[584] in Discussion of MIT-community interests
addendum [re: "diversity" and GIRs]
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jimmy_B,MajMoola,MechWarrior,etc._)
Wed May 9 10:04:56 2001
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To: wally@sub-zero.MIT.EDU
cc: mit-talk@MIT.EDU
Date: Wed, 09 May 2001 10:05:43 EDT
From: "Jimmy_B,MajMoola,MechWarrior,etc._Chien-ta Wu" <jimmbswu@MIT.EDU>
>students. Fuck diversity education -- soem people aren't worth the time it
>takes to teach them, and it's only a token requirement anyhow. The people
>who want such education will seek it out.
As the leader of the finest university in educating leaders of science and
technology, Chuck Vest has a responsibility and the duty to accomplish, to the
most extent possible, MIT's educational mission, educating tomorrow's leaders of
science and technology.
The deans in the upper echelons of the MIT admin and the MIT professors also
have this duty of accomplishing MIT's educational mission.
Many people judge that an appreciation of diversity is vital as a leadership
attribute.
Therefore, Chuck et al have a duty to implement some sort of CD requirement, to
foster an appreciation of diversity. [used to be done through MOYA]
Whether they actually feel they have such a duty is another story for another
day :-)
B, crackpot and defender of the status quo
ps: if you do not want to be society's leader in science and technology, and you
just want to be a generic human who happens to be good in math and science, you
should consider transferring to another college, such as that school right up
the river, or another insitution in the area, WPI.
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