"Students are often taught that the teacher’s opin ion (embodying, ideally, a lifetime of personal study and ce nturies of...criticism and canon formation) is no more valid than their first impressions – it’s a matter of persona l taste after all, and a

[joseph berg]

http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2010/11/01/poetry-and-the-flight-from-meaning/

"Students are often taught that the teachers opinion (embodying, ideally, a
lifetime of personal study and centuries of...criticism and canon formation)
is no more valid than their first impressions  its a matter of personal
taste after all, and aesthetic judgment is a fraud."