September 8, 2004
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Topic: The Dan Lilienthal improving college and saving the world book tour has begun!!!
Hello everyone, from rainy Pittsburgh, Pa. It just so happens a good friend of mine from Wash U lives here, and it was the convenient half-way point of the 24-hours of bussing that will take me to St. Louis.
My friend Marla gave me a quick tour of downtown Pitt., which is actually a lovely little city, with a similar feel at times to St. Louis, including the close proximity of their sports stadiums, and a wide range of bars and restaurants. This book tour and the freedom of a 2-month Greyhound bus-pass will definately prove to show me more than I have planned for, and catching up with old college friends is certainly one of those added bonuses.
As for the book, I continue to reach new contacts. Along with the Presidents of Expeditionarly Learning Outward Bound, New York City Outward Bound, and the Association of Experiential Education (I’ll be visiting the last in Boulder, Co.) I’ve just heard back from the Ass. of American Colleges and Universities, (www.aacu.org) which is essentially the one leading organization in charge of establishing what a college education is. How I will use these contacts is still in the works, as I am looking for new avenues to promote my book and my ideas, as well as to learn more about the behind the scenes of college, or, those who are responsible for what you as a student experience.
Topic: The booktour schedule / plan
I am glad to have heard back from some Wash U. bloggers, since I will be arriving at Wash U. on Thur. (unless flodding in Pitt. prevents me from leaving today). I am coming armed with 55 copies of my book, which I will be selling for $15, so if I sell to you in person, you don’t have to pay for shipping costs. I am planning for discussions and book-signings on Mon. and Tues., Sept. 13 and 14, to cover general education topics, as well as to begin discussing a 3-credit course I’m proposing to send students to do an Outward Bound South Africa course during winter break. Continue to leave questions and comments on my site, as well as to spread the word to your friends about my book and my cause.
Comments (2)
I saw that you had failed a couple of classes in college in the first few pages of your book, but I was annoyed to miss half of your story because I tried to print it out to read later, and my printer ran out of ink mid-printing. I’m in the process of trying to find a spare few moments of time to read what you have posted online. It looks very promising! Actually, I want to buy the whole book, of course. It’s on my to-do list. It looks really good.
I think if I were ever to write a book it would probably be about our cultural love affair with the diagnosis of ADHD, and why we instead have such a human need to let our attention wander, or to follow it where it leads. James Hillman says that he began to write about psychology because he saw us everwhere attacking the very foundations of our creativity, and that’s exactly how I feel about our attitudes toward ADHD, learning, and schooling.
I should have read your post before I commented. You’re on fire! Keep it going.