What I Get Wrong

23 May 2025

Episode 5.17 – What I Get Wrong

We close out the journey with a needed reflection, a look at what I’ve been doing, how it fits our collective needs, and what we might see for changes ahead. I reflect on the integration of skills in language, the role of thinking skills, and why reading and interpretation cannot be about objective deliverables.

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Reading Ahead, Journey 6:

Ursula K. Le Guin: “Vaster Than Empires and More Slow”: https://eyeofmidas.com/scifi/LeGuin_VasterThanEmpires.pdf
Ursula K. Le Guin: “The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas”: https://archive.org/download/the-ones-who-walk-away-from-omelas-ursula-k-leguin/The%20Ones%20Who%20Walk%20Away%20from%20Omelas%20-%20Ursula%20K%20LeGuin.pdf

Complete Resources: https://waywordsstudio.com/project/andrew-marvell-coy-mistress/

CHAPTERS

00:00 Announcement
00:56 Reflecting on the Wrong
08:13 Opening Theme
08:45 Nuts & Bolts
14:52 More Bolts Than Nuts
17:13 Interpretation and Intimidation
26:42 Getting It Right?
32:53 The Wrong Of It
39:47 A Bit of Daring
44:38 Outro and Credits

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Transcript: https://waywordsstudio.com/podcasts/transcript-5-17-what-i-get-wrong

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Chapter headings by Natalie Harrison and Sarah Skaleski

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