Today’s lecture (that I almost overslept) was on Catalan nationalism. It is very hard to speak about current events without betraying what my opinion about them is. But I figured that since we are talking about a different country, it’s OK to be less cryptic.
“I don’t want to tell you how I feel about Rajoy,” I told my students. “So I will just show you some photos to let you know what he looks like.”
After I showed these images, everybody laughed.
“I’ve been wondering,” one student said. “Why is it that the professors here never express any political opinions. Is that because you are not interested in politics or because you are not allowed?”
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Free Catalonia!
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As of now, 80% of people in Catalonia support the referendum.
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It’s almost to good to be true. I hope that this trend continues.
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too good
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I never express any political opinion (but I show many political facts) to my students (unless in private discussion) because this is not the goal of teaching. Teaching is about critical thinking and knowledge, not ideology.
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