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丕賱爻賷乇 賮賵賯 丕賱賲丕亍: 丕賱賯乇丕亍丞 賵丕賱賰鬲丕亘丞 賵丕賱孬賵乇丞

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賷賯丿賲 賱賳丕 賴匕丕 丕賱賰鬲丕亘 賳馗乇丞 丕爻鬲孬賳丕卅賷丞 賵賲匕賴賱丞 賱賱鬲毓賱賷賲 賵丕賱賰鬲丕亘丞 賵丕賱丕亘丿丕毓 賵丕賱丨賷丕丞貙 賳馗乇丞 賷賯丿賲賴丕 賰丕鬲亘 胤丕賱賲丕 毓乇賮 亘賳賯丿賴 丕賱賲丨賲賵賲 賱賲馗丕賴乇 丕賱丨囟丕乇丞 丕賱睾乇亘賷丞貙 賷兀禺匕賳丕 丿賷乇賷賰 噩賳爻賳 賮賷 賴匕丕 丕賱賰鬲丕亘 廿賱賶 賮氐賱賴 丕賱丿乇丕爻賷 丕賱禺丕氐貙 賵賷毓賱賲賳丕 賰賷賮 兀賳 丕賱賲丿丕乇爻 賷丨丕賵賱 兀賳 鬲賵賴賲賳丕 兀賳 丕賱爻毓丕丿丞 賷賰賲賳 禺丕乇噩 匕賵丕鬲賳丕貙 賵兀賳 賴匕賴 丕賱賲丿丕乇爻 鬲毓賲賱 毓賱賶 廿亘賯丕卅賳丕 禺丕囟毓賷賳 賱賲賳 賴賲 賮賷 丕賱爻賱胤丞貙 賮丕賱賲丿乇爻丞 鬲賯賵賲 亘胤乇賷賯丞 亘胤賷卅丞 賵鬲丿乇賷噩賷丞 亘睾乇爻 孬賯丕賮丞 丕賱禺賵賮 賲賳 丕賱賮卮賱 丿丕禺賱 丕賱賳賮爻 賵丕賱匕賴賳貙 賵丕賱毓賲賱 毓賱賶 鬲賰乇賷爻 丕賱孬賯丕賮丞 丕賱賰丕賲賱丞 賱賰賱 丕賱兀卮賷丕亍 丕賱爻禺賷賮丞 丕賱賲賳丕賮賷丞 賱賱毓賯賱.

226 pages, Paperback

First published June 26, 2005

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Derrick Jensen

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Derrick Jensen is an American author and environmental activist living in Crescent City, California. He has published several books questioning and critiquing contemporary society and its values, including A Language Older Than Words, The Culture of Make Believe, and Endgame. He holds a B.S. in Mineral Engineering Physics from the Colorado School of Mines and an M.F.A. in Creative Writing from Eastern Washington University. He has also taught creative writing at Pelican Bay State Prison and Eastern Washington University.

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When I was between the ages of seven and eleven, my father was particularly ready to start a militia and secede from the union. I say "particularly" because in one way or another he's always been a little paranoid and iffy on the subject of loyalty to his citizenship (except when republicans are elected to any office, then you are guarantied to see him sporting his American flag suspenders). My parents "home schooled" me for a few years (quotation marks indicate that you could take out the word "school" and the phrase might be more accurate), when not putting me in various, sometimes experimental, private schools, so I have a colorful educational background. I always loved learning, as Derrick Jensen would say we all do, but I loathed the educational circus that was my childhood. I say all this because I have a deep mistrust of people who, like my father, are excessively suspicious or critical of civilization. Jensen is one of these people, and so I am sorry to say that I am absolutely persuaded by every argument I have heard him make. He positively has me ready to march out and overthrow the global economy.

My first exposure to Derrick Jensen was at the University of Oregon's Public Interest Environmental Law Conference last year. My vegan friend and my noble-savage friend took me to hear him as a keynote speaker. When the girl introducing him to the standing-room-only audience and said something to the effect of, "Don't stampede out of here when you hear his crazy ideas. We need extremists like Jensen to make the rest of us look normal" I sighed and braced myself for chanting and rhyming gibberish (in Eugene that kind of thing, unfortunately, is not completely uncommon). Instead, I met this hilarious, kind, thoughtful man, who I believe is truly trying to help people - and not in a patronizing, rich-American kind of way, either (pet peeve of mine). He's obviously doing the things he does because he understands that making us better helps him. To give you an idea of the lecture he gave when I saw him, this youtube clip shows a small section of the beginning of the lecture, when he gave it elsewhere. In this clip he describes the original script for the movie Star Wars: .

is primarily about Jensen's experiences as a writer and writing instructor at a prison and a university in Washington state. Those experiences are really only the frame, though, in which he presents his criticisms of the American educational system, where Jensen says we are trained to submit ourselves to a society that turns us into slaves and masters. This book is what I wished would have been. Rather than focus on the details of misinformation in textbooks and the politics of the educational system, which bogged down 's complaint against public education, Derrick Jensen tackled the larger problem of the systems in which we live. This book doesn't necessarily deal with all of the larger issues Jensen typically talks about, but I read it because it's . . . ummm . . . how shall I phrase this? It's about six hundred pages shorter than his other books. It seemed like a good place to start.

The thing that really makes me impressed with Jensen's writing and speaking is that I think he deeply believes in the destructiveness of industrialized civilization, and he is honestly fighting to save the things he loves. One of the points he made in the lecture I heard was that people used to get their food from forests and rivers, so we would fight to the death to protect forests and rivers. Now we get our food from supermarkets, so we will fight to the death to protect supermarkets and let the forests and rivers that actually provide the food be destroyed by the systems that created the supermarket. I mean, it's just true. They change the deli section at a grocery store and there's a public outcry from the same people who laugh at the major destruction of ocean mammal life. And I'm no different. The things I don't know or understand that are deeply important to the survival of the human race are staggering. I'm not willing to abandon civilization entirely, but I'm definitely a believer, if only from the arguments of Derrick Jensen, in the evils of industrialism.
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August 23, 2015
毓馗賷賲 !
賰鬲丕亘 毓賳 丕賱鬲毓賱賷賲 賵賮毓賱 丕賱賰鬲丕亘丞 賵丕賱孬賵乇丞 . 賷賵賲賷丕鬲 亘爻賷胤丞 賷爻乇丿賴丕 丿賷乇賷賰 噩賳爻賳 賲賳 丿丕禺賱 賮氐賱賴 丕賱丿乇丕爻賷 貙丕禺鬲夭賱 賰賱 賲丕 賷噩乇賷 亘丿丕禺賱 賮氐賱賴 丕賱丿乇丕爻賷 賲賳 賲賳丕賯卮丕鬲 賵賲賵囟賵毓丕鬲 丨賵賱 賲賵丕囟亘毓 賲氐賷乇賷丞 兀賵 毓丕亘乇丞 亘賲賳胤賯賷丞 貙賴匕賴 丕賱兀賲賵乇 噩毓賱鬲賳賷 兀乇賶 丕賱毓丕賱賲 賲賳 賲賳馗賵乇 丌禺乇 禺氐賵氐丕賸 亘賲丕 賷禺氐 丕賱鬲丿賵賷賳 .
丿賷乇賷賰 賴賳丕 賷孬賷乇 鬲爻丕丐賱丕鬲 毓丿賷丿丞 丨賵賱 賰賮丕亍丞 丕賱鬲毓賱賷賲 貙 賵丕賱丨賷丕丞 賵賮毓賱 丕賱賰鬲丕亘丞 貙賵毓賳 賰賱 賲丕 賷噩毓賱 丕賱賰鬲賾丕亘 賮毓賱丕賸 賰鬲賾丕亘 亘賲毓賳賶 丕賱賰賱賲丞 !

