Always trying to provoke thought. Someone made the point that this analysis applies to mundane student complaints too - to an administrator, the lecturer is the problem to be solved. I might edit to add this point…
Another cracker, thanks! Re your bottom line / rhetorical Q&A …
perhaps even more importantly, while the desire to respond in this way to aggrieved students might have good intentions, is it really helpful to them in the long run?3
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For suggestions that it is positively unhelpful, and causes students to lack resilience, see eg, Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt, The Coddling of the American Mind (Penguin, 2018).
No visible nail you don't hit on the head: thanks!
Always trying to provoke thought. Someone made the point that this analysis applies to mundane student complaints too - to an administrator, the lecturer is the problem to be solved. I might edit to add this point…
Another cracker, thanks! Re your bottom line / rhetorical Q&A …
perhaps even more importantly, while the desire to respond in this way to aggrieved students might have good intentions, is it really helpful to them in the long run?3
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For suggestions that it is positively unhelpful, and causes students to lack resilience, see eg, Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt, The Coddling of the American Mind (Penguin, 2018).
… see also my review at https://www.eternitynews.com.au/opinion/no-platforming-the-threat-to-free-speech/
Ah, thank you! Look forward to reading.
Thanks so much Niels!