In five pages this book review includes the writer's personal reaction on the loving perspective Buscaglia's text offers. There are no other sources listed.
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life. Dr. Buscaglia stresses loving as a means to living a full life and being a better teacher. He even teaches a course in loving. His book is a hodge-podge
of autobiographical material, observations of students, observations on teaching, and instruction on how to cultivate a loving perspective that aids the reader in making the most out of life. As
the following analysis will demonstrate, this is a very inspiring book that has some important things to say about priorities. The chapters in Buscaglias text were speeches that he
has given on various occasions. Because of this, he has a tendency to repeat himself and the same themes are expounded, in slightly different words, in each chapter. However, Buscaglias
main theme, which is that we should all cultivate being loving, is so significant, and also so difficult to absorb amid the materialism of modern day culture, that one can
easily argued that it requires reiteration, and even then, probably will not hit home with many readers. Since Buscaglia is an educator, he addresses many of his remarks within
the framework of the classroom. Undoubtedly, many people in education regard Buscaglia as a radical and a troublemaker, but his observations are dead-center perfect on diagnosing the major ills of
the US educational system. For example, take the problem of deciding on a curriculum that fits the needs of all school children. Buscaglia tells his analogy. The animals
of the forest, rabbit, bird, fish, etc. all decided to start a school. Each animal wanted his particular specialty on the curriculum -- rabbit, running; fish, swimming; bird, flying;
etc. -- and they all wanted every animal to study the entire curriculum. The results were as one might guess. The bird made "As" in flying, but broke both wings