As
most of you know I abhor grades and the common obsession with them, believing
them an anti-educational distraction that infantilizes students and drains
learning of its inherent joy. I build them into my courses only because the
institutional structure demands it.
Imagine
my delight, then, to find that even though you are all aware blogging
constitutes a substantial component of the course, so many of you have chosen
to ignore the consequences for your grades, presumably on principle, by declining
to do it. Of course, I think blogging can foster and amplify engagement with
the material and each other in a low-pressure and enjoyable manner, and would
like to see it catch on in my courses. However, I cannot but admire many of you
for the price you are prepared to pay to resist the assignment.
As
you collectively pursue this virtuous campaign against the manifest injustice
of being asked to blog, I do hope you’ll keep the rest of us informed of your
efforts. Hey, you could even blog about it!
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