Methinks the graduates of USC's School of Social Work will be spectacularly unprepared to do actual social work in the real world, if they ever manage to or are forced to burrow out of their protective academic cocoon at some point in their lives.
I, for one, do not find this sort of stupid pandering found in USC's "field" letter harmless…
Methinks the graduates of USC's School of Social Work will be spectacularly unprepared to do actual social work in the real world, if they ever manage to or are forced to burrow out of their protective academic cocoon at some point in their lives.
I, for one, do not find this sort of stupid pandering found in USC's "field" letter harmless or well-intentioned. It takes time, energy, resources, and focus from real problems; it is a distraction, and distractions can be fatal. Letters such as these burnish the author's or institution's social justice credentials, the proverbial box-checking, while further damaging the souls (and careers) of those unlucky enough to be on the receiving end of this nonsense.
This isn't innocent; this is part of the calculated destruction of the minds and spirits of the next generations who will be spit out from the maw of the academic meat grinder utterly unprepared to deal with life, unable to distinguish fact from fiction, schooled to react to certain triggers with certain behaviors like Pavlovian dogs, completely unaware that they have been led by their noses to their own self-destruction, suffocated by the mantle of universal victimhood.
"If you aren't certain of the gender of the person you are referring to, you should use th—"
(slams palm on table, startling everyone)
If this keeps up we may as well go back to grunts and groans. In some places a perfunctory "good morning" is answered with a haughty "that's a matter of opinion. Don't be so *subjective*." Not joking.
"It takes time, energy, resources, and focus from real problems; it is a distraction, and distractions can be fatal."
I couldn't agree more. As I saiid to Angel, there's this narcissistic contingent of activists doing more harm than good across the board at the moment. It's infuriating.
Methinks the graduates of USC's School of Social Work will be spectacularly unprepared to do actual social work in the real world, if they ever manage to or are forced to burrow out of their protective academic cocoon at some point in their lives.
I, for one, do not find this sort of stupid pandering found in USC's "field" letter harmless or well-intentioned. It takes time, energy, resources, and focus from real problems; it is a distraction, and distractions can be fatal. Letters such as these burnish the author's or institution's social justice credentials, the proverbial box-checking, while further damaging the souls (and careers) of those unlucky enough to be on the receiving end of this nonsense.
This isn't innocent; this is part of the calculated destruction of the minds and spirits of the next generations who will be spit out from the maw of the academic meat grinder utterly unprepared to deal with life, unable to distinguish fact from fiction, schooled to react to certain triggers with certain behaviors like Pavlovian dogs, completely unaware that they have been led by their noses to their own self-destruction, suffocated by the mantle of universal victimhood.
May God have mercy.....
"If you aren't certain of the gender of the person you are referring to, you should use th—"
(slams palm on table, startling everyone)
If this keeps up we may as well go back to grunts and groans. In some places a perfunctory "good morning" is answered with a haughty "that's a matter of opinion. Don't be so *subjective*." Not joking.
Or the default pronouns can be what I show for my own on Twitter: Hey/You!
Ok that’s funny, but before I bailed off Twitter I blocked most people with profile pronouns and everyone with they/them.
"It takes time, energy, resources, and focus from real problems; it is a distraction, and distractions can be fatal."
I couldn't agree more. As I saiid to Angel, there's this narcissistic contingent of activists doing more harm than good across the board at the moment. It's infuriating.
Rather a lot like some Millennials today. The 'self-esteem' generation...