and follow-ups on matters educational, I stumbled on a brief clip of Branford Marsalis, renowned Jazz musician and educationalist. I admired Marsalis from afar and for many years I’ve appreciated his musicianship.
To hear this iconic, clear-minded musician and teacher talk of his students brought Gare’s almost prophetic words back to me with a vengeance:
Airheads, at their most extreme, can worry only about
themselves and the rest of the world can go to buggery.
themselves and the rest of the world can go to buggery.
Are our learners catching airheadism too?
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