That's Like, a Bummer, Man
So I decided I couldn't write for the Lumberjack this semester. It's not even the workload -- it's that I feel like I need to appear pretty moderate (or even apolitical) to my students, and there's always a chance one of them will get bored at Macy's and pick up a newspaper.
Granted, this chance is very, very small. There's an incredible concentration of iPods and Red Bulls over at Flag High, and I doubt many of those kids are very into print media. All the same, I can imagine a high school version of me picking up a newspaper and thinking "oh, cool, Mr. Dickerson's a hippie! Now all I have to do is write a bunch of liberal dreg in my essays and he'll give me good grades!" Worse still, I can imagine a high school version of...well, I mean, there are a couple conservatives under the age of 50...anyway, you know, the kid might wind up feeling a little alienated by my peace this and my I hate romanticized violence that.
In other news, I'm not too wild on bureaucracy right now. To prove my predisposition against committees and meetings and hierarchy, I decided it would be a good idea to be part of Chapel Rock's visioning process. Take that, the Man. I got you good.
Our rug really ties the room together, though. You should come check it out.
5 comments:
Way to throw the rug bit in there. And way to keep your politics mysterious. Kinda Larry King-esque.
Your bi-tri-weekly columns will be missed. Glad that if you have to do it, you are at least doing it for the sake of the shorties...please write more about the state of things either way!
I agree with your overall point, Russ, but couldn't a similar thing be said about blogging? Granted, blogging does give a greater cloak of anonymity, but still, it's a semi-public forum that someone could find.
Blog on, my friend.
There is a difference, I think, between telling your students what to think and showing them other ways of seeing the world around them. Confronting controversy in the classroom is one of my favorite things. I'm pretty open about my column in the Noise and I teach two sections of freshmen english. I say, let'er rip. The Lumberjack needs some sass.
hey freakshow. you changed the appearance of your blog, but you didn't write a new post? ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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