Law in the Internet Society

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AlexandraRosenFirstEssay 7 - 23 Jan 2016 - Main.ShayBanerjee
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<		I honestly don't see the problem. Professors are not entitled to their student's attention. If students are not interested in the material being taught at a particular point in time, they should have the freedom to redirect their thought-flow to activities that better serve their needs. If Columbia law professors don't want students going online during class, then perhaps they should reform their curriculum such that it better relates to our lives. If that task is too difficult for them, they are always free to find another occupation and stop cashing the checks.
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>		I honestly don't see the problem. Professors are not entitled to their students' attention. If students are not interested in the material being taught at a particular point in time, they should have the freedom to redirect their thought-flow to activities that better serve their needs. If Columbia law professors have a problem with that, then perhaps they should reform their curriculum such that it better relates to the lives of future lawyers. If that task is too difficult for them, they are always free to find another occupation and stop cashing the checks. In a society where students are paying hundreds of thousands of dollars for an education bearing an increasingly questionable relationship to our future careers, the refusal to pay attention is a potential instrument of resistance that serves to pressure planet-sized egos into changing their ways.
 
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<		Unless the contention is that there is something online that is preventing students from behaving as economically rational agents. I would agree with that proposition, but I would be interested in knowing what you think it is.
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>		Unless the contention is that there is something online that is preventing students from behaving as economically rational agents, in which case I would agree, but would be interested in knowing what you think that something is.
 -Shay

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