[Teaching_Composition] Critical vs Radical

[Kathy Fitch]

<<I didn't read her saying that students were incapable of dealing with
political realities.  Republicans, maybe, but not all young people.>>

Okay, this almost made my laugh my afternoon coffee right onto the keyboard.
Seems spot on, though--Hairston's was less a "you can't handle The Truth!"
stance than a "Teacher's version of Truth shouldn't drown out the marvelous
diversity of truths students bring, from which everyone in the room might
learn much" stance.  It's a generous, appreciative view of students, not a
dismissive one.


Kathy