Dr. Steve Eskow wrote:
... If I were in your position, without tenure and with an institutional climate that doesn't allow for differences in practice, I would undooubtedly do as you are doing--in order to collect my paycheck. I will think about whether I would defend those practices--compulsory attendance, "points" awarded and deducted, etc.-- in public....
Gee, and just the other day I was chiding my friends on this list for taking troll bait, and now look at how I've spent my day! Only a true ivory tower academic would vilify the notion that an education ought to actually help prepare students to bear some responsibility for their actions and inactions. I have better things to do than to read further condescending posts. No more time to play this game. There's work to be done. -- Mark D. Johns, Ph.D. Associate Professor and Head of the Department of Communication Studies Luther College, Decorah, Iowa USA http://academic.luther.edu/~johnsmar/ ----------------------------------------------- "Get the facts first. You can distort them later." ---Mark Twain