Some of the folks teaching into the social science methods course were having a conversation today about how teaching ages you. Instantly. In the minds of your students, that is – students to whom you immediately achieve the status of a historical contemporary of whatever it is you are discussing in class.
My favourite instance of this was from a course I taught a few years back, where at some point I got into a joking side discussion with an older student who tended to enjoy testing me out. In this particular class, they made some joke about the French Revolution, I responded in kind – and then one of the younger students indignantly protested that they felt left out: “You guys have to understand that it goes over our heads when you do this! I mean, we weren’t even born back then!”
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So, given the association that you ever-so-kindly made today*, Lisa and I aren’t looking too bad for two-hundred-and-something year olds.
(*what’s that thing about revenge being a dish best served cold?)
What? Who? Me? I just made a very slight suggestion that you might have some acquaintance with Hegel…
Just teasing… related to the fact that I spent the following 4 hours shaking in my boots, fearful that I’d be asked to explain immanent critique, in 100 words or less
To quote JPD (at 07 Syd conf) “I don’t know anything without my books”.