Today’s College Classroom Is a Therapy Session – Wall Street Journal

Comment: Too bad this column by a retired English prof is behind a paywall because it's so good. He concludes: "If you think your kid, whether in grade school, high school or college, needs to be made to feel safe and requires further nurturing in an antiracist setting to ensure his self-esteem, then do send him off for in-person learning. If not, feel free to wait until the coronavirus siege calms down. For what you’re getting, why take the risk?"
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Fred
5 years ago

Just met an unemployed grad student from Northwestern. The student related frequent discussions about job opportunities. “Find a tenured professor and cough on him” is a widely discussed solution. It may be tongue-in-cheek but professional solidarity is on the decline when jokes like this take hold. No doubt the 50-year old adjuncts share these views — perhaps they’re the ones who started it.

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