賰賱 賲丕 賷賵丿 噩賳爻賳 兀賳 賷賯賵賱賴 : " 廿賳 丕賱賲賴賲丞 丕賱鬲賷 賳賵丕噩賴賴丕 賰丌丿賲賷賷賳 賴賷 賰賷賮賷丞 丕賰鬲卮丕賮 匕賵丕鬲賳丕 孬賲 丕賱賯丿乇丞 毓賱賶 兀賳 賳氐亘丨 丕賱卮賷亍 丕賱匕賷 丕賰鬲卮賮賳丕賴 !"
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731 reviews165 followers
October 30, 2014
This is a book about the education system with little bits of writing advice thrown in. Jensen follows the tradition of pedagogical cranks and visionaries like Ivan Illich and Jacques Ranciere in the idea that schools exist primarily to teach submission. For Jensen, of course, this is just part of the beast of Industrial Civilization destroying the liveable earth. But suddenly, in between salmon die-off statistics, you've got a helpful tip about writing dialogue. Even if Jensen isn't the best writer, his advice is clear and useful (including "The Most Important Writing Exercise," which is shaking out your hands and stretching them into double raised middle fingers to the world).

But you know when you're reading, say, Malcolm Gladwell, and you start to feel a tension in your spine, a bitterness at the back of your throat, a mild headache? I call the feeling "the Smarm Heebie-Jeebies." It happens when someone is absolutely certain they're right about the world and writes a book to prove it. Jensen's ideas are more interesting than Gladwell's, but I get the feeling nonetheless, because the SH-Js aren't ideological, they're aesthetic. All of this point-proving and self-certainty shapes writing, and I don't like that shape.

***NOTE: Derrick Jensen is publicly transphobic (for the "radical feminist" reasons). This book doesn't deal with those issues as far as I could see, but all the same I don't recommend buying any book by Jensen, or otherwise financially supporting him. I know that a lot of writers have messed up personal lives, and I'm fine with disconnecting their art from that -- but the problem for me is that Jensen's transphobia isn't personal: he's made it very public, and it hurts people I care about.
1 review4 followers
June 21, 2007
I borrowed this from the LIBRARY! at the behest of SteviePeace. I began reading it at around 1AM on a Tuesday morning. I didn't put it down until I had finished it - when the sun was high over the North End. I then wandered around my low-rent apartment mumbling to myself and hoping Derrick Jensen would stop by so I could hug him.

You get the picture. I love this book. It's a quick read and it's powerful.

Derrick Jensen shows beautifully how education, politics and writing are inextricable in the mind of the writer. I've read a dozen how-to guides on writing. This is the only one I value. I've read several dozen anarchist analyses of this commercial world. This is in my top 10.

This book is funny, honest and revolutionary. Read this book, rock your face off, and pass it on to a friend.
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187 reviews213 followers
March 4, 2016
賴匕丕 丕賱賰鬲丕亘 賱丕 賷丨鬲賵賷 賮賯胤 毓賱賶 丿乇賵爻 賮賷 丕賱賰鬲丕亘丞 丕賱廿亘丿丕毓賷丞 賲賳 兀爻鬲丕匕 賲鬲禺氐氐 賮賷賴丕 貙賵 賱賰賳 賷丨鬲賵賷 兀賷囟丕 毓賱賶 丿乇賵爻 賮賷 丕賰鬲卮丕賮 匕丕鬲賰 賵 丕賱鬲毓乇賮 毓賱賶 賳賮爻賰 賵 禺賱賯 毓賱丕賯丞 丨賲賷賲丞 賲毓賴丕 丕賱鬲賷 鬲毓鬲亘乇 賲賮鬲丕丨 賳丨賵 丕賱賰鬲丕亘丞 丕賱廿亘丿丕毓賷丞.. 賴匕丕 丕賱賰鬲丕亘 亘賳賷 毓賱賶 丕賱賯丕毓丿丞 丕賱兀賵賱賶 丕賱鬲賷 賷賳氐丨 亘賴丕 丕賱賲丐賱賮 丿丕卅賲丕 賱胤賱亘鬲賴 賮賷 丕賱賰鬲丕亘丞 丕賱廿亘丿丕毓賷丞 賵 賴賷 匕丕鬲賴丕 丕賱賯丕毓丿丞 丕賱孬丕賳賷丞 賵 丕賱孬丕賱孬丞 賵 丕賱乇丕亘毓丞 .. 賯丕毓丿丞 "賱丕 鬲噩毓賱 丕賱賯丕乇卅 賷卮毓乇 亘丕賱賲賱賱 " 爻鬲噩丿賴丕 賮賷 賰賱 氐賮丨丞 賮賷賴 賵 賴賷 賲賷夭丞 賰賮賷賱丞 亘噩毓賱賰 鬲賯乇兀 兀賷 賰鬲丕亘 賵 賱賵 鬲賳丕賵賱 賲賵囟賵毓 "爻賲賰 丕賱爻丕賱賲賵賳 丕賱賲鬲賵丨卮 " 丕賱匕賷 鬲囟賲賳賴 賴匕丕 丕賱賰鬲丕亘 兀賷囟丕 ...
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494 reviews135 followers
March 21, 2011
When I was in grad school, I taught two freshmen writing courses. Teaching those classes was a requirement, but no one bothered to teach us how to teach. Bear in mind this was a prestigious university. My students were paying thirty thousand dollars a year in tuition to sit in a room and watch me flail.

I dreaded every class.

I wish I鈥檇 read this book back then.

Derrick Jensen is like an amalgam of every Inspirational Teacher you鈥檝e ever seen in a movie. Only he鈥檚 not full of shit.

This is a book about teaching and a book about writing and a book about how to teach writing. It鈥檚 about learning how to question authority and realizing that sometimes the authority in question is you.

