Posted on 05/21/2024 3:25:37 AM PDT by karpov
A university library I visited recently was giving away stickers that said, “You Belong Here.” Surely this affirming declaration does not mean that students can’t flunk out or get expelled, or that employees can’t ever get fired. I began to wonder what it means to belong at one’s college or university.
The sticker’s message soon became newbiquitous: I’ve since noticed “belonging” referenced by corporate consultants, as well as high-school and university administrators who have added a “B” to DEI. Some education scholars have argued that student success depends on a sense of belonging. Educational leaders are trying to build belonging into their disciplinary societies, and it was also invoked, to explain Claudine Gay’s resignation from her post as Harvard’s president, by a professor who wrote, “Black people will never belong there because we weren’t meant to—not then, not now, not ever.”
In a statement on its website, the UNC School of Education ties belonging to advocacy “for equity in every aspect of the lives of all members of our communities, especially those directly and indirectly affected by violence and racially motivated acts.” Appalachian State’s Office of Diversity & Inclusion says it seeks to foster a sense of belonging, and belonging is a goal of UNC Asheville’s Quality Enhancement Plan’s IGNITE first-year experience program.
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Joke stolen elect belongst the white hut residency too theys postulate according to this thin braining of our non thought proceduralistic accords.
Take reality and spin it to be the opposite. “You belong here” means “Some people don’t belong here”. IOW people who “make us feel we don’t belong here” should be expelled. Trump supporters for example. People who don’t support the current narratives should also be expelled.
Fascism is in vogue on college campuses.
“Can’t we all just get along?” - Rodney King
This is especially upsetting to blacks who moved in and live there. They're thinking and want to shout "Stop staring at me, I belong here."
“Belonging “ is part of indoctrination of impressionable students to their peer group values.
I was going to say the same thing. You beat me to it.
It gives off a join our cult vibe.
“Belong” can also mean “ are property of” which is what the elite see as the global feudal order.
Some scholars aren’t very scholarly.
They have not done any studying of what successful people have written about their success.
From what I have read about the secret of success it boils down to hard work and never giving up after failure.
Basically “If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again.
Many of the most successful people to ever live didn’t belong.
without ivory tower postulations admonishing me, i “already belong”! I am:
1. a Viet/Cold War veteran, killing Commies for mommie.
2. a half-breed Mojave.
3. a politically rabid-for-America, to the right of conservatism, (not quite a ‘tree’ member).
4. a still-living-senior-citizen.
5. one-of-legion who believe that Microsoft haas gone Commie with the latest Windoze rendition.
6. Hillary should be in GITMO.
Colleges: “How can we allow some people to plagiarize but not everyone?”
Be a white dude and walk through a black neighborhood. You’ll get the same reactions.
That’s why so many groups like Scientology go after college students.
The “belonging” buzzword at universities reminds me of the favorite buzzword of millenial advertising copywriters: “deserve.”
You DESERVE handcrafted organic household wares.
You DESERVE expensive new electronics.
Get the (fill in the blank_______) that you DESERVE!
No working or earning necessary. You deserve things just for existing; just for watching TV.
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