When they come for #AcademicFreedom, it's in drips and drabs. It's in the guise of "sound" policy and procedure. It's the subtle ways in which power makes you question your own judgement and opt to self-censor. #Resist Our classrooms are temples for the human mind and it's our duty to protect them.
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@mathewoakes "civility" and "decorum" often show up in the academy and elsewhere as on the surface norms for discourse, but often function as tools of oppression and maintenance of power hierarchies.
@ZingerLearns: Indeed. "I just need to be aware of what's happening in the classroom" is just a nice way of saying you're under constant surveillance.