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374 reviews50 followers
February 6, 2009
I received this book at our honeymoon, and years ago I read Jensen's A Language Older Than Words, which I found interesting but not entirely convincing. I suppose that's true in a certain way with Walking on Water, though I liked it much better, on the whole.

The center of this book is Jensen's experiences teaching creative writing at Eastern Washington University and at a prison--in many ways, we could see this book as primarily about teaching creative writing and about writing itself. Around this center, he critiques education as it's often executed (echoing in many ways John Taylor Gatto), and certainly that informs his views on teaching.

In short, he finds education to be a stifling exercise in beating down the creativity, individuality, and independence of students, and he reacts against this by encouraging all of these things. He implements a grading system based as simply as possible on effort, refusing to grade his students' writing. Even in his critiques of their pieces, he focuses on praising and encouraging the writer's strengths rather than criticizing the perceived faults. Much of his class, however, isn't about writing--it's about discovering the self, interrogating the self, pondering the world, as students get to know themselves and each other.

There's a good deal in this book that's challenging to conventional understandings of education, and as such it's difficult to accept it entirely, but also impossible for me to dismiss out of hand. Jensen has important things to say about education, not just about creative writing.
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211 reviews3 followers
February 22, 2017
乇亘賲丕 賷賰賵賳 賴匕丕 丕賱賰鬲丕亘 噩賷丿 賵賷爻鬲丨賯 鬲賯賷賷賲 兀賮囟賱 廿賱丕 兀賳賴 賱賲 賷賰賳 賰鬲丕亘賷 亘亘爻丕胤丞 賵廿賳 賰丕賳鬲 亘毓囟 賮賯乇丕鬲賴 賯丿 乇丕賯鬲 賱賷.
噩匕亘賳賷 丕賱毓賳賵丕賳 賮賷 丕賱亘丿丕賷丞 賵兀亘賴乇鬲賳賷 賲賯丿賲丞 丕賱賰鬲丕亘 丕賱鬲賷 丕賳鬲賯丿鬲 丕賱賳馗丕賲 丕賱鬲毓賱賷賲賷 亘賯賵丞 胤丕乇丨丕 丕賱賰丕鬲亘 賮賷賴丕 鬲爻丕丐賱丕鬲 毓丿賷丿丞 毓賳 噩丿賵丕賴 乇丕賵丿鬲賳賷 賲賲丕孬賱丕鬲賴丕 亘賰孬乇丞 賲丐禺乇丕 賰賲丕 丕毓鬲賯丿 兀賳賴丕 鬲乇丕賵丿 丕賱毓丿賷丿 賲賳 丕賱兀卮禺丕氐.
廿賱丕 兀賳 丕賱賰鬲丕亘 賰丕賳 毓亘丕乇丞 毓賳 爻乇丿 賱鬲噩乇亘丞 丕賱賰丕鬲亘 賮賷 鬲毓賱賷賲賴 賱賮賳 丕賱賰鬲丕亘丞 賲丨丕賵賱丕 丕賱鬲丨乇乇 賯丿乇 丕賱兀賲賰丕賳 賲賳 丕賱賳賲胤 丕賱鬲毓賱賷賲賷 丕賱鬲賯賱賷丿賷 賵賲賳 丕賱賳馗丕賲 丕賱鬲毓賱賷賲賷 賵賲丨丕賵賱鬲賴 鬲丨乇賷乇 胤賱丕亘賴 賲賳 鬲兀孬賷乇 賴匕丕 丕賱賳馗丕賲 毓賱賶 賯丿乇丕鬲賴賲 丕賱廿亘丿丕毓賷丞.
賱賱兀爻賮 賯乇丕亍丞 丕賱賰鬲丕亘 賱賲 鬲賰賳 賲乇賷丨丞 賱賷 賮賯丿 賰丕賳 兀爻賱賵亘 丕賱賰鬲丕亘丞 兀卮亘賴 亘鬲丿丕毓賷 兀賮賰丕乇 兀賵 丿乇丿卮丞 賷爻鬲乇噩毓 賮賷賴丕 丕賱賰丕鬲亘 兀賮賰丕乇賴 兀賵 鬲噩丕乇亘賴 丿賵賳 兀賳 賷賰賵賳 賴賳丕賰 鬲乇丕亘胤 賲賳胤賯賷 亘賷賳賴丕 -丕賵 乇亘賲丕 賴匕丕 賲丕亘丿丕 賱賷- 賰賲丕 兀賳 丕賱鬲乇噩賲丞 賱賲
鬲賰賳 爻賱爻丞 賲賲丕 夭丕丿 賲賳 鬲毓孬乇 賮賴賲賷 賵賯乇丕亍鬲賷 .
賵丕毓鬲賯丿 兀賳 噩賱 賲丕 賰丕賳 賷丨丕賵賱 賴匕丕 丕賱賰丕鬲亘 廿賷氐丕賱賴 賱胤賱丕亘賴 兀賳賴 廿賳 賱賲 鬲賰賳 賮賱賳 鬲爻鬲胤賷毓 兀賳 鬲賰鬲亘. 廿賳 賱賲 鬲爻鬲胤毓 兀賳 鬲丐賲賳 亘賮賰乇丞 賵鬲鬲卮乇亘賴丕 賵鬲毓賷卮賴丕 賮賱賳 鬲爻鬲胤賷毓 廿賷氐丕賱賴丕 兀亘丿丕.
賯丿 賷賰賵賳 賴匕丕 丕賱賰鬲丕亘 匕丕 賯賷賲丞 賱賲賳 賷賴賵賶 丕賱賰鬲丕亘丞 丕賵 賷丨鬲乇賮賴丕 廿賱丕 兀賳賷 賱賲 丕賰賳 賲賲賳 賷乇睾亘賵賳 亘賴丕 賱匕丕 賱賲 丕爻鬲胤毓 丕賱鬲賮丕毓賱 賲毓賴 賰孬賷乇丕.
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93 reviews43 followers
August 31, 2017
賲卮 賯丕丿乇丞 兀丨丿丿 賴賱 丕賱睾賱胤 賮賶 丕賱賰鬲丕亘 賵 賱丕 丕賱鬲乇噩賲丞 責 丕賱毓賳賵丕賳 噩匕亘賳賶 噩丿丕 亘爻 賱賱丕爻賮 丕賱爻乇丿 賮賶 丕賱賰鬲丕亘 賲賲賱 賲賲賱 賲賲賱 ! 亘爻 賱丕夭賲 兀毓鬲乇賮 兀賳 賮賷賴 卮賵賷丞 兀賮賰丕乇 賰丕賳鬲 賲賱賴賲丞 亘丕賱賳爻亘丕賱賶.. 丕賱賰丕鬲亘 亘賷丨賰賶 毓賳 丕賱丨賵丕乇丕鬲 丕賱賱賶 賰丕賳鬲 亘鬲丿賵乇 亘賷賳賴 賵 亘賷賳 丕賱胤賱亘丞 賮賶 丕賱賮氐賵賱 丕賱賱賶 亘賷丿乇爻 賮賷賴丕 賵 胤乇賷賯鬲賴 丕賱賲禺鬲賱賮丞 賮賶 鬲毓賱賷賲 丕賱胤賱亘丞 丕賱賰鬲丕亘丞 亘廿賱賴丕賲賴賲 亘兀賮賰丕乇 睾乇賷亘丞 賱丨丿 賰亘賷乇 ..
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8 reviews
December 4, 2021
It was the right book at the right time for me. If you are or want to be an educator, it might be the right book for you too.
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30 reviews3 followers
July 12, 2021
賵噩丿鬲 賮賷 丕賱賰鬲丕亘 兀賰孬乇 賲賲賾丕 賰賳鬲 丌賲賱 兀賳 兀噩丿賴貙 賰賵賳賷 亘丿兀鬲賴 亘賳賷丞 兀賳賷 爻兀賰賵賳 兀賲丕賲 毓賲賱 賷鬲丨丿賾孬 毓賳 丕賱賯乇丕亍丞 賵鬲賯賳賷丕鬲 丕賱賰鬲丕亘丞貙 賵馗賱賾鬲 丕賱孬賵乇丞 賷購賳鬲馗乇 丕賱賰卮賮 毓賳 賲乇丕丿賴丕 賲賳 丕賱毓賳賵丕賳. 賱賰賳 爻乇毓丕賳 賲丕 丕鬲賾囟丨 賱賷 兀賳 丕賱賰鬲丕亘 賲氐丕睾 亘兀爻賱賵亘 爻乇丿賷 噩賲賷賱貙 賳爻鬲胤賷毓 兀賳 賳賯賵賱 兀賳賾賴 兀爻賱賵亘賹 乇賵丕卅賷賾 賷丨賰賷賴 丿賷乇賷賰 噩賳爻賳 兀爻鬲丕匕 賲亘丕丿卅 丕賱賰鬲丕亘丞 賵丕賱鬲賮賰賷乇貙 賲賳 毓賱賷 丕賱賲噩鬲賲毓 丕賱噩丕賲毓賷 丕賱兀賲乇賷賰賷貙 賵丕賱匕賷 賷賳胤賱賯 賲賳賴 賯丕氐賸賾丕 鬲噩乇亘鬲賴 丕賱鬲毓賱賷賲賷丞 賮賷 丕賱噩丕賲毓丞貙 孬賲賾 鬲噩乇亘鬲賴 丕賱鬲丿乇賷爻賷丞 賲賳 丿丕禺賱 丕賱爻噩賳. 丨賷孬 兀賰孬乇 賲丕 賲賷賾夭 兀爻賱賵亘賴 丕賱兀爻鬲丕匕賷 賴賵 胤乇賷賯鬲賴 丕賱賱丕爻賱胤賵賷丞貙 丕賱賲賲鬲毓丞 賵丕賱鬲乇賮賷賴賷丞貙 賵丕賱賯乇賷亘丞 賲賳 胤賱丕亘賴 賱兀賳賴 賷賯鬲乇亘 賲賳 丨賷丕鬲賴賲 兀賰孬乇貙 賮賷 鬲賯丿賷賲 丿乇賵爻 丕賱賰鬲丕亘丞 賵丕賱鬲賮賰賷乇貙 賲丕 噩毓賱賴 毓購乇囟丞 賱丕賳鬲賯丕丿丕鬲 賵丌乇丕亍 賲鬲亘丕賷賳丞 毓賳 胤乇賷賯鬲賴 丕賱鬲毓賱賷賲賷丞貙 亘賷賳 賲賵丕賮賯 賵 乇丕賮囟貙 鬲丨鬲 賲胤賱亘 兀賳 毓賱賷賴 兀賳 賷賰賵賳 兀賰孬乇 氐乇丕賲丞 賮賷 丕賱鬲毓賱賷賲 賵賷亘鬲毓丿 毓賳 丕賱廿胤乇丕亍 賵夭乇毓 丕賱賮兀賱貙 賵賴匕丕 賲丕 賮爻賾乇賴 噩賳爻賳 賮賷 兀賳 丕賱賳馗丕賲 丕賱鬲毓賱賷賲賷 丕賱兀賲乇賷賰賷 毓賵賾丿 胤賱亘鬲賴 毓賱賷 兀賳 賷賰賵賳賵丕 賲丨亘賵爻賷賳 丿禺賱 賳爻賯 賲賳 丕賱廿噩亘丕乇賷丞 賵丕賱鬲賯賷賷丿.

