Re: Another classroom exercise

[Louis Proyect <lnp3@xxxxxxxxx>]

> I visited Jim Craven's classes (huge classes, and he has to teach a lot of
> them to make ends meet) last December.  The students were curious and
> asked me good questions.
>
> Michael Yates

A couple of years ago when I was on the phone with Jim a lot discussing
Blackfoot and related issues, I often caught him in the tail-end of a
conversation with a student in his office. Although I never mentioned it to
him, I was always impressed with the obvious rapport he had with the
student and the individual attention he seemed to be giving. Compare that
with Zizek who confided to Lingua Franca about putting up a schedule of
meetings with non-existent students on his office door. Since he didn't
want to waste his time engaging with ordinary students, he faked being all
booked up. Honestly I can't understand why anybody who has invested in the
time and energy to get tenure would behave in this fashion. For me the high
point of the week is meeting some young person from Marxmail in person who
wants to discuss politics. Or even exchanging email.


Louis Proyect
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