To Kill A Mokingbird
remember a moment back in the mid-80s when I was a graduate teaching assistant. Several of my fellow grad students and I were standing around a hall of the English department engaging in the usual t.a. banter: bemoaning the illiteracy of our composition students, fretting about our upcoming doctoral exams, debating the pros and cons of applying for food stamps. Out-of-the-blue one of our number remarked, "You know, teaching is a sexy business." I distinctly recall the embarrassed hush that fell over the group. Then someone changed the subject, back to comp students and food stamps.
Is teaching a "sexy business?" If so, what might be the dangers (and possibly also the advantages) of a buried Eros in the classroom? If some profs are, in fact, bedding their students (or vice versa), should this alarm anyone concerned about higher education? Although I'm a professor myself (blissfully married, I might add) let me throw caution to the wind and confess that I find these questions......
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