Comments on: Sensitivity issues… http://cac.ophony.org/2006/09/26/sensitivity-issues/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 04:58:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Ryan Swihart http://cac.ophony.org/2006/09/26/sensitivity-issues/comment-page-1/#comment-2429 Ryan Swihart Wed, 27 Sep 2006 14:02:19 +0000 http://cac.ophony.org/2006/09/26/sensitivity-issues/#comment-2429 I should admit that I'm not sure what the technical definition of pathologizing is, though I feel I have a layman's sense. I do worry sometimes about the prevalent emphasis on the speacial circumstances of CUNY students, and I think that the line between a necessary understanding of the lives and backgrounds of one's students and a counterproductive lowering of expectations that tends toward being patronizing can be a difficult one to discern. This is a complex set of issues and it's heartening to know that it was part of recent faulty discussions. I should admit that I’m not sure what the technical definition of pathologizing is, though I feel I have a layman’s sense. I do worry sometimes about the prevalent emphasis on the speacial circumstances of CUNY students, and I think that the line between a necessary understanding of the lives and backgrounds of one’s students and a counterproductive lowering of expectations that tends toward being patronizing can be a difficult one to discern. This is a complex set of issues and it’s heartening to know that it was part of recent faulty discussions.

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