Sarkozy

shouldn't be leading anything but the list of dangerous clowns.

Any memories?

"Schools constitute systems that always seem to generate, among some fraction of children in them, poor performance, failure, and loss of self-esteem." (Coleman, 1990)

Wege aus der Vollständigkeitsfalle

“Verzeiht, werte Freundin, dass ich Euch einen solch langen Brief schreibe. Ich hatte keine Zeit, Euch einen kurzen zu schreiben.“ (Aus einem Brief von Goethe an Charlotte von Stein)

Last sentence of my MA thesis

In any case, given the crucial impact the state has on the configuration of the higher education system, policy makers in Germany should be wary with reforms that push higher education towards the Anglo-Saxon model, as the related liberalisation may lead to dysfunctionalities within the system and put at risk the specific comparative institutional advantage German universities currently have in global education markets.

"Wenn man schon den Überblick verloren hat,

muss man wenigstens den Mut haben Entscheidungen zu treffen."

(Ein Ökonom aus der ehemaligen DDR, 28.6.2008)

berlin is the internet, tonight

#
lots of people
#
lots of action
#
lots of options
#
but everything seems virtual

A drawing by my favourite artist

the art of not making a career II

"We seek to behave in conventional ways, in ways that will not cause us to stand out or be noticed as different. Also involved are status processes. We attempt to imitate others whom we regard as superior, as more successful" (Scott '95).

.... and non-imitation => ?

the art of not making a career

"Rational action is always grounded in social context that specifies appropriate means to particular ends; action acquires its very reasonableness in terms of these social rules and guidelines for behaviour. Here choices are structured by socially mediated values and normative frameworks. Actors conform not because it serves their individual interests, narrowly defined, but because it is expected of them; they are obliged to do so" (Scott, 1995).

I want to be a football star !

Laib findet...

Kultur ist nicht nur Museum!

Any implications ?

ideOlogiCal cOnSEnsus..... rePreSeNTS an efFiciEnt subsTitute fOR fOrmAl rUles

[DiMaggio & Powell 1991]

Sebu und Leah und Flo

Es war sehr dunkel im Wald,
und die Eulenkinder mussten
sehr mutig sein,
denn überall bewegte sich was.
"Sie bringt uns Mäuse und
andere feine Sachen!", sagte Sabu.
"Ja, hoffentlich!", sagte Leah.
"Ich will meine Mami!", weinte Flo.
(Waddell, '92)

Power to the People

spotted in the Alps

Auswirkungen des Klimawandels und der Arbeitsmarktpolitik

Im Görli (=Görlitzer Park, Berlin-Kreuzberg) ist die Anzahl der Kronkorken pro Quadratmeter schon Mitte Mai höher als die der Grashalme.

So schmeckt Bananenkuchen:

Bumbumbum
tschakditschak
triaaaaaaaaaaa
zzzzzzzoaaaaaaaaamb