Daniel Gauss

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Socially committed essayist, poet, short story writer

Daniel Gauss received an MA from Columbia University and has worked in the field of education for over 20 years. He has published hundreds of articles on many notable platforms including Good Men Project and E: The Environmental Magazine. He has also published children's poems and short fiction.

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Mobius: The Journal of Social Change

The Cambodian Ghost
Daniel Gauss

The young monk sat behind a mahogany executive desk in his saffron robe. I expressed a significant concern I had about taking the teaching position he had offered.
“I don’t see any hope for your country under the present dictator. Every educated young person in Cambodia wants to flee to some Western country. Few educated people want to stay here. Your children come from poverty, the countryside. They can’t get a quality education and then flee to a Weste...
Taste of Cinema - Movie Reviews and Classic Movie •

20 Films Banned by the Legion of Decency That Are Worth Your Time

This is a film list about wimping out. We all think we are moral and we all feel confident about meeting moral crises head-on. We like to think we have the right stuff when it comes to taking a stand and making the right choices. What causes a person, however, to wimp out? Some of […]

This is a film list about wimping out. We all think we are moral and we all feel confident about meeting moral crises head-on. We like to think we have the right stuff when it comes to taking a stand and making th...

The Hooghly Review - "Art is Not English" by Daniel Gauss

The following piece depicts a job interview, for English teacher, at an international school. It illustrates my belief that education is at a crossroads: schools are often focused on hitting academic goals but might be neglecting aspects of education which help students develop compassion and humanity. I believe the best teachers these days want to impart compassion and humanity as much as academic content. PANEL MEMBER 1: Okay, we know a little about you. We also asked you to prepare a 5-minute...
Meer.com •

Daniel Gauss | Meer

Daniel Gauss is a native Chicagoan who attended the University of Wisconsin (BA) and then Columbia
University (MA). He has worked in the field of education and the social services his entire adult life,
forswearing the profit-driven world for a life of service. He has spent most of his adult life in New York
City and has lived in four different boroughs of the Apple. As well as working in New York City, he is
proud of the ten years of volunteer work he did for the homeless and hungry in Manhatta...
ProgressiveChristianity.org •

Daniel Gauss, Author at ProgressiveChristianity.org

Anger and the Progressive ChristianBy Daniel GaussPublished On: September 30, 2024It was the concept of “rebirth” that attracted me to Christianity again, after I had been an agnostic for many years. The realization that much of the symbolism in the New Testament is about the possibility for humane personal change, allowing for more meaningful social engagement, is what brought me to Progressive Christianity.Read More

Anger and the Progressive Christian

By Daniel GaussPublished On: September 3...
VISIBLE Magazine •

Parents are more important than schools, but there’s a catch. by Daniel Gauss - VISIBLE Magazine

“In Sparta parents would say to their children, ‘Come home with your shield or on your shield.’ My parents say, ‘Come home with scores over 95%, or don’t come home!’” Sardonic comment once made by an Asian American student to the author of this article.
A big question the famous Coleman Report of 1966 asked was: What matters more, schools or parents? The prevailing policy belief was that schools alone could lift people out of poverty and ensure equality of opportunity. Yet, our school system see...

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