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Something to think about

Some authors try to make you
think. James Davies tries to change
the way you do it.

The tipoff comes in the first
words of the book Ways of Think-
ing by the Douglas College
Philosophy Instructor: “This is a
thinking book with a difference.”

“Most books on this subject are
only about one way of thinking,
which is linear thinking. It is scien-
tific, analytical and technical — the
kind of thinking which is written
down,” says Davies.

Davies points out other valid
and valuable ways of thinking are
ignored in Western society. Ways
of thinking such as lateral (artistic-
creative) or meditative (in which
clearing thought makes room for
the subconscious) are not taken
very seriously. This is largely be-
cause the structured logic of linear
pt An perfectly fits the struc-

tured logic of industrialized
society.

“We have a recurring problem
with this because it leads to a kind
of tunnel vision. If there is only
one way to think, it closes other
possibilities.”

Davies also argues that the on-
going give and take of conver-
sation is a dramatic form of think-
ing in which both people create
thought through interaction.
Davies believes it is this aspect of
his book which will be of par-
ticular interest. Spontaneous
two-way communication in the
classroom may be unpredictable,
Davies agrees, but the results are
worth it.

Underlining the point, Davies
dedicates the book to his students
of the past two decades.

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room. In this
college we are
preoccupied
with grades
and essays
and assign-
ments, but not
preoccupied
with com-
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and dialogue,”
says Davies.
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March 3, 1992
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Secret Diary of
Adrian Mole
mixes humour,
angst

Being 13 years old is confusing.
You’re awkward, and you don’t
know whether to sit with the
grownups or the children at the
family dinner. You may suddenly
realize you kind of like the opposite
sex after all those years of indif-
ference, but you’re not sure why
yet. You don’t fit in, so you rebel.

“Some kids turn rebellious and
go punk. Adrian goes geek,” says
Lawrence Kamikawagi, who plays
the lead in Douglas College’s up-
coming play, The Secret Diary of
Adrian Mole (Aged 13 3/4).
“Adrian calls himself 13 and 3/4
because he’s not just 13, he’s al-
most 14, and that’s important. In
his eccentric way, he feels he has
to grow up faster.”

Set in England’s working class
Adrian Mole continued on page 4