1. "In teaching women, we have two choices: to lend our weight to the forces that indoctrinate women to passivity, self-depreciation, and a sense of powerlessness, in which case the issue of "taking women students seriously" is a moot one; or to consider what we have to work against, as well as with, in ourselves, in our students, in the content of the curriculum, in the structure of the institution, in the society at large." To me, this is very crucial. Rich is saying that, as women, we have to step up and become better. Today, I would say over half the teachers at high schools and universities are women. I believe they still can be relevant to today's students, although not was much as in '78.
2. I believe the issues of race and class are actually more extreme than those of gender. Still today, people are judged by their skin color and the way they look and carry themselves rather than who they really are. I do agree with Rich, although in my opinion, race and class are placed out more vigorously. You are going to see this at any University still. Although, at UL, everyone is accepted pretty much the same. It is not like high school where you get "shunned" and you are "the weird kid" if you are not like everyone else.
This is a very good response. I really agree with the number two about issues of race and class rather than gender.
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