Comments on: I Do So Swear https://blogs.swarthmore.edu/burke/blog/2007/03/31/i-do-so-swear/ Culture, Politics, Academia and Other Shiny Objects Mon, 02 Apr 2007 23:51:59 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.4.15 By: withywindle https://blogs.swarthmore.edu/burke/blog/2007/03/31/i-do-so-swear/comment-page-1/#comment-3425 Mon, 02 Apr 2007 23:51:59 +0000 http://weblogs.swarthmore.edu/burke/?p=357#comment-3425 The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak. A noble aspiration, but I suspect we will all continue to fail to follow it as well as we should.

]]> By: Brad https://blogs.swarthmore.edu/burke/blog/2007/03/31/i-do-so-swear/comment-page-1/#comment-3421 Sun, 01 Apr 2007 22:10:45 +0000 http://weblogs.swarthmore.edu/burke/?p=357#comment-3421 High-five to that. To step away from one’s ideological inclinations is the only way to separate the wheat from the chaff. And given some of the extreme wierdness that has become mainstream, it is as important as ever to actively discriminate against BS.

]]> By: MrO https://blogs.swarthmore.edu/burke/blog/2007/03/31/i-do-so-swear/comment-page-1/#comment-3420 Sun, 01 Apr 2007 17:19:06 +0000 http://weblogs.swarthmore.edu/burke/?p=357#comment-3420 So say we all.

I personally love how the headline reads one way and the actual article admits the facts that this is an incredibly small percentage and that parental involvement and similar factors are still the MOST relevant in determining regular disruptions.

]]> By: Jason Mittell https://blogs.swarthmore.edu/burke/blog/2007/03/31/i-do-so-swear/comment-page-1/#comment-3416 Sat, 31 Mar 2007 21:39:40 +0000 http://weblogs.swarthmore.edu/burke/?p=357#comment-3416 Great post, Tim – we should view effects research as skeptically as the researchers regard the aspects of modern society they wish to blame… For a good take on this particular study, check out Judith Warner’s NYTimes blog post (if you’ve signed up for Times Select via the new free academic policy).

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