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kumquatmay ([personal profile] kumquatmay) wrote in [personal profile] deborah 2008-10-22 05:41 pm (UTC)

now I'm curious as to what the book you'd have given the Printz to was...

a whole lot of that kerfuffle seems to maybe stem from the idea that teaching the topic/book/etc. invites discussion about it--and discussion can lead to disagreements of opinions, and OMG HOW COULD YOU NOT LOVE THIS THE WAY I LOVE IT!? issues being worked out.

Which, on one hand, is exactly why I don't want to be in academia, because I could not handle that at all. But on the other, some of the most interesting and best discussions I remember from undergrad was when it came out during the discussion that the professor really didn't care for the material.

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