[Air-l] laptops and Internet access in class

[Mark D. Johns]

Dr. Steve Eskow wrote:
> ...
> If I were in your position, without tenure and with an institutional climate 
> that doesn't allow for differences in practice, I would undooubtedly do as 
> you are doing--in order to collect my paycheck. I will think about whether I 
> would defend those  practices--compulsory attendance, "points" awarded and 
> deducted, etc.-- in public....

Gee, and just the other day I was chiding my friends on this list for 
taking troll bait, and now look at how I've spent my day! Only a true 
ivory tower academic would vilify the notion that an education ought to 
actually help prepare students to bear some responsibility for their 
actions and inactions. I have better things to do than to read further 
condescending posts.

No more time to play this game. There's work to be done.
-- 
Mark D. Johns, Ph.D.
Associate Professor and Head of the
  Department of Communication Studies
Luther College, Decorah, Iowa USA
http://academic.luther.edu/~johnsmar/
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