tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3759353.post3822557757113595594..comments2023-08-29T02:42:23.063-05:00Comments on ¡Bemsha SWING!: Education WorksJonathanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09371893596402673898noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3759353.post-35063996854377857752011-05-16T13:49:22.307-05:002011-05-16T13:49:22.307-05:00There used to be protection for tenured people but...There used to be protection for tenured people but it doesn't exist any more. People with tenure are getting fired all over the country. Last year, we were told by the administration that if we don't comply on a certain matter, our entire department would be disbanded. Including, of course, our five tenured professors. Tenure or no tenure, people are terrified of saying anything that might challenge the administrators' opinions. And it's like that everywhere nowadays.Clarissahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11027134365260069910noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3759353.post-34457748216268971392011-05-16T10:29:38.318-05:002011-05-16T10:29:38.318-05:00The distrust, I think, comes from the protected na...The distrust, I think, comes from the protected nature of the tenured professor. Barring criminal conduct, a tenured professor can say or do anything without fear of financial repercussions. This is a protection denied to almost every other worker, most of whom live in fear of dismissal for anything from being diagnosed with a chronic illness to expressing the wrong political opinion. There is a similar distrust of union employees, whose superior protections cause them to be viewed as lazy, incompetent, even corrupt. Everyone, of course, would love to have similar protections; they feel it's unfair because they don't have them. And they've been so successfully brainwashed by what my friend from Kentucky still calls The Man that they don't realize they <i>could</i> have those protections, if only they'd organize and fight for them. But the American appetite for history has never been strong, so I expect we'll continue to see the weird resentment you discuss here.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com