"Threats hardly seem appropriate for a progressive learning environment, but for decades I have taught inconsolably anxious students mortified by attendance rep

"Threats hardly seem appropriate for a progressive learning environment, but for decades I have taught inconsolably anxious students mortified by attendance reports, submission systems and other machinery that sends nagging notifications, not to mention spurious or false warnings" Dude, I agree with what you're saying, but I also think unnecessarily wordy prose is itself a system of oppression.