Should you find yourself writing an essay titled "The difficulty is the point," you *really* ought to take the time to tease out a little nuance. Sometimes valuable things are difficult; sometimes trivial things feel difficult *because* they're trivial. https://www.theguardian.com/books/2017/dec/24/the-difficulty-is-the-point-teaching-spoon-fed-students-how-to-really-read …
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It's always incredibly frustrating to read an essay like this from someone in a position of power who clearly has no interest in exploring why their students think the way they do or how they might be better engaged
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Like, why would anyone of any age want to enroll in a class where the teacher is actively publishing articles about how awful everyone in the group you belong to is? And why would they have any reason to think that teacher was especially capable of self-reflection?
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