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Commentary #5

Adam Russell Establishing Presence in the Classroom   As I was reading Goffman, I kept thinking about Harry Wong’s First Day of School.  In Wong’s book, he stresses the importance of presence in the classroom.  Throughout my 8 years of…

Commentary #5 Goffman

I think we are all conscious at some level of the differing roles we take on in our lives; as teachers, students, parents, children, siblings, spouses, friends. We are not only playing different roles in different situations, we play them…

Truth and Lies

Tina Bell 5870 Commentary 5 24 March 2009   Commentary 5   “You see how long he hesitated before answering?  That’s a lie.  When telling a lie, one hesitates longer before answering in order to think about the arrangement of…

Goffman Commentary #5

“The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life” Erving Goffman             In our society we learn in our early years that first impressions are the most important.  They are the standard by which all, or at least most, of our relationships…