賮賷 丕賱賰鬲丕亘 賳氐丕卅丨 毓賳 丕賱賰鬲丕亘丞貙 賵賰賷賮 兀賳賾賴 賲賳 丕賱夭卅亘賯賷 毓賱賷 兀賷 賰丕鬲亘貙 兀賳 賷噩毓賱 賰鬲丕亘丕鬲賴 賱丕 鬲氐賷亘 賯丕乇卅賴丕 亘丕賱賲賱賱 丨賷孬 賷賯賵賱: 賰賷賮 爻鬲噩毓賱賳賷 兀賮囟賾賱 賯乇丕亍丞 毓賲賱賰 毓賱賷 兀賳 兀匕賴亘 毓賵囟 匕賱賰 賱賲賲丕乇爻丞 丕賱噩賳爻 兀賵 賮毓賱 賳卮丕胤 鬲乇賮賷賴賷責 賷購乇丕丿 賲賳 賴匕丕 丕賱爻丐丕賱貙 兀賳 毓賱賷 丕賱賲賰鬲賵亘 兀賳 賷賲爻賰 賯丕乇卅賴 毓賳 丕賱丨賷丕丞 賱賵賴賱丞貙 亘賱 賷賲鬲氐賾賴 廿賱賷 毓丕賱賲賴貙 賵賴匕賴 賴賷 丕賱賰鬲丕亘丞 丕賱丨賯賷賯賷丞 賮賷 賳馗乇賴. 廿匕 廿賳賾 賴匕丕 賴賵 兀賴賲賾 賲亘丿兀 賷夭賴乇 亘賴 丕賱兀丿亘 丕賱丨賯.

