It’s not just Rauner either. People can’t get out of the rut and accept that this is not an isolated crisis that has a clear end but a symptom of an unavoidable transformation.
At my department, for instance, we keep coming up with new language courses. Right now, it’s a new course that will teach native speakers of Spanish how to use accents correctly. Because you can totally justify the existence of Full Professors who are paid $80,000 per year to teach native speakers about accents.
And the only argument people give to defend this sort of thing is, “This is how things have always been.”
Headdesk.
The thing is being eroded from every direction.
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