> Michael S: "Quite right. If I had, I would probably be more sympathetic
> to the institutions' usual blame-the-victim self-exculpation."
>
> [WS:] My problem with this reasoning is that it is akin to blaming
> bank tellers or low level managers for the usurious practices of banks
> and home loans defaults, or screaming at a flight attendant for an
> overbooked flight.
Not my intent; the 'teaching disabilities' I had in mind were the institutions', not the teachers'. Teachers from what I have seen are a mixed bag ranging from wonderful to horrible; the best are frightfully hobbled by the institutions in which they work, and the worst enabled to indulge their most base impulses.
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