| Sure, they have a right to their own choices. That is not a matter of controversy. I have a right to disapprove of their choices, and to use what influence I may have to affect them. It is best to use what influence one may have to get them to learn, for the reasons I stipulated, and it is not merely a personal matter, again, for the reasons I stipulated. If I could affect black culture, so that good students were not stigmatized for "acting white", but held out as examples to the community, and students were not satisfied with C and D, or prone to shrug off failure, but resolved to do better and work for at least a B, I would do it, with no hesitancy. I would not say that it is a matter of personal freedom, and I shouldn't interfere....... |
