Re: David Harvey's anomie

[MScoleman <MScoleman@xxxxxxx>]

In a message dated 98-04-29 21:32:47 EDT, you write:

<< Hmm, really? My own recent tours of campuses, and conversations with
 academics, combine to present a less pretty picture of the U.S. college
 population. They seem, for the most part, poorly educated and don't seem to
 give a fuck about much of anything. Am I just being too gloomy once again?

 Doug >>

I recently had my classes read pieces of Edin and Lein's "Making Ends Meet"
which is a comparison of the lives of welfare women and low wage women, and
how they feed their kids with not enough money.  The reactions of all my
students, save one, before they read the material was that welfare women are
all lazy and promiscuous.  AFter my lecture and reading the material, most of
them were not particularly happy with having their perceptions blurred -- but
that's about as progressive as most of them are (at least in my classes).
maggie coleman mscoleman@xxxxxxx