It seems a popular tradition that crosses all countries and
cultures of higher education; the classroom that is need of repair.
As a teacher, it can be embarrassing, even though you do not
hold the purse strings, and as a student, you wonder why there is a brand new
BMW outside for one of the higher ups but the lights do not work properly.
The article I am going to share speaks for itself; I am not
judging any school, and I certainly not recommending teachers do this. However,
you do have to admit this was clever:
“Classrooms of Shame”
“Leaky ceilings, dim lighting, roaches, mold. Those images don't
evoke the ideals of higher education, but for the growing number of professors
posting pictures of their rooms and offices to the social media
feed called "Classrooms of Shame," they're an everyday reality”.
“Karen Kelsky, who runs the academic career counseling
website "The
Professor Is In," and who is a former tenured professor of
anthropology at the University of Oregon and the University of Illinois at
Urbana-Champaign, started the Tumblr feed. She did so several months ago,
"after hearing so many anecdotal stories from my clients and readers of
the deplorable conditions of adjunct teaching facilities – offices with no
phones, leaking roofs, mold, bugs, etc.," she said via email. The idea was
to give academics a place to "vent and share, and know they are not alone."”
“And share and vent they did. “Classrooms of Shame” is full of
pictures of leaky ceilings, some with makeshift fixes, such as a sheet of
plastic funneling water into a trash can at what’s labeled as a “liberal arts
college.” (Most posters don’t label their institutions by name, for fear of
damaging their careers or – among adjuncts in particular – losing their jobs.)
There are photos of classrooms with dead insects, leaking windows stuffed with
rags to keep out the rain, and holes in the walls. Other professors have posted
photos of their “office space” – in one instance, a group of three chairs at
the end of a hallway”.
Read the rest here: http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2013/11/12/social-media-outlet-sheds-light-substandard-teaching-facilities
I will add a
small personal observation and say that the public schools seem to be the worst
offenders.
Dr Flavius A B Akerele III
The ETeam
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