So have I. And I have never found humiliation to be an effective tactic there. I have counseled students to drop my class because they don't have the ability, or because they don't have the right attitude. I have been blunt to the point of appearing distant and unfriendly.
But I have never deliberately set out to humiliate any student. And I'm guessing by your remarks that you haven't either.
So I suppose you and I will have to agree to disagree re Adams here.
You say it’s humiliation, I say it’s trying to make a point in perhaps the only way that will get through to the guy.
My question to you is, which of us is deeply familiar with Adams' work, career, writing and the details of his landmark victory for conservatives seeking tenure? It appears that would be me. You apparently have posted your opinion based on a snap judgment of one piece of writing you took literally, instead of as he intended it -- as a metaphor for discussing a certain type of student.