Time for Some Feedback

Abstract

We can probably safely assume that Leonard Cohen was not directly addressing curriculum theorists when he wrote his much-loved and often-covered song “Hallelujah” (1985). The song relies heavily on Judeo-Christian imagery in an emotional tale of the pains and joys of love, and never once mentions school, but I cannot help but notice that Cohen’s accusatory question is bigger than a simple comment about differences between lovers, no matter how insightfully and powerfully it is expressed.