Capital, Labor, Petty Producers Re: Deleuze & Guattari...

[Michael Perelman]

I tell my students that I am comparable to the Dept. of Ag. beef
inspectors.  The school does not care whether they learn or not; we are
grading beef for the employers.

On Mon, Jan 27, 2003 at 01:37:54PM -0800, joanna bujes wrote:
> At 11:38 AM 01/27/2003 -0500, Yoshie wrote:
> >The primary and perhaps only way in which teachers take part in "the
> >shaping of the consciousness" is by taking part in grading, rather
> >than by teaching this or that or teaching in this or that fashion.
> 
> Go girl!
> 
> Though I'm not sure about:  "Whether to grade or not is not up to 
> teachers." The only time teachers get "not to grade" is when they go on 
> strike. When I was "teaching" college, it was pretty clear to me that what 
> I was being paid for...was to grade. Had I stopped, I would have lost my job.
> 
> Joanna
> 

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Michael Perelman
Economics Department
California State University
Chico, CA 95929

Tel. 530-898-5321
E-Mail michael at ecst.csuchico.edu