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I had my attention drawn to a rather strange article by a Butler student<\/a>. The article begins by referring to a professor requiring the use of inclusive language \u2013 that is, not saying \u201che\u201d when you mean \u201che or she\u201d and not using \u201cmankind\u201d when you mean \u201chumankind,\u201d and so on.<\/p>\n

$\"\"$ But the student then goes on to complain as though they are being asked not merely to recognize the existence of people of different genders in mixed groups, but to somehow think themselves into the shoes of those who are different than them.<\/p>\n

What is most disturbing is the conclusion, where the student suggests that they are paying tuition not to be taught, trained, educated, provoked, and\u00a0held accountable<\/em> for learning during their time as students, but because they are \u201cpaying customers\u201d they should \u2013 and I quote \u2013 \u201cspeak as I always have and conduct myself in the way I deem fit.\u201d<\/p>\n

Click through to read the whole thing<\/a>, and tell me if you find it as bizarre, misguided, and depressing as I do that a student has so badly misunderstood what a university is for and what it means to be a student at one.<\/p>\n

Next he\u2019ll be saying that, since he is paying the university, he should be able to write as ungrammatically as ever. The logic is the same.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"