[Marxism] Sorry, Now Another classroom exercise

["Craven, Jim" <JCraven@xxxxxxxxx>]

It's too bad that it's necessary to go to such extremes in order to
break students of the habits they learn from teachers who punish
critical and independent thinking. I can't say that law school grading
(based wholly on 3-hour final exams consisting mainly of hypothetical
fact situations and possible legal claims arising from them) promotes
anything resembling critical thinking about the actual purpose served by
the legal system whose doctrines we diligently swallow.

Stuart

Well this exercise has many purposes: a) it is in the student's interest
to continually challenge content to try to figure out if this is one of
the bullshit lectures; b) they get to see what goes on every day in
government and the courts--someone pimping a case, with all "sincerity"
and gusto, that privately that person might be gagging on; c) distrust
all "authority" including--perhaps especially--me; d) cross-check always
and never uncritically copy down--and summarily accept--anything; e)
when you see someone like Bush, feigning "sincerity" and "honesty", the
more --and the more likely--the feigning, the more likely it is
bullshit; f) the students are supposed to be active participants--not
passive consumers--in their own education; etc.

Jim C.
 

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