At 12:46 PM -0400 9/3/99, Rick Adams wrote:
>Paul wrote:
>
>> At 4:25 PM -0400 9/2/99, Rick Adams wrote:
>> > A good
>> >teacher should have no fear of being publicly evaluated--and a poor
>> >teacher _should_ have his/her lack of skill exposed to other students.
>>
>> Isn't this the same argument that's used aginst the 5th amendment?
>
> No, actually it isn't.
>
> The fifth amendment protects one agains SELF-incrimination, not
>accusations by others. The only way it would be applicable here would be
>if it were the instructor him/her-self who was required to anonymously
>post negative evaluations of his/her own performance.
The argument usually takes the form:
If you were innocent you wouldn't have to worry about what you said.
There is a parallel.
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