tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9096775046824978357.post7014239128919068209..comments2024-03-16T08:56:35.554-07:00Comments on Economics for Teachers: Musings about Teaching Economics: A flexible #dayofhigheredJennifer Imazekihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15217003898479507362noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9096775046824978357.post-31687053223228474462012-04-27T13:04:05.678-07:002012-04-27T13:04:05.678-07:00Why would you put in a random nasty remark about t...Why would you put in a random nasty remark about the Catholic Church? It is irrelevant and makes you sound intolerant.Practicing Catholicnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9096775046824978357.post-87103818174657126972012-04-23T02:42:34.717-07:002012-04-23T02:42:34.717-07:00Personally, I have little invested in the debate. ...Personally, I have little invested in the debate. I have been teaching as an adjunct for six years. Before this I was in sales. It is a sales job. We sell the Western inherited cultural experience. When students buy into this we are happy and they get good grades.<br />The attack on education (including the 'education bubble') is an attack on the foundations of Western culture. I see this attack made from the educators - and that only adds to the fire. (See Adjuncts on Linked-In: Martin.)<br />The attacks on the Humanities are particularly bizarre as it is the Humanities that define thought.<br />I knew we were in trouble when the attacks on the Humanities were couched in language such as this: 'Philosophy hasn't any answers. So why study it?'<br />The same could be said about economics or biology.<br />Unfortunately, the teaching profession is filled -- as it had to always have been - with charlatans.<br />Like the Roman Catholic Church, the bad are driving out the good.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9096775046824978357.post-2233009494879080912012-04-05T12:43:46.662-07:002012-04-05T12:43:46.662-07:00One of my favorite analogies - I think it was from...One of my favorite analogies - I think it was from Dean Dad - is that this is like saying athletes are only working when actually competing. By that measure, sprinters are the most over-paid people in the world!Jennifer Imazekihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15217003898479507362noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9096775046824978357.post-25669873139571026582012-04-03T09:13:09.677-07:002012-04-03T09:13:09.677-07:00It's as if the only time a surgeon works is wh...It's as if the only time a surgeon works is when she's in the OR, or the only time a lawyer works is in a courtroom. <br /><br />Can you imagine the uproar among doctors or lawyers if people applied the same type of argument to their working days as the Post op-ed applies to teachers?<br /><br />There are analogies, but we have to work to find them.Don Coffinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07198988872512792834noreply@blogger.com