Do Students Dislike Education Law Classes? Evidence from Twitter
Justin Bathon on Tuesday, June 30, 2009 at 10:49PM
Playing around with Twitter tonight. Signed up even (you can follow me at edjurist and/or if you are reading this I should probably be following you, so please tell me you handle in way or another). Anyway, ran a search for "education law" and "school law" and this is what I got (representative). I sort of like Twitter because of the personal and honest nature of the posts. But, if this is what people honestly have to say about school law courses, it is a little concerning. I really don't get why school law courses have to be boring. That is certainly their reputation, and perhaps it is deserved, but it is totally unnecessary. There are so many cool things out there related to education law. Yes, there are stuffy cases ... but the stuffy cases are about strip searches and the like. There are YouTube videos to watch (or make), lots of fun activities, lots of interesting news clippings ... there is just a lot of interesting stuff that, if presented properly, simply cannot lead to boredom. So, that's one of the reasons I joined twitter. I come across interesting school law related stuff all the time, but most of it is not post worthy on this increasingly scholarly oriented blog. But, that stuff is perfect for Twitter. So, hopefully we can get some other school law profs tweeting and we can collectively take the edge off a little.;)
Reader Comments (1)
Your Twitter "evidence" may or may not mean anything, but aren't you guilty of some questionable inductive reasoning here? See your own excellent comments on "Outliers." At the very least, comments on ed law classes by students who twitter are not necessarily even a good sample of all students who take ed law classes. All of that said, I wouldn't be too surprised by similar reviews of a class in any area of the law.