I have taught thousands of college students. I have never looked a parent in the eye and told them "I will watch out for their child." Am I off base or are elites different than the rest of us? insidehighered.com/blogs/just-vis…
The time I have spent thinking about a student's parents in relation to the student's work in my college course is less than negligible, pretty much zero. Parents have no productive role in that dynamic, IMO.
I very much try to practice an ethic of care when it comes to working with students, but that's a compact between me and the students, not me pledging anything to their parents. That shit's just weird.
H/T to @deandad for flagging the very odd framing from many people's favorite COVID oracle in his post pointing out that by any definition college students shouldn't be viewed as someone else's children. insidehighered.com/blogs/confessi…
The other discordant note from elite higher ed was an email from Heterodox Academy telling me that the thing missing from the academy is "fun" and that they're going to try to put the fun back. Just not sure lack of fun is on the pulse of what many of us outside elites experience
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