Comments on: They Argued With Her? In Academia!?

By: Ike

Ike — Tue, 13 May 2008 02:57:36 +0000

Pathological narcissism; common psychological problem with women in professions requiring no knowledge of mathematics, especially in an academic setting. The principal clue is that she consulted with a doctor about her emotional disturbance caused by the behavior of her students. Only a disturbed personality could be caused genuine emotional distress sufficient to require medical diagnosis in these circumstances. Much ado about nothing rational.

By: Julian Elson

Julian Elson — Sat, 10 May 2008 23:50:20 +0000

Your first link to PJ Doland, while decipherable, doesn’t work immediately; I think it could use a colon.

By: James

James — Sat, 10 May 2008 00:12:08 +0000

Clearly, the student would have lied and helped misspell “Gattaca” if the teacher had been on the tenure track.

By: Josep

Josep — Thu, 08 May 2008 02:09:31 +0000

“Truth has always been a powerful weapon in the arsenal of the oppressed; treating “truth” as nothing more than a weapon, however, saps it of that power.”

I share your sentiment to a certain extent, but the last eight years have tended to emphasize the profound limitations of speaking truth to power.

By: lemmy caution

lemmy caution — Wed, 07 May 2008 23:30:15 +0000

If Foucauldian power/knowledge is anything like Pink Floydian power/knowledge, I think the teachers are supposed to be the ones that oppress the students rather than the other way around.

The smith incident is just a protest. It may be misguided but it has nothing to do with Foucauldian power/knowledge.