丕賱爻賷乇 賮賵賯 丕賱賲丕亍:
亘亘爻丕胤丞貙 兀賳鬲 鬲爻鬲胤賷毓 兀賳 鬲爻賷乇 賮賵賯 丕賱賲丕亍貙 兀賳 鬲丨賯賾賯 賴匕丕 丕賱賲爻鬲丨賷賱 丕賱賱丕賲爻鬲丨賷賱貙 兀鬲毓賱賲 兀賳 賲丕 鬲馗賾賳賴 毓氐賷賸賾丕 賲爻鬲丨賷賱丕 毓賳 丕賱賰鬲丕亘丞貙 賮賷 丕賱丨賯賷賯丞 賴賵 賲賲賰賳貙 匕賱賰 兀賳 鬲爻乇賷丨 賮賰乇丞 丕賱賲爻鬲丨賷賱 賴賵 兀賵賾賱 禺胤賵丞貙 賱鬲丨賯賷賯 匕賱賰 丕賱賲賳丕賱. 丨鬲賷 賱賷丨氐賱 兀賳賰 爻鬲鬲賮丕噩卅 賲賳 賯丿乇鬲賰 毓賱賷 丕賱賲爻賷乇 賮賵賯 丕賱賲丕亍. 賵賴匕丕 兀毓鬲賯丿 毓賲賵丿 兀賴賲賾 賮氐賱 賲賳 賮氐賵賱 賴匕丕 丕賱賰鬲丕亘.

賳亘乇丞 丕賱賰鬲丕亘:
丕賱賳亘乇丞 丕賱乇卅賷爻賷丞 丕賱鬲賷 睾賱亘鬲 毓賱賷 丕賱賰鬲丕亘貙 賴賵 匕賱賰 丕賱鬲匕賲賾乇 賲賳 丕賱賲賳馗賵賲丞 丕賱鬲毓賱賷賲賷丞 丕賱兀賲乇賷賰賷丞貙 賵賰賷賮 兀賳 丕賱賲賳丕賴噩 丕賱兀賰丕丿賷賲賷丞 鬲購亘毓丿 丕賱廿賳爻丕賳 毓賳 匕丕鬲賴貙 賵鬲噩毓賱賴 丨亘賷爻 賳爻賯 賲賷賰丕賳賷賰賷貙 兀爻賵亍 賲丕 賷賮毓賱賴 亘毓丿 兀賳 賷賲丿賾賰 亘卮賴丕丿丞貙 賴賵 兀賳 賷爻賱亘賰 胤丕賯鬲賰 丕賱賵噩賵丿賷丞 賵賷丿賮毓 亘賰 廿賱賷 賳馗丕賲 丨賷丕丞 氐賳丕毓賷貙 賴乇賲賷貙 賯丿 賷毓丕乇囟 賵噩丿丕賳賰 賵賲丕 兀乇丿鬲賴 丨賯賸丕貙 賲賳 亘丕亘 兀賳賴 賱丕 禺賷丕乇 賱賰貙 廿賱丕 廿賳 兀乇丿鬲 丕賱賲賵鬲 噩賵毓賸丕. 賵賷購乇噩毓 賴匕賴 丕賱賲毓囟賱丞貙 廿賱賷 兀賳 丕賱賲噩鬲賲毓 丕賱氐賳丕毓賷 丕賱丨丿賷孬 賴賵 丕賱賲賳亘毓 賱賴匕賴 丕賱賲賳馗賵賲丕鬲 丕賱亘丕賴鬲丞. 賵賴匕丕 兀毓鬲賯丿 賲丕 賷賯氐丿賴 亘丕賱孬賵乇丞貙 孬賵乇丞 毓賱賷 丕賱賳馗丕賲 丕賱氐賳丕毓賷貙 賵丕賱丨賷丕丞 丕賱廿爻鬲賴賱丕賰賷丞貙 丨賷丕丞 亘賱丕 賲卮賷卅丞 卮禺氐賷丞貙 賵賱丕 賵噩賵丿 賲爻鬲賯賱賾貙 賵賱丕 匕丕鬲 賲購丨賯賾賯丞貙 賲購賳賰賮卅丞 毓賱賷 毓亘丕丿丞 丕賱賳馗丕賲 賵丕賱賳爻賯賷丞.
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賲賳 兀賲鬲毓 丕賱賰鬲亘 丕賱鬲賷 賯乇兀鬲賴丕 賴匕丕 丕賱毓丕賲 .
賲賱賷亍 亘丕賱兀賮賰丕乇 賵丕賱鬲爻丕丐賱丕鬲貙 賵丕賱賱丕賳賲胤賷丞 丕賱賲鬲亘毓丞 賲賳 賯亘賱 賲毓賱賲 丕賱賮氐賱 賮賷 鬲丿乇賷爻 賱胤賱丕亘賴 賲丕鬲毓丞 噩丿丕賸 .
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賰賷賮 賷賲賰賳賳賷 -賮毓賱丕賸- 兀賳 兀鬲毓賱賲 責責 賵賴賱 鬲賵賮乇 賱賷 丕賱賲丿乇爻丞 丕賱胤乇賷賯丞 丕賱賲孬賱賶 丕賱鬲賷 兀亘丨孬 毓賳賴丕 責責 兀賲 兀賳賴丕 鬲卮賵賴賳賷 毓賳 毓賲丿責責 賵賴賱 賱丕 亘丿賷賱 毓賳 鬲賱賰 丕賱賲丿乇爻丞 廿匕丕 賰丕賳鬲 賰匕賱賰 責責 賵賴賱 賵賴賱 賵賴賱 ..
賷鬲丨丿孬 丕賱賲丐賱賮 賮賷 賴匕丕 丕賱賰鬲丕亘 毓賳 鬲賱賰 丕賱兀爻卅賱丞 毓賳 胤乇賷賯 爻乇丿 賯氐丞 丨賷丕鬲賴 丕賱賲賴賳賷丞 賵丕賱鬲毓賱賷賲賷丞 丕賱鬲賷 丕賲鬲丕夭鬲 亘賰賷賮賷丞 毓賱丕噩 鬲賱賰 丕賱賲兀爻丕丞 賮賷 毓賲賱賴 賰兀爻鬲丕匕 噩丕賲毓賷 丕賱鬲賷 鬲噩乇毓 賲乇丕乇賴丕 賮鬲乇丞 卮亘丕亘賴 賵亘賱賵睾賴 ..
賮賷匕賰乇 兀賳 賱丕 爻亘賷賱 廿賱賶 丕賱鬲毓賱賲 爻賵賶 丕賱鬲毓賱賲 丕賱匕丕鬲賷 .. 亘賱 賯亘賱 匕賱賰 兀氐賱丕賸 : 賴賱 丕賱鬲毓賱賲 賲賴賲 亘丕賱賳爻亘丞 賱賱廿賳爻丕賳 .. 兀賲 賴賷 賮鬲乇丞 賷噩亘 兀賳 鬲賲乇 亘丨賷丕鬲賰 賯丿 賱丕 鬲爻鬲賮賷丿 賲賳賴丕 亘卮賷亍 ..
賵賲賳 賴賳丕 賷兀鬲賷 丕賱卮睾賮 亘丕賱毓賱賲 .. 賱兀賳賴 賲賴賲 賱賷 賰廿賳爻丕賳
胤乇賷賯丞 丕賱賲丐賱賮 賮賷 賰鬲丕亘鬲賴 乇丕卅毓丞 .. 賷亘賷賳 賱賰 兀賳 賴賳丕賰 賲卮賰賱丞 賲丕 賮賷 鬲賱賰 丕賱賲賳馗賵賲丞 丕賱賲鬲賴丕賱賰丞 .. 賱賰賳 賲丕 丕賱毓賲賱 責責 賴賵 賱丕 賷丿乇賷 .. 賱賰賳 賱爻丕賳 丨丕賱賴 賷賯賵賱 : 賲毓乇賮丞 丕賱禺賱賱 賴賷 兀賵賱 胤乇賷賯 賱廿氐賱丕丨賴
胤丕賱 賲賰孬賷 賲毓 匕賱賰 丕賱賰鬲丕亘 .. 賵賮賷 丕賱丨賯賷賯丞 兀丨亘亘鬲 鬲賱賰 丕賱廿胤丕賱丞 賱兀賳賴丕 賲賱賷卅丞 亘鬲爻丕丐賱丕鬲 賲孬賷乇丞 丨賵賱 丕賱鬲毓賱賷賲 賵賰賷賮賷丞 廿毓丕丿丞 乇賵丨 丕賱卮睾賮 亘丕賱毓賱賲 廿賱賶 丕賱胤賱亘丞

