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To: Rummyfan
“may not be fair or even valid” to hold marginalized students to such expectations as doing the readings, arriving to class on time, participating in class discussions or using “standard English.”

The soft bigotry of low expectations.
4 posted on 09/01/2023 12:08:07 PM PDT by eyeamok
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To: eyeamok
“may not be fair or even valid” to hold marginalized students to such expectations as doing the readings, arriving to class on time, participating in class discussions or using “standard English.”

I read that and I think then what the hell are they doing in higher education? They can't all be there to play basketball and football.

6 posted on 09/01/2023 12:21:00 PM PDT by Rummyfan (In any war between the civilized man and the savage, support the civilized of man)
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