Dear All,
I am wondering if we might be able to bring up the war within the context of our "Pedagogy in the 21st Century" series.
It seems to me we have all been operating from the hidden premise that it is possible to practice, research, or otherwise examine pedagogy without addressing this.
It seems unacceptable to me that we at QCC have debated whether or not students should be allowed to perform poetry on the quad because it is offensive to some while there is complete silence about the war and what it means that military recruiters may set up their tents on the quad.
In writing this entry, I was unsure about which category it should go under because all of them seem appropriate. At first, I thought I might write it as a comment in response to Peter's latest entry about race and class because I see many points of intersection between our entries. I finally settled on Politics and Ethics in the classroom, but it really belongs to all of the categories.
I believe it is vital that our discourse situate teaching and learning within this historical moment - as difficult as that may be. It would be good to have an open discussion on campus and I would be willing to help with it. I'd really like to know what the students feel about all of this.
