Posted on 02/06/2007 7:52:15 AM PST by Aquinasfan
"One of the oldest programs in the country, Women's Studies at the University of Massachusetts/Amherst has been offering courses and graduating students since 1974. Women's Studies is an interdisciplinary program for the study of women and gender. Combining the analytic tools of many disciplines, women’s studies explores how women and men are constructed both historically and in the contemporary world. We explore gender within the context of race, class, nationality/ethnicity and sexuality. Our core faculty members have expertise in: African American women's history and activism, Asian American women’s history and activism, Asian American women's work, feminist ethics, feminist science studies, post-colonial studies, social constructions of identities, women's grass roots activism in the Caribbean and Latin America. Women's Studies also draws on faculty from a wide variety of diverse disciplines across campus such as history, literature, sociology, political science, communication, anthropology, African American studies, Germanic languages, comparative literature, psychology, education, management, legal studies, philosophy, economics, and more..."
And why do you "have to" do anything if there's no such thing as truth? The lunatics are running the asylum.
I was really upset while talking to my husband.
If you're not upset you're not paying attention.
In my estimation, 18 years old are still basically children. To be more precise, they are both children and adults, depending on what you are talking about and when. But they are probably too young to be cut loose with professional manipulators. Not all teachers are like that, fortunately. But when even they have to take a test to ensure their "suitability" to teach a non-academic course, then I think the entire higher educational system is in trouble. IMHO.
Somehow omits mentioning the burning of the ROTC Building in 1970.
Back in the '80s my college girlfriend told me about her "Woman's Studies" class. My reaction was, "what the ---?" I was safely tucked away in an engineering school, thank God.
ANTH 360
GENDER, CULTURE, AND POWER
Den Ouden
Feminist and other critical approaches in anthropology have challenged prevailing Western assumptions about the categories for “woman” and “man.” Such studies reveal that power infuses gender identities and gender relations in profound ways. This course provides an overview of anthropological studies of gender, culture, and power, with special attention to the construction and contestation of gender in varied cultural contexts. PREREQUISITE: Anth C100, or 103, or 106; or permission of instructor. 3 Lect Hrs, 3 Credits
Perhaps the only good thing about UMass, is that after four or five years from graduation you realize that you wasted only $15K per year instead of $40k per year.
(I am assuming in-state tuition with some commuting in there.....)
"Oh that?" said Dr. Pritchett. "But I believe I made it clear that I am in favor of it, because I am in favor of a free economy. A free economy cannot exist without competition. Therefore, men must be forced to compete. Therefore, we must control men in order to force them to be free."
Cripes.
For the uninitiated, the word "critical" in academic circles is synonymous with "Marxist."
But even Marxists have to depend on commonsense, Aristotelian concepts like "categories." It would be funny if it wasn't so sad.
You're learning quickly. My husband teaches at what has traditionally been a conservative college (for a lot of reasons). The changes they are quickly making now are being forced on them if they are to get re-certified. Schools are certified every 10 years and re-evaluated on the off 5th year IIRC. The teacher who teaches this course (and he was a loud jerk) took great pleasure especially at toying with young Christians and their faith. We were at a dinner for professors and their families and it was all I could do to sit there. My husband eyed me nervously, knowing that it was all I could do to keep from arguing with this man. This setting was not the time or place...
My daughter had to take several required courses--Global Justice and some sort of multiculturalism (can't remember the exact name). It's hard for these kids today.
Critical Thinking means a willingness to forgo any criticism or analysis of Marxism, and simply accept it without question.
Good God, that sounds like a fever swamp of moral relativism, feminism and anti-Americanism.
Next time, raise your hand and ask in a polite tone, "is all of what you're teaching really true?"
And then sit down.
Nothing about personal fiscal achievement, national pride or sovereignty? Go figure. She's being trained to become a world slave.
I hope you're close to this kid. She needs you now more than ever.
Actually, she's a rebel. Against everything. But she has a good BS detector. She realized that she was being manipulated. In Global Justice, they used a video that they took of a Peter Singer speech. She came home disgusted. This school couldn't have done a better job of getting her to examine what she had been taught in church and home had they not tried.
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