One thing I find perplexing is how all the grammatical errors went uncorrected in the peer review process. Either 1) no one bothered to read his work, which would be utterly shocking, 2) the reviewers looked past the grammatical errors as a sort of accommodation for his alleged disability (pretty funny because then what is academia even doing at this point) or 3) the reviewers were terrified of being labelled white supremacists for upholding any kind of standards. I feel like it was combination of 2 and 3. I would love to see some further reporting on how this all happened.
Arday's rise made me think of the old movie "Being There" with Shirley MacClaine and Peter Sellers where a simple minded gardner is elevated to a great philosopher.
I’ve noticed that every time I’ve seen appearances of him he has this weirdly ultra-shiny skin. Like he is outwardly exuding his fakery in plain sight.
After I completed my first masters degree, a former classmate who continued to adjunct for the program was very excited to tell me they admitted a student with special needs.
I said, “But wait… do any of the faculty in that department have certification in special education? That program was a lot of work, how is someone with a learning disability going to write that thesis paper?” (This was a Participatory Action Research (PAR) project/paper—sound familiar?)
My colleague said, “Well… you and I took that Professional Development workshop in arts activities for special needs students.”
I said, “Yes, but that course was for K-12 students and it was not certified. You and I both know the facilitators of that workshop were not certified either—they were artists. That one PD would, in no way, prepare me to teach special education in a masters degree program.”
I was then told the department was working with a “consultant.” This consultant was also a graduate from the program.
At the end of the school year, the same colleague said the head of the program took time to take all the notes for the student with special needs during the implementation of his PAR project.
When I was a graduate student, I wrote all my notes at the end of the day because writing my own notes helped me process what occurred. I used my notes to write my thesis paper.
“Wasn’t it wonderful of [the program head] to do that?” I said, “No, that means someone else did part of this student’s work for him. There’s a difference between making an accommodation for a student and doing his work for him. And you are all about to give him an advanced degree for work he didn’t do. What impact is that going to have on the field?” I didn’t get an answer.
Many college and university faculty want some things to be true so badly they will do anything, even do a student’s work for him, to make their desires come “true.” And then what happens? The credentialed graduate who didn’t do the work to get the degree, can be hired to teach in higher ed.
Seems apparent to me that whole disciplines have been irrecoverably destroyed by this movement. The entire field of sociology, for instance, is complete trash at this point.
The same thing happened in the entertainment world. People started to decry that black people and people from other minorities are unfairly discriminated against in award ceremonies like the Grammies or Oscars. So now those awards have been watered down to a list of meaningless categories so anyone in the industry can have one.
If the woke mob truly believe that opportunities are solely based on race rather than abilities then how do they explain that there are no equivalent black institution that competes with existing ones in prestige and excellence? Rather than storming the stage Bionce can fund a new competition herself instead of regarding the existing one as so important.
The existing institutions had until recently a track record of excellence, which is what made them so desirable. It was based on merit.
They also have a long track record of inclusion which until recently manifested itself in the simple principle that if you are good enough you have a chance regardless of your race. But they forgot what their priorities should be. And in doing so they have brought into question the value university degree.
It’s literally the emperor’s new clothes situation, but given the Henry Nowak case, it’s not surprising.
Still, it’s incredibly frustrating to watch Western society spiral into political correctness, double standards, and ideological hypocrisy for all these years. Every child knows that lying is never a good thing because it ends up causing more problems than it helps, and every adult with a modicum of history knows how obscurantism and political correctness ultimately destroyed the Soviet Union from within, and yet we keep coming back to the same Marxist bullshit.
For decades, this nonsense has dominated Western society, resulting in greater polarization, increasing radicalization, declining safety, rising suicides and drug addictions, and an explosion of mental disorders that are not only normalized but even glorified. And yet they still refuse to admit that they are doing anything wrong, and instead blame it all on new technologies and far-right populists. And they lie so so much not only to the public, but especially to themselves, that “it just wasn’t done right in all these previous attempts.”
One thing I find perplexing is how all the grammatical errors went uncorrected in the peer review process. Either 1) no one bothered to read his work, which would be utterly shocking, 2) the reviewers looked past the grammatical errors as a sort of accommodation for his alleged disability (pretty funny because then what is academia even doing at this point) or 3) the reviewers were terrified of being labelled white supremacists for upholding any kind of standards. I feel like it was combination of 2 and 3. I would love to see some further reporting on how this all happened.
