Capturing the Politics and Poetics of Everyday Life....

We are teaching Gen Z everything — skills, speed, adaptability. But are we teaching them how to: sit still be bored observe the world think without distraction In a world of constant connectivity, these are no longer simple habits. They are acts of resistance. This blog explores the life practices we must urgently bring back — before attention, memory, and imagination slip beyond recovery. The Curriculum of Being: Life Practices Gen Z and Gen Alpha Must Relearn There was a time when life was not constantly filled. There were gaps. Pauses. Moments of stillness. Today, those spaces have disappeared. Every second must be occupied. Every silence must be filled. Every waiting moment must be consumed. And in this relentless occupation of time, we may be unlearning something fundamental: how to be. If education is to mean anything beyond employability, then perhaps the most urgent lessons we must teach Gen Z and Gen Alpha are not about skills—but about life practices. The Practice of Being Bo...

We don’t just scroll anymore. We are being trained to think in fragments. And our classrooms are beginning to reflect the same logic. This blog series asks a difficult question: Are we educating students - or accelerating them into distraction? The Silent Shelling of the Mind We often imagine violence as something visible. Explosive. Immediate. Unmistakable. But there is another kind of violence unfolding around us — quieter, subtler, and far more pervasive. It does not arrive with noise. It does not leave visible scars. It seeps in. Through expectations. Through systems. Through the everyday rhythms of life. It is the continuous bombardment of the human psyche with the demands of neoliberal logic: perform faster produce more acquire more skills remain constantly relevant This is not enforced through coercion. It is normalized - especially within education. Our campuses, once imagined as spaces for reflection and intellectual wandering, are increasingly becoming sites where this logic ...