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It wasn't me who down-voted you, but perhaps it was someone else who wasn't familiar with a single one of the capitalized words/phrases in the paragraph: "I ca
by drfuchs 11y ago
It wasn't me who down-voted you, but perhaps it was someone else who wasn't familiar with a single one of the capitalized words/phrases in the paragraph:
"I carry a box with a couple of sets of Sharpies of various colours plus Muji pens and pencils. Grabbed and distributed in a coordinated Mexican wave. Seriously, the full Csikszentmihalyi flow."
- keithpeter 11y agoOK, thanks for feedback and apologies for specific references, here goes with the definitions... Sharpies: 2mm thick permanent marker pens in bright colours Muji: Japanese stationery shop with a good stock of fine nib gel and ink pens Mihali Csikszentmihalyi is a philosopher who has articulated the concept of flow-state. The relevant Wikipedia page is a good basic guide [1] [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flow_%28psychology%29 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flow_%28psychology%29
- drfuchs 11y ago"Mexican wave"?
- keithpeter 11y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wave_%28audience%29 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wave_%28audience%29 I was using the term as a metaphor for the way that particular group of students just all went for the chance to draw something. Thankyou for engaging.
- jellicle 11y agoI'm going to translate from teacher-ese for you: "While my students normally exhibited a substantial amount of distraction in our class, I was pleased to discover that since they were all artistically-oriented students, an impromptu art activity was able to occupy their full undivided attention for an extended period of time." You're welcome.