rebel without a degree

Posted on | September 8, 2004 | Comments Off

so yesterday was the mid-semester test for 2220. one student refused to answer any of the 50 questions on theories and theorists, instead choosing to scrawl random Foucault quotes on the coversheet (implying our thorough imbrication in institutions of disciplinarity) and walk out after five minutes. do we applaud the sophisticated grasp of the theory/practice dilemma? do we reward the genius which recognises the irony of teaching bourdieu the week before classifying students according to educational capital? do we congratulate ourselves for successfully encouraging resistance to all authorities at all times? do we think the student a twat?

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