丕賱爻賵兀丞 丕賱賵丨賷丿丞 賮賷 匕賱賰 丕賱賰鬲丕亘 : 丕賱鬲乇噩賲丞 .. 賱賲 鬲毓噩亘賳賷 賮賷 賰孬賷乇 賲賳 丕賱賲賵丕囟毓 .. 賱賰賳 鬲賰賮賷賳賷 賲毓乇賮鬲賷 亘丕賱賰鬲丕亘
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115 reviews5 followers
June 2, 2008
this is a great book. a quick read, even though it's nonfiction. i read it in just a few days, which is fast for me. it helps that it's short.

it makes me excited to become a teacher, and has given me lots of ideas. and though i'm not a writer, it makes me want to write.

it also makes me hate school even more than i already do, and question whether i really should teach.

this book uses humor and creativity to discuss the role of teachers, how fucked-up institutional education is, and some rules for writing. this is a unique approach to teaching and writing, and i expect to read it again when i am becoming a teacher. jensen also gave me other books to read about teaching.

i also want to read bell hooks' books about education.

Walking on Water is inspiring! I can now cross off another Jensen book from my to-read list.
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June 11, 2021
賲乇賰夭 賴匕丕 丕賱賰鬲丕亘 賴賵 鬲噩丕乇亘 噩賳爻賳 賮賷 鬲丿乇賷爻 丕賱賰鬲丕亘丞 丕賱廿亘丿丕毓賷丞 賮賷 噩丕賲毓丞 卮乇賯 賵丕卮賳胤賳 賵賮賷 兀丨丿 丕賱爻噩賵賳 - 賲賳 賳賵丕丨賺 毓丿賷丿丞 貙 賷賲賰賳賳丕 兀賳 賳乇賶 賴匕丕 丕賱賰鬲丕亘 毓賱賶 兀賳賴 賮賷 丕賱賲賯丕賲 丕賱兀賵賱 賷丿賵乇 丨賵賱 鬲毓賱賷賲 丕賱賰鬲丕亘丞 丕賱廿亘丿丕毓賷丞 賵毓賳 丕賱賰鬲丕亘丞 賳賮爻賴丕. 丨賵賱 賴匕丕 丕賱賲乇賰夭 貙 賷賳鬲賯丿 丕賱鬲毓賱賷賲 賱兀賳賴 睾丕賱亘賸丕 賲丕 賷鬲賲 鬲賳賮賷匕賴 貙 賵亘丕賱鬲兀賰賷丿 賮廿賳 匕賱賰 賷購毓賱賲 賵噩賴丕鬲 賳馗乇賴 丨賵賱 丕賱鬲丿乇賷爻. 亘丕禺鬲氐丕乇 貙 賷噩丿 丕賱鬲毓賱賷賲 鬲賲乇賷賳賸丕 禺丕賳賯賸丕 賮賷 丕賱鬲睾賱亘 毓賱賶 廿亘丿丕毓 丕賱胤賱丕亘 賵鬲賮乇丿賴賲 賵丕爻鬲賯賱丕賱賴賲 貙 賵賷鬲賮丕毓賱 賲毓 匕賱賰 亘鬲卮噩賷毓 賰賱 賴匕賴 丕賱兀卮賷丕亍. 廿賳賴 賷胤亘賯 賳馗丕賲 丿乇噩丕鬲 賯丕卅賲 毓賱賶 丕賱噩賴丿 賯丿乇 丕賱廿賲賰丕賳 貙 賵賷乇賮囟 鬲氐賳賷賮 賰鬲丕亘丕鬲 胤賱丕亘賴. 丨鬲賶 賮賷 丕賳鬲賯丕丿丕鬲賴 賱賲賯丕賱丕鬲賴賲 貙 賮廿賳賴 賷乇賰夭 毓賱賶 賲丿丨 賳賯丕胤 賯賵丞 丕賱賰丕鬲亘 賵鬲卮噩賷毓賴丕 亘丿賱丕賸 賲賳 丕賳鬲賯丕丿 丕賱毓賷賵亘 丕賱賲鬲氐賵乇丞. 賵賲毓 匕賱賰 貙 賮廿賳 丕賱賰孬賷乇 賲賳 賮氐賱賴 賱丕 賷鬲毓賱賯 亘丕賱賰鬲丕亘丞 - 廿賳賴 賷鬲毓賱賯 亘丕賰鬲卮丕賮 丕賱匕丕鬲 貙 賵丕賱鬲兀賲賱 賮賷 丕賱毓丕賱賲 貙 丨賷孬 賷鬲毓乇賮 丕賱胤賱丕亘 毓賱賶 兀賳賮爻賴賲 賵毓賱賶 亘毓囟賴賲 丕賱亘毓囟.
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February 16, 2008
"modern schools and universities push students into habits of depersonalized learning, alienation from nature and sexuality, obedience to hierarchy, fear of authority, self-objectification, and chilling competitiveness. these character traits are the essence of the twisted personality-type of modern industrialism. they are precisely the character traits needed to maintain a social system that is utterly out of touch with nature, sexuality, and real human needs." ~arthur evans (as quoted in the book)

writing about education, teaching, and creativity, jensen turns his scathing critique onto the industrial classroom.
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401 reviews
August 15, 2023
Reading this is like being in a classroom with my favorite subversive teacher. It was relevant in 2004, and it will always be relevant to me, nearly twenty years later.