Further discrediting the whole peer review process, which has already been shown as farsical.
Arday's rise made me think of the old movie "Being There" with Shirley MacClaine and Peter Sellers where a simple minded gardner is elevated to a great philosopher.
Yes. That movie says a lot about our present delusional elitist world.
What an insane world! It's people like you who should be teaching at Cambridge! Thank you for the summary of this insanity.
I’ve noticed that every time I’ve seen appearances of him he has this weirdly ultra-shiny skin. Like he is outwardly exuding his fakery in plain sight.
Not a bug of DEI; a feature.
After I completed my first masters degree, a former classmate who continued to adjunct for the program was very excited to tell me they admitted a student with special needs.
I said, “But wait… do any of the faculty in that department have certification in special education? That program was a lot of work, how is someone with a learning disability going to write that thesis paper?” (This was a Participatory Action Research (PAR) project/paper—sound familiar?)
My colleague said, “Well… you and I took that Professional Development workshop in arts activities for special needs students.”
I said, “Yes, but that course was for K-12 students and it was not certified. You and I both know the facilitators of that workshop were not certified either—they were artists. That one PD would, in no way, prepare me to teach special education in a masters degree program.”
I was then told the department was working with a “consultant.” This consultant was also a graduate from the program.
At the end of the school year, the same colleague said the head of the program took time to take all the notes for the student with special needs during the implementation of his PAR project.
When I was a graduate student, I wrote all my notes at the end of the day because writing my own notes helped me process what occurred. I used my notes to write my thesis paper.
“Wasn’t it wonderful of [the program head] to do that?” I said, “No, that means someone else did part of this student’s work for him. There’s a difference between making an accommodation for a student and doing his work for him. And you are all about to give him an advanced degree for work he didn’t do. What impact is that going to have on the field?” I didn’t get an answer.
Many college and university faculty want some things to be true so badly they will do anything, even do a student’s work for him, to make their desires come “true.” And then what happens? The credentialed graduate who didn’t do the work to get the degree, can be hired to teach in higher ed.
Academia has demonstrated that it is not the protector of ideas. It is the curator of dogma. Rational thought is not tolerated.
Seems apparent to me that whole disciplines have been irrecoverably destroyed by this movement. The entire field of sociology, for instance, is complete trash at this point.
They wanted a black superstar and he delivered. It’s just that it was all fake but apparently that did not matter.
The same thing happened in the entertainment world. People started to decry that black people and people from other minorities are unfairly discriminated against in award ceremonies like the Grammies or Oscars. So now those awards have been watered down to a list of meaningless categories so anyone in the industry can have one.
If the woke mob truly believe that opportunities are solely based on race rather than abilities then how do they explain that there are no equivalent black institution that competes with existing ones in prestige and excellence? Rather than storming the stage Bionce can fund a new competition herself instead of regarding the existing one as so important.
The existing institutions had until recently a track record of excellence, which is what made them so desirable. It was based on merit.
They also have a long track record of inclusion which until recently manifested itself in the simple principle that if you are good enough you have a chance regardless of your race. But they forgot what their priorities should be. And in doing so they have brought into question the value university degree.
Exactly Harvard president material they should just say hey, you cheated so much you deserve this honorary degree
It’s literally the emperor’s new clothes situation, but given the Henry Nowak case, it’s not surprising.
Still, it’s incredibly frustrating to watch Western society spiral into political correctness, double standards, and ideological hypocrisy for all these years. Every child knows that lying is never a good thing because it ends up causing more problems than it helps, and every adult with a modicum of history knows how obscurantism and political correctness ultimately destroyed the Soviet Union from within, and yet we keep coming back to the same Marxist bullshit.
For decades, this nonsense has dominated Western society, resulting in greater polarization, increasing radicalization, declining safety, rising suicides and drug addictions, and an explosion of mental disorders that are not only normalized but even glorified. And yet they still refuse to admit that they are doing anything wrong, and instead blame it all on new technologies and far-right populists. And they lie so so much not only to the public, but especially to themselves, that “it just wasn’t done right in all these previous attempts.”