i have made the transition to FT teaching (see signature below) and this semester am teaching a social problems course.
struck me today...by calling it social "problems," we seem to be abdicating that notion of detached observation that is part and parcel of science. isn't it really all just about behavior? the "problematic" part is a judgement (by different parties). i realize that these points come out in the course of teaching the class, but aren't we entering into a discussion of human behavior from an already biased standpoint? do we really need a course in social "problems?" i mean isn't social/human behavior what we are stuyding? isn't all behavior "valid" from a scientific standpoint? i guess what i am saying is wouldn't the course be better titled, "typical social responses to selective types of human behavior?" by calling it "problems," we are implying that the behavior that populations of interest engage in is somehow fundamentally problematic. just wondering aloud... john John E. Glass, Ph.D. Professor of Sociology Colin County Community College Preston Ridge Campus 9700 Wade Boulevard Frisco, TX 75035 +1-972-377-1622 [EMAIL PROTECTED] He who joyfully marches in rank and file has already earned my contempt. He has been given a large brain by mistake, since for him the spinal cord would suffice. - Albert Einstein
