I love the website McSweeny’s and their extremely dry humor. One of my recent favorites was their hilarious dig at online education from 2020. While some of the tragically funny things wrong with online education listed in the article resonated with me (e.g. “extent to which instructor raged against the dying of the light”), online education has gone surprisingly well. Like every other teacher, I dreaded (if not hated) the idea at first and indeed I did miss a lot of the banter and personal interactions with the students during our Zoom classes. But with ample flexibility, wonderful teachers working together, and their willingness to put in the time and effort, online education - I’ve discovered - can be a wonderful thing! For the skeptics and the jaded cynics (I see you out there), see the feedback from our International Business Law students from last semester. Shout out to Megan, Emilie, and Grzegorz, my wonderful tutors, who made it all possible.
