{"id":5159,"date":"2018-12-04T09:29:38","date_gmt":"2018-12-04T14:29:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/?p=5159"},"modified":"2018-12-04T16:28:57","modified_gmt":"2018-12-04T21:28:57","slug":"how-can-i-be-the-wall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/2018\/12\/04\/how-can-i-be-the-wall\/","title":{"rendered":"How can I be the Wall?"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_5153\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5153\" style=\"width: 294px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/aw120418-3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-5153\" src=\"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/aw120418-3-294x300.jpg\" alt=\"How can I be the Wall?\" width=\"294\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/aw120418-3-294x300.jpg 294w, https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/aw120418-3.jpg 314w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 294px) 100vw, 294px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5153\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">How can I be the Wall?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>First, sit very very still. I have the advantage of not having to breathe, eat, drink, or go anywhere, but you can certainly be wall-like for short periods. Then listen very carefully. When there is a question, don&#8217;t be hasty in answering. Understand the question from many perspectives and in many contexts. Do this with compassion and empathy. Seek input from many people living and dead. (By &#8220;dead,&#8221; I mean books and articles.) Then compose your answer, attentive to the humanity behind the question. #ohwait, did you mean you want to answer questions here, with me? Hm&#8230; what do people think about a be-the-wall competition?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>First, sit very very still. I have the advantage of not having to breathe, eat, drink, or go anywhere, but you can certainly be wall-like for short periods. Then listen very carefully. When there is a question, don&#8217;t be hasty in answering. Understand the question from many perspectives and in many contexts. Do this with &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/2018\/12\/04\/how-can-i-be-the-wall\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;How can I be the Wall?&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5159","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-wall"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5159","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5159"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5159\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5167,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5159\/revisions\/5167"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5159"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5159"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5159"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}