A minority of people don't understand what my blog post is about or why I would post such a thing, so I'll summarise:
I wrote it, like most blogs, to organise my thoughts.
I don't write to convince anybody, mainly because it's pointless, it's not how to convince people.
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Yes, I hope I knew that. And I'm 100% in agreement. I think we should *never* set out "to convince". Right now, I was, as usual (for me), using Twitter as a thinking tool for micro-thoughts (same principles, on a micro scale: first aim is "understand my own position")!
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BTW: your blog post is truly impressive. It will take me weeks to explore all the links (thanks for that
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Seriously, no surprise you had to isolate yourself to finish it.
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One thing you mentioned but didn't unpack is how damaging is viewing students as customers. It's an obstacle to "pull [them] through [(any) X] against [their] will", even when it's resonable to expect that they will eventually like X. 2/n
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I mention it 'cause it's one of the things that makes my blood boil. Students are such because they need to learn. We should not expect them to already know what/how to learn it. They should be allowed not to even know what "it" is exactly. Grr! 3/3 (end of rant, with apologies).
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Yes, I agree with you. It makes my blood boil too and it underpins, in part, the argument that changing the course will lose students.
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Indeed. I genuinely cannot identify a single advantage in taking "that view". It's just wrong and should never be allowed to go unchallenged - a bit hard, given that it's now legally binding in the UK. Sad world.
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The problem is deeper and worse in the US. Also a lot of people think, for various including $$$ reasons, that attracting more students is inherently a good thing.
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