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***Leave No Doubt*** · 01-02-2012, 07:15 PM

Ivy League education now includes a class on Occupy Wall Street, a class that earns college credits too!

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. An Occupy Wall Street class will send students into the field and will be taught by Dr. Hannah Appel, a veteran of the Occupy movement.

The course begins next semester and will be
divided between class work at Columbia’s Morningside Heights campus and fieldwork that will require students to become involved with the Occupy movement outside of the classroom.

The course will be called “Occupy the Field: Global Finance, Inequality, Social Movement” it will be run by the anthropology department.

New Class At Columbia Focuses On Occupy Wall Street « CBS New York

Well worth drowning in student loans for

PatsFanInVa · 01-02-2012, 07:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Leave No Doubt

Ivy League education now includes a class on Occupy Wall Street, a class that earns college credits too!

New Class At Columbia Focuses On Occupy Wall Street « CBS New York

Well worth drowning in student loans for

I'm asking myself whether I'd react similarly if there had been a tea-party class in poli sci at Liberty University or somewhere, back when the tea party was a significant grass-roots presence.

Hmmm.

I don't know how I'd answer on that one -- after all, they showed up for 3 hours, melted away, then showed up again in 3 months, by and large. The OWS guys appear to be a long-haul movement, with plenty of "field work" to be done.

Do you know the % of people at OWS who also had tea party sympathies? I don't. Since there are similarities in some of their rhetoric, but since they are on opposite ends of the political spectrum, it makes me wonder.

Do you wonder what % of OWS comes from each income band? It seems like it's pertinent, and it seems (politically) like a weakness. From the shots on TV, it looks like middle-class people.

My impression is that it skews toward the young (20 somethings.) What's the prevalence of age groups?

How many would be for/against a number of issue stances -- since we know that they're an amorphous group, with one central message (against the enormous income inequality in the U.S.)

I think you could put together a really useful college course in this movement, both for the student and for the professor's academic publishing purposes. Send them out to get polling results, "anecdotal" interviews, etc. Get a portrait of this group. Watch it change over time.

If you see college as a place where you learn to sell widgets, nah it's a waste of college loan money. If it's a place where you do research and learn about researching (in this context,) then I think you can make a really good case for such a class.

PFnV

The Brandon Five · 01-02-2012, 10:16 PM

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Originally Posted by PatsFanInVa

I think you could put together a really useful college course in this movement, both for the student and for the professor's academic publishing purposes. Send them out to get polling results, "anecdotal" interviews, etc. Get a portrait of this group. Watch it change over time.

If you see college as a place where you learn to sell widgets, nah it's a waste of college loan money. If it's a place where you do research and learn about researching (in this context,) then I think you can make a really good case for such a class.

PFnV

What would there be to research here?

Wait...on second thought maybe they could finally find out what the OWS crowd wants!

I could see the point if they were researching political movements on both sides of the aisle but "participating" in OWS for credit seems like a partisan move to me.

The Brandon Five · 01-02-2012, 10:18 PM

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Originally Posted by Leave No Doubt

Ivy League education now includes a class on Occupy Wall Street, a class that earns college credits too!

New Class At Columbia Focuses On Occupy Wall Street « CBS New York

Well worth drowning in student loans for

I never understood why the people who were protesting the size of their loans didn't occupy colleges and universities...you know, where the price of tuition is actually set. Occupy Columbia!

cupofjoe1962 · 01-02-2012, 11:28 PM

If you wake up with a pup tent, do you get extra credit?

PatsFanInVa · 01-03-2012, 01:08 AM

Once you guys get admitted to Columbia, you're free to choose not to participate

Here's the course description:

http://bwog.com/wp-content/uploads/2...S-Syllabus.pdf

Pretty interesting. They specify that they will only meet in spaces sanctioned by the authorities, will not engage in direct action, etc. The emphasis is on research. I'm not sure exactly how or where you're likely to get a better front-row seat to political movements today.

cupofjoe1962 · 01-03-2012, 02:15 AM

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Originally Posted by PatsFanInVa

Once you guys get admitted to Columbia, you're free to choose not to participate

Here's the course description:

http://bwog.com/wp-content/uploads/2...S-Syllabus.pdf

Pretty interesting. They specify that they will only meet in spaces sanctioned by the authorities, will not engage in direct action, etc. The emphasis is on research. I'm not sure exactly how or where you're likely to get a better front-row seat to political movements today.

The OWS movment is a lost ship in a fog with no captiain.
Christmas just passed, if you have a OWS member in your family I
hope they got a GPS device.

***Harry Boy*** · 01-03-2012, 05:24 AM

Ass Holes.............

***DarrylS*** · 01-03-2012, 05:58 AM

It is obvious here that some do not understand the value of a varied approach to education.. the way it is structured, can be invaluable.

Having had varied educational experiences, they all provide a framework on how I look at the world.. one is not greater than the other.

This class is an elective and based on the theory that labs can take place on the street, not just in the classroom...

cupofjoe1962 · 01-03-2012, 06:28 AM

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Originally Posted by DarrylS

It is obvious here that some do not understand the value of a varied approach to education.. the way it is structured, can be invaluable.

Having had varied educational experiences, they all provide a framework on how I look at the world.. one is not greater than the other.

This class is an elective and based on the theory that labs can take place on the street, not just in the classroom...

I don't care how educated you are.... you need to learn the song !

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Originally Posted by DarrylS

Na na na na, na na na na... say good bye!!!

While everyone pisses and moans about our drafts, the Colts suck a whole lot worse.. BB for the competition committee.. don't let the door hit you in the azz..

Now Darryls.... repeat after me........

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