Can I get the $100 if I record myself?
I am not so sure what is so troubling about right-wing students being paid to record radical profs.
As Ann writes below, it's alarming that UCLA thinks this is a copyright issue and wants to censor critics via copyright bullying.
The fact is, all the allegations against wacky profs punishing conservative students for their opinions turned out to be crap. If the wingnuts had recordings of professors it would be harder to twist words and make stuff up.
I record my lectures and offer them to my students. Every prof should. What's wrong with being open and honest about how one teaches? Isn't it better to demonstrate the techniques of good teaching and invite criticism for bad teaching?
Look, I am not radical. But if I were, the best thing that could happen to me would be exposure as a radical. Radical ideas get no traffic in this media culture. Liberal ideas -- while overwhelmingly popular among real, patriotic Americans -- are usually dismissed by mainstream media as looney and marginal.
But regardless, why should the classroom be a secret place? Why shouldn't we be bold and firm and public about what we believe and how we teach those who disagree with us? Isn't it our job to spread knowledge and engage in debate?
So, can I get some of that money for recording my own lectures?
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