Becoming More Whole
Today at the learning center my boss went out of his way to let me know how pleased he was with the work I've done with two autistic students who are now assigned to me exclusively. The assistant manager also chimed in about what I've done with another student who often started crying during tutoring sessions with other tutors. Right now I would attribute that to my understanding something Blaise Pascal once observed some 400 years ago: People almost invariably arrive at their beliefs not on the basis of proof but on the basis of what they find attractive. I'd put it a different way at first, that ideologies are based not on facts but on emotions - on the way that they want the world to be - and those wishing to appear intellectual would then proceed to rationalize their ideologies - mainly to refute liberal "intellectuals" people spouting their ideologies. However, it eventually dawned on me that when someone's choices are motivated by fear, no useful disco...