Tuesday, January 11, 2005
Oh, I miss the Daily Cal
We'll just have to settle for the crazies over at UCLA. From some day, I have no idea when, the folks writing the Bruin really want that diversity requirement that a small portion of the faculty voted down. But read these interesting descriptions of a diversity requirement (it's parallel to our AC, by the way):
The University should confirm the importance of diversity and make sure students have the opportunity to explore questions about race, gender, sexuality and class with within an academic context.
Now, if these classes already exist, then students already have the opportunity to explore these questions. What this requirement wanted to do was to take this "opportunity" and turn it into a "requirement." And requiring people to explore things isn't exactly rewarding.
Making diversity part of the curriculum will give structure and meaning to the experiences students already have while living in Los Angeles and attending UCLA.
What are these students, pre-schoolers? Can they really get no meaning out of their real-life experiences without a college class to explain it to them?
After all how often do students take an organized, prolonged and proactive interest in the greater structure of their education?
The faculty must heed these calls.
Hey, you know, an alternative view is to let students take an organized, prolonged, and proactive interest in the greater structure of their own education, rather than trying to restructure everyone else's.
If faculty members are truly indifferent or opposed, they should voice their views.
If they're indifferent, they should voice their views. "I DON'T CARE!!!" Happy? Why are editorial writers such doofuses? Can't people write fun and exciting editorials? I'll scribble up a sample for you creative editors to use as a model.
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