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- From: nelson@reed.edu (Nelson Minar)
- Newsgroups: soc.motss
- Subject: Re: gay culture
- Message-ID: <1992Nov20.021304.3367@reed.edu>
- Date: 20 Nov 92 02:13:04 GMT
- Article-I.D.: reed.1992Nov20.021304.3367
- References: <1992Nov18.233158.11847@samba.oit.unc.edu>
- Reply-To: nelson@reed.edu (Nelson Minar)
- Organization: Reed College, Portland, OR
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- In article <1992Nov18.233158.11847@samba.oit.unc.edu> czmt@gibbs.oit.unc.edu (Season Marie Taylor) writes:
- >I went to talk to my English TA about my gay culture paper today (I posted
- >something earlier about my paper). She so graciously pointed out that
- >there are many very conservative people in my class, and that one of these
- >people might be the person grading my paper. (We grade each other's papers
- >in this class) She told me that I should either write about part of gay
- >culture that would not offend even the most close-minded people, or that I
- >should choose another topic.
-
- I think you should tell your English TA that if other students are not
- capable of grading your paper without letting their prejudices
- influence their judgment, then those students should not be grading
- papers at all.
-
- If your TA refuses to listen, then complain to the professor. If that
- doesn't work, talk to the head of the department, or the Dean of
- Students, or the college paper, or the fucking president if it's
- necessary.
-
- >This is what I want to write about, and I don't care who I offend in my class.
-
- Right on! Just make sure you don't get punished for it. Academics
- understand the idea of academic freedom, and principled academics
- would be shocked at the advice your TA gave you.
- __
- nelson@reed.edu \/ There is absolutely no other possibility
-