Rick Froman wrote (quoting Louis Schmier):
> WE believe the grade is the window into the student's
> intelligence and ability and potential. WE believe that the grade doth
make
> the person. WE don't have to get to know the student because the grade
says
> it all. WE believe that all WE have to do is open our roll/grade book and
> WE have a complete biography of the student.
I (finally) just read Al Franken's "Rush Limbaugh is a Big Fat Idiot"
during a trip over the weekend. I loved it. One of his early comments is
this:
"Limbaugh was railing about how feminists believe that all heterosexual sex
is rape, which, I admit, is a belief that's very hard to defend. The thing
is, though, I know a lot of women, almost all of whom consider themselves
feminists, and I know only one who actually holds this belief. And we've
been married nearly twenty years".
Franken has humorously cut Limbaugh's legs out from under him by
pointing out that the enemy he's "railing against" doesn't seem to exist.
Now, perhaps Louis can produce some people who fit in the "we" to whom he
refers - that is, some people who believe the things he claims "we" believe.
I personally doubt it. I think he's using Limbaugh's tactics, and for
largely the same reasons.
Perhaps I'm wrong, and Louis' institution has a faculty consisting of
people who fit his description. If that's the case, though, then perhaps
Louis should stop posting to the internet and start talking to the people
around him who have this curious problem.
Paul Smith
Alverno College
Milwaukee
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