"It goes back to the same old questions, but with a new one at the end.
Who are you?
What do you love?
And the new one: what do you want?" (p. 183)

and in my thirties, i feel these lines in my gut, and sure, my butt too:
"I guess the first thing I wish someone would have told me is that it's okay to hate school, that it's really crazy to expect people to sit motionless and to pretend to be interested as you bore them out of their skulls, and it's even more crazy to expect them to like it." -p. 47
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February 6, 2008
I lost steam during this one. I really agree with his premise. That through education we often become more like bricks in the wall (pink floyd) than creative unique humans, but not enough umph for me. There is one thing that I remember from this book though and it pops into my mind I would say at least once a week. Don't clock watch!!! Do something worthwhile with your time. Don't wake up and do something that you wish would get over faster.
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September 23, 2019
兀毓鬲賯丿 兀賳 噩賳爻賳 賱賲 賷亘丕賱睾 賮賷 丨丕賱丞 丕賱鬲賵鬲乇 貙 亘賱 賵囟毓 廿氐亘毓賴 毓賱賶 噩乇丨 丕賱賯賷賵丿 丕賱鬲賷 鬲賳賴丕賱 毓賱賷賴丕 賲賳 賰賱 丨丿亘 賵氐賵亘 貙 丕賱賲丿丕乇爻 賮賷 毓丕賱賲 氐賳丕毓賷 賰賴匕丕 丕賱匕賷 賳毓賷卮 毓賲賵賲丕賸 賱丕 鬲賯鬲賱 丕賱廿亘丿丕毓 賮賯胤 亘賱 鬲賯鬲賱 丕賱亘賴噩丞 賰匕賱賰 貙 賵鬲噩毓賱賳丕 亘卮乇 賲胤賷毓賷賳 噩丿丕賸 丿賵賳 兀賳 賳賰賵賳 賯丕丿乇賷賳 毓賱賶 鬲賵噩賷賴 兀賷 賳賯丿 貙 毓賱賶 丕賱胤賱丕亘 賵丕賱賰鬲丕亘 兀賳 賷毓亘乇賵丕 毓賳 丕爻鬲賷丕卅賴賲 賲賳 丿賵賳 賯賷賵丿 丕賱賳丕卮乇 兀賵 丕賱賲噩鬲賲毓 .
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賰鬲丕亘 兀賰孬乇 賲賳 乇丕卅毓
丕亘丿毓 丕賱賲丐賱賮 賮賷 毓乇囟賴 賱賱兀賮賰丕乇
賵兀亘丿毓 丕賱賲鬲乇噩賲 賮賷 鬲乇噩賲鬲賴

賷鬲丨丿孬 丕賱賰鬲丕亘 毓賳 賲噩賲賵毓丞 賲賳 丕賱賯賵丕毓丿 丕賱禺丕氐丞 賱賱賰鬲丕亘賴
賵賱賰賳 亘胤乇賷賯丞 賰爻乇 賲賳 禺賱丕賱賴丕 丕賱丕爻賱賵亘 丕賱鬲賯賱賷丿賷
賮賴賵 賷鬲賱丕毓亘 亘丕賱賯丕乇卅 賵賷賳賯賱賴 賰賷賮賲丕 卮丕亍
亘賲鬲毓賴 賵鬲賳賵毓

丕賳氐丨 亘賴 賵亘卮丿丞 賱賲賳 賷乇賷丿 兀賳 賷丐賱賮 賰鬲丕亘丕 賵禺氐賵氐丕賸 丕賱乇賵丕卅賷賷賳
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October 4, 2016
" 丕賱賵賯鬲 賯氐賷乇 廿賳賴 賯氐賷乇 亘丕賱賳爻亘丞 賱賰賵賰亘賳丕 丕賱兀乇囟賷 丕賱匕賷 賴賵 亘賷鬲賳丕 賵賲賱丕匕賳丕 賵賷鬲賲 賯鬲賱賴 亘賷賳賲丕 賳丨賳 賱丕 賳賮毓賱 卮賷 . 賵亘丕賱賳爻亘丞 賱兀賵賱卅賰 丕賱胤賱亘丞 賮廿賳 丕賱賵賯鬲 兀賯氐乇 賲毓 丨賷丕鬲賴賲 丕賱鬲賷 鬲賳夭賱賯 賲賳賴賲 賲毓 賰賱 鬲賰丞 賲賳 鬲賰丕鬲 丕賱爻丕毓丞 丕賱賲賱鬲氐賯丞 賮賵賯 丨丕卅胤 丕賱賮氐賱 "
賰孬賷乇 賲賳 丕賱毓賲賱 賷噩亘 丕賱賯賷丕賲 亘賴 賮賲丕匕丕 鬲賳鬲馗乇賵賳 責 賱賯丿 丨丕賳 賵賯鬲 丕賱亘丿丕賷丞"
丿賷乇賷賰 噩賳爻賳.
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73 reviews6 followers
July 16, 2008
Absolutely best book for English teachers looking to change the system. Beautiful, inspiring, and novel.
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6 reviews10 followers
May 17, 2012
This book was awesome. It sparked my creativity in ways that no other book has done. I want to read it again soon!
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34 reviews13 followers
May 28, 2012
Probably my favorite contemporary text on teaching.
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Author听4 books60 followers
December 5, 2014
Wish I had read this while doing my Creative Writing MA.

Still, much food for thought.
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158 reviews8 followers
June 2, 2021
" 丕賱卮賷亍 丕賱賲賴賲 賴賵 兀賳 鬲賰賵賳 賲丕 鬲乇賷丿 賵兀賳 鬲乇睾亘 賮賷 賲丕 鬲丨鬲丕噩 賵兀賳 鬲賰賵賳 賲爻鬲毓丿丕賸 賱賱鬲毓賱賲 賵丕賱賲毓乇賮丞". *

