Re: Fucking education! How does it work?
Without impugning the reality or significance of TLR's experience in the least, let me say this: There are still lots of good students. No doubt I'm lucky to get a fair number of them, of course, but in any case it isn't all doom and gloom.
They do at least most of the readings; they ask good questions in class; they feel the intellectual urgency of even recherche questions; and they propose answers with a charming and effective mix of bold creativity and epistemic humility.
"Two cheers for (some) students" maybe isn't the most stirring rallying cry; but it's worth noting that there really are some good'uns still.
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