Received: from jhuml1.hcf.jhu.edu (jhuml1.hcf.jhu.edu [128.220.2.86]) by csf.Colorado.EDU (8.7.6/8.7.3/CNS-4.0p) with ESMTP id BAA00936 for ; Tue, 1 Oct 1996 01:01:27 -0600 (MDT) Received: from jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu by jhmail.hcf.jhu.edu (PMDF V5.0-7 #13870) id <01IA43AK689S9TCN4Z@jhmail.hcf.jhu.edu> for socgrad@csf.colorado.edu; Tue, 01 Oct 1996 03:01:03 -0400 (EDT) Received: from jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu by jhmail.hcf.jhu.edu (PMDF V5.0-7 #13870) id <01IA43AGDMXO9TCN4W@jhmail.hcf.jhu.edu> for socgrad@csf.colorado.edu; Tue, 01 Oct 1996 03:00:58 -0400 (EDT) Received: from jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu by jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu id <2711-2>; Tue, 01 Oct 1996 03:00:54 -0400 Date: Tue, 01 Oct 1996 03:00:44 -0400 From: Thomas F Brown Subject: Re: this to lecture or not to lecture stuff To: socgrad@csf.colorado.edu Message-id: <96Oct1.030054edt.2711-2@jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu> Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT I'm very surprised by all the responses thus far that have dismissed and/or ignored Christian's point about the power involved in teacher-to-student/lecturer-to-learner relationships. Please tell me that there are more of you out there who recognize this power differential, feel it's important to identify and address, and find it problematic in at least some ways. ==================== His point was made while criticizing TR's contributions, which for me are the best part of this list. As for the power imbalance, it's not going to disappear in your lifetime. Get used to it. Being a grad student means having to face constant assaults on your ego, accepting low status, and accepting pay so low that it could be considered exploitive. And yet those jobs are coveted and competed for by grad students. OF COURSE we all recognize the power differential! Whaddya think, we're morons or something?