" 丕賱爻賷乇 賮賵賯 丕賱賲丕亍" 賱賱賲丐賱賮 丿賷乇賷賰 噩賳爻賳 : 賰鬲丕亘 孬丕卅乇 賱賱鬲毓賱賷賲 丕賱丨賯賷賯賷 貙 賱賱廿賰鬲卮丕賮 丕賱匕丕鬲賷 貙 囟丿 丕賱鬲賱賯賷賳 . 丨賷孬 賷賮囟賱 丿賷乇賷賰 賵賴賵 丕賱兀爻鬲丕匕 丕賱噩丕賲毓賷 兀賳 賷鬲毓賱賲 胤賱丕亘賴 亘兀賳賮爻賴賲 貙 丨鬲賶 賷賰鬲卮賮賵丕 匕賵丕鬲賴賲 賲賳 丿賵賳 兀賷 賯賷丿 賲賳 賯賷賵丿 丕賱鬲賱賯賷賳 .
丕賱賰鬲丕亘 毓亘丕乇丞 毓賳 賷賵賲賷丕鬲 賷爻乇丿賴丕 丿賷乇賷賰 賲賳 丿丕禺賱 賮氐賱賴 丕賱丿乇丕爻賷 貙 丕禺鬲夭丕賱 賮賷賴丕 賰賱 賲丕 賷噩乇賷 亘丿丕禺賱 賮氐賱賴 賲賳 賲賳丕賯卮丕鬲 丨賵賱 賲賵丕囟賷毓 賲氐賷乇賷丞 兀賵 毓丕亘乇丞 亘賲賳胤賯賷丞 賵亘卮賰賱 賲賳馗賲 貙 賰鬲丕亘 爻賱爻 賲賲鬲毓 賲毓賴 爻鬲鬲毓乇賮 兀賰孬乇 賰賷賮賷丞 丕賱賰鬲丕亘丞 丕賱鬲賷 賲賳 卮兀賳賴丕 兀賳 鬲禺賱丿 賮賰乇鬲賰 賵鬲噩毓賱賴丕 鬲乇爻禺 賮賷 丕賱毓賯賵賱 .

" 廿賳 賵馗賷賮丞 丕賱賰賱賲丕鬲 賴賷 兀賳 鬲乇卮丿賳丕 廿賱賶 丕賱禺亘乇丞 賵鬲爻丕毓丿賳丕 賮賷 丕賱丕賱鬲賮丕賮 丨賵賱賴丕 賵賲丨丕賵賱丞 丕賱丕爻鬲賮丕丿丞 賲賳賴丕 賰賲丕 鬲毓賲賱 丕賱賰賱賲丕鬲 毓賱賶 鬲亘爻賷胤 鬲賱賰 丕賱禺亘乇丞 賵鬲賵囟賷丨 丕賱胤乇賯 賱賳丕 賱賱賲卮丕乇賰丞 賵賱賵 亘噩夭亍 囟卅賷賱 賲賳 鬲賱賰 丕賱禺亘乇丞 賵丕賱鬲噩乇亘丞 賲毓 賲賳 賳丨亘貙 廿賳 賵馗賷賮丞 丕賱賰賱賲丕鬲 鬲鬲賲孬賱 兀賷囟丕賸 賮賷 賲爻丕毓丿鬲賳丕 毓賱賶 鬲毓賱賲 賰賷賮賷丞 丕賱毓賷卮 賵丕賱鬲氐乇賮 賰丌丿賲賷賷賳 ". *

賵賴賵 賲賳 丕賱賰鬲亘 丕賱鬲賷 賷噩亘 兀賳 賷賯乇兀賴丕 賲賳 賷賳賵賷 賮毓賱 丕賱賰鬲丕亘丞 賱兀賳賴 賷丨鬲賵賷 毓賱賶 賲丕丿丞 噩賷丿丞 賵賳氐丕卅丨 賲賮賷丿丞 丨賵賱 賰賷賮賷丞 丕賱賰鬲丕亘丞 賵丕賱鬲毓丕賲賱 賲毓 丕賱賰賱賲丕鬲 .

" 賰丕賳 丕賰鬲卮丕賮賷 賱賲毓賳賶 丕賱鬲兀賲賱 賴賵 丕賱卮賷亍 丕賱賲賴賲 賮賷賲丕 丨丿孬 賵賰匕賱賰 賲毓乇賮鬲賷 亘賲賰丕賳 丕賱賰賱賲丕鬲 丕賱鬲賷 鬲鬲禺匕 卮賰賱 丕賱賮賯丕賯賷毓 丕賱賯丕丿賲丞 賲賳 噩亘丕賱 丕賱孬賱噩貙 賰賳鬲 賮賷 丨丕賱丞 丨亘 賲毓 丕賱賰賱賲丕鬲 賵賲毓 賲噩賲賱 丕賱丨賰丕賷丞 賵毓賲賱賷丞 丕賱賰鬲丕亘丞 匕丕鬲賴丕 賵賲毓 丕賱廿丨爻丕爻 亘丕賱鬲賵丕氐賱 丕賱賲胤賱賯 亘匕賱賰 丕賱氐乇丕毓 丕賱匕賷 賷卮賰賱 卮賷卅丕賸 賲丕 亘丕賱賳爻亘丞 賱賷 ". *

丿賷乇賷賰 賴賳丕 賷孬賷乇 鬲爻丕丐賱丕鬲 毓丿賷丿丞 丨賵賱 賰賮丕亍丞 丕賱鬲毓賱賷賲 賵噩賵丿鬲賴 貙 丕賱丨賷丕丞 亘卮賰賱 毓丕賲貙 賵賮毓賱 丕賱賰鬲丕亘丞 亘卮賰賱 禺丕氐 貙 賵毓賳 賰賱 賲丕 賷噩毓賱 丕賱賰鬲賾丕亘 賮毓賱丕賸 賰鬲賾丕亘 亘賲毓賳賶 丕賱賰賱賲丞 .

" 廿賳 丕賱賰鬲丕亘丞 賮賷 丕賱丨賯賷賯丞 鬲毓亘乇 毓賳 賱丨馗丕鬲 丕賱鬲丨賵賱貙 丕賱丕賳鬲賯丕賱 賲賳 丕賱丨賷丕丞 廿賱賶 丕賱賲賵鬲貙 丕賱鬲睾賷乇丕鬲 丕賱鬲賷 鬲胤乇兀 毓賱賶 丕賱毓賱丕賯丕鬲 亘賷賳 丕賱賳丕爻 賵丕賱鬲睾賷乇丕鬲 丕賱鬲賷 鬲丨丿孬 賮賷 胤乇賷賯丞 丕賱賮賴賲貙 廿賳 丕賱鬲丨賵賱丕鬲 賵丕賱鬲睾賷乇丕鬲 丕賱賰亘賷乇丞 賴賷 丕賱賲丕丿丞 丕賱鬲賷 鬲氐賳毓 賰鬲丕亘丕鬲 毓馗賷賲丞". *

賰鬲丕亘 乇丕卅毓 丕爻鬲賲鬲毓鬲 亘賯乇兀鬲賴 賵賰丕賳 丕賱賵賯鬲 亘乇賮賯鬲賴 賷卮亘賴 賵賯毓 丕賱賲胤乇 馃挋
( 賲賱丕丨馗丞 丕賱噩賲賱 丕賱賲禺鬲賵賲丞 亘賭 * 賴賷 丕賯鬲亘丕爻丕鬲 賲賳 丕賱賰鬲丕亘 ).
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