[lbo-talk] profs dumping on students

[joanna]

I didn't quite make it to ten years, but my students were the least of 
my problems. On the whole I found that my colleagues were much more 
narrow minded, rude, self-centered, and foolish than my students. And 
they did not have the excuse of youth.

Joanna

MICHAEL YATES wrote:


> If you have taught for, say, ten years or more and never complained 
> about your students, then you are either a saint or an asshole.  Every 
> criticism I have ever made was made in a context of the political 
> economy of colleges. Criticizing students isn't the same as dumping on 
> them or making fun of them. I criticize my own kids sometimes.  
> They're doing the 9 to 5.  So does this mean I don't love them.  Does 
> criticizing students mean that I didn't care about them?
>
> Further, when  I didn't enjoy full-time teaching where I was teaching, 
> I retired. I hope all you saints out there do the same.
>
> Michael Yates
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