C, read the article. I thought it was interesting, especially since I had heard that the evacuation and general handling of the situation was being touted as a text book case of "what to do if your plane is on fire." survival instinct really does prevail. I wonder though if people might have a heightened awareness of security due to the occurances of the past 5 years or so, and might be more prepared (though they might not know it) to deal with these sorts of life-threatening situations. you could consider this theory the positive side of heightened awareness, vs. the ridiculous side, which is the biothreat- duct tape and color-coded security level scares that we have in our news media. it would be interesting to interview the survivors of this crash to see what they experienced and how they feel they handled it in retrospect, and how the current state of an individual's perception of their security (in a national kind of way) may/may not have affected their actions.
we could start researching this topic. I have some leads from the conference that I went to in Boston this April, plus the vast expanse of info that is the Penn Library system.
I am exploring the possibility of doing a Master's in Liberal Arts at Penn, which would be free as I am an employee. I am just trying to figure out if it's worth it and I have the time, considering the obligations that I will have with teaching kung fu, traveling with work, and actually having some time to relax. I could probably finish it in two years.
let me stress the free-ness of it again. also, if I do get accepted at Penn for grad school, I could just finish it off during my first semester and then be MLA, PhD. nice.
am not sure, but I have basically until the end of the week to decide.
advice?
love to all,
H
- posted by H @ 8/08/2005 02:29:00 PM