C.R.F. Comer

Professor of #philosophy. Contributing author at Classical Academic Press. Lover of art and aesthetics. #virtue ethics, #Phenomenology. #Catholic lad. #Thomism

[C.R.F. Comer @proffsee]

@pensandpoison I just cannot crack the code with Catcher. It is a favorite of many people whom I admire, and I should give it another go but I only have so much life I am willing to subject to Holden Caulfield.

[Zena Hitz @zenahitz]

I think to teach the books I teach, I need to have thought about them a long time and on my own terms. I think for students to study the books I teach is very useful, but the uses are basically impossible to predict...

[Jennifer A. Frey @jennfrey]

Every academic press and journal needs a clear ban on AI writing.

[C.R.F. Comer @proffsee]

@zenahitz Happy birthday!!!

[Zena Hitz @zenahitz]

Yes. Grade inflation and learning deflation

[Jennifer A. Frey @jennfrey]

I'm grateful to @DouthatNYT for inviting me on his podcast to discuss the fate of the liberal arts and humanities in the age of AI. I hope that all those who follow higher ed and care about the liberal arts will listen.

https://t.co/xy4l8LTxs8 https://t.co/xy4l8LTxs8

[C.R.F. Comer @proffsee]

@zenahitz My college does this. The admin believes it is accomplishing some good while the faculty roll their eyes.

[C.R.F. Comer @proffsee]

@thewaronbeauty It really is. Sir Kenneth Clark is top notch. His very short treatise, What Is A Masterpiece? had a strong impact on me and my renewed thinking about art.

[The War on Beauty @thewaronbeauty]

One of the best things you will ever watch.

[Tim Michael @tbmichael]

@zenahitz Socratic Method is the last, best hope.

[Zena Hitz @zenahitz]

The institutions that will survive AI will be small, personal, with small class sizes and a strong institutional culture. (Yes, places like @stjohnscollege )

[Jennifer A. Frey @jennfrey]

We never needed blackboard or canva.
And we could just stop using them and everything would be fine.

[C.R.F. Comer @proffsee]

I used to have a strict no laptop and especially phones out during class. After this semester I am going back to that policy. Oy vey!

[Marc Porter Magee 🎓 @marcportermagee]

In today’s NYT:

“Los Angeles parents are fed up with schools loading up students with laptops and tablets, and assigning schoolwork on a slew of apps … The parents’ successful campaign points to an escalating national reckoning for the powerful classroom technology industry.”

[C.R.F. Comer @proffsee]

@zenahitz The “Hitz” keep coming. I could not agree more! The Yelp-ification of education. With everything these days.

[Zena Hitz @zenahitz]

With due respect: If there is one thing I understand, it is that the current academic system is *not* following the telos of the university. By contrast, it is failing. So I argue that the original telos needs to be restored.

[Zena Hitz @zenahitz]

"A degree" is more and more worthless, signifying few challenges and less formation. You know where they really teach things? Small classes with dedicated teachers at the liberal arts colleges.

[C.R.F. Comer @proffsee]

@thewaronbeauty Rothko loved Fra Angelico. I love them both. I do think there is a kind of resonant beauty in Rothko’s mature work. He isn’t Fra Angelico but I do think he was going for a spiritual and contemplative sensibility.

[C.R.F. Comer @proffsee]

100% correct. The mandatory faculty development at too many colleges mostly makes teachers worse!

[Matt Bianco @mgbianc]

A school is healthy when its teachers are still being formed. Stagnant adults cannot raise living souls.

Teachers need a seminar just as much as the students do, and the students need the teachers to participate in a seminar as much as the teachers need it.

[Zena Hitz @zenahitz]

I very much appreciate the seriousness Greer brings to this question. It helps me to clarify for myself the nature of science as a liberal art as we practice it here @stjohnscollege 1/x

[C.R.F. Comer @proffsee]

@zenahitz Hannah Arendt noted in the 50’s what is worse today: teachers are trained more in pedagogy than in their content area. The admins too get Ed D’s in the service of an ed machine. As I think @zenahitz says in her book: the joy of learning flows directly into the joy of teaching.