Where does this term originally come from?
2007-02-06 11:00:51 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Trivia
It comes from people naturally withdrawing from reality and putting up a mental wall to block out anything we feel negatively towards. Roger Waters from Pink Floyd wrote "Another brick in the wall" about his views on formal education. He hated his grammar school teachers and felt they were more interested in keeping the kids quiet than teaching them. The wall refers to the wall Waters built around himself because he wasn't in touch with reality. The bricks in the wall were the events in his life which propelled him to build this proverbial wall around him. His school teacher was another brick in the wall......
2007-02-06 11:11:02 · answer #1 · answered by CherBear 3 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Pink Floyd
2007-02-06 11:03:17 · answer #2 · answered by Jessica 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Pink Floyd
2007-02-06 11:02:52 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Pink Floyd has a song called The Wall. There is a movie by the same name.
2007-02-06 11:04:49 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
ahmmm, this might be a little off subject, but my brother teaches middle school/junior high mathematics. He and a couple other teachers have gotten a bit--creative with that phrase.... replacing two letters with a 'p' and an 'h', and you have an idea how...
2007-02-06 13:30:16 · answer #5 · answered by wholenote4 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
great wall of china
2007-02-06 13:15:07 · answer #6 · answered by vjwms23 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Old English saying. To substantiate, better or fortify what you already have; what you have already built up.
2007-02-06 11:06:40 · answer #7 · answered by Kool-kat 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I like that song too! have a star!
2007-02-06 11:04:26 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Wrong.
It's not "Brick"
It's "Buick"
and it refers to my wife's driving.
2007-02-06 11:04:55 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 5⤊ 0⤋