Via Skynet
I'm a professor at a midsize state school. I have been teaching
college classes for nine years now. I have won (minor) teaching awards,
studied pedagogy extensively, and almost always score highly on my
student evaluations. I am not a world-class teacher by any means, but I
am conscientious; I attempt to put teaching ahead of research, and I
take a healthy emotional stake in the well-being and growth of my
students.
Things have changed since I started teaching. The vibe is different. I
wish there were a less blunt way to put this, but my students sometimes
scare me — particularly the liberal ones.
Not, like, in a person-by-person sense, but students in general. The
student-teacher dynamic has been reenvisioned along a line that's
simultaneously consumerist and hyper-protective, giving each and every
student the ability to claim Grievous Harm in nearly any circumstance,
after any affront, and a teacher's formal ability to respond to these
claims is limited at best.