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Strong disagree. There’s very little reason college classes even need to meet in person. If they do, it would be very easy to protect the lecturer. A plexiglass
by newbamboo 5y ago
Strong disagree. There’s very little reason college classes even need to meet in person. If they do, it would be very easy to protect the lecturer. A plexiglass divider is all that’s needed. A university that doesn’t provide that is essentially either being negligent to save a few bucks, unjustifiable given their massive revenues, or willfully trying to push out a tenured professor. I hope he sues big and wins. Universities have long outlived their usefulness. They’re just corporations that exist to provide the elite with sinecure jobs and nurture endowments that mostly sit idle.
- bellyfullofbac 5y agoFrom someone who don't think the current rules are enough, plexiglass probably doesn't help. It's not just spit, it's airborne, like cigarette smoke. Imagine being in a room with a smoker, would 6ft, cloth masks or plexiglass stop you from noticing the smell of cigarettes?
- newbamboo 5y agoIt could. There used to be smoking sections in airports. The barriers, typically glass but they could easily be made of plexiglass, did in fact keep the smoke inside the smoking section. This would not be a great expense. Add some cheap mics and speakers; problem solved.
- LurkingPenguin 5y agoThat's a totally different argument. He could have asked for the ability to teach online, or for specific in-class accommodations, but instead he decided to go into the classroom and predictably, when a student didn't go along with his contrary-to-school-policy demand, he used it as a way to resign with a bang. Also, there's no real evidence that plexiglass is effective. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-06-08/fortunes-spent-on-plastic-shields-with-no-proof-they-stop-covid https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-06-08/fortunes-...