Devorah Tarrow, Aesthetic Realism consultant, writes:

On Thursday, Nov. 5th, from 6:30 PM to 8 PM, there will be a public seminar that will present the answers teachers, administrators, and parents are desperate for—“American Education Needs the Aesthetic Realism Teaching Method: Teachers Tell Why!” Teachers of math, physical education, ESL, science, and reading, from elementary through high school, will present classroom lessons showing the powerful success of this time-tested method.

In schools all over America, students are angrier and more distressed than ever. The Aesthetic Realism Teaching Method reaches even the most disheartened students, and enables them to see meaning in their subjects, to learn with genuine excitement. The basis is this principle stated by Eli Siegel, the great American poet and critic, founder of Aesthetic Realism:

“The world, art, and self explain each other: each is the aesthetic oneness of opposites.”

As students see, through their subjects, that the world has a structure, the oneness of opposites, which makes sense and even has beauty, their anger and cynicism change. They also become kinder: students see that others they’ve felt were very different are also trying to put opposites together. Through this method, students of diverse ethnic backgrounds, who have looked down on and even fought with one another, come to respect and truly care for each other.

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