In the reading Whistleblower: Police and A Tale of Two Campuses, all I felt was pure frustration. It makes us as students seem so naive and so easily manipulated by attending this so-called “prestigious” school. It just puts into perspective how little students know of what’s really happening in the behind-the-scenes work of the university. You would think that a university being held at such high regards would actually care about education, its students, its faculty, but we are all nothing but customers in this academic enterprise and it’s so disappointing that we all just accept that this is how the system works. We are taught to be afraid to stand up for what’s right, to not use our voices and now we are silenced and nothing is changed. This is what they want. The idea of getting quality higher education has always been ingrained in my mind ever since I was a kid. Growing up I was always taught that the only way to ever be successful was to graduate college, but never did it come to mind that this was all part of one giant scheme and we’re all just a byproduct of capitalism. Tuition is ridiculously high on top of paying for books, class materials, etc. and so many of us are struggling just to get by but where does all this money even go? Does the quality of my education even match the amount of money we’re all spending? Does the university even care about my education and my future or is it truly all about the money? And then A Tale of Two Campuses goes to show that it really is all about the money. It’s all about the university’s image and simply getting more people to fall for the scam of the UC system. Then in the Whistleblower: Police it talks about embezzlement in the university and the lengths that the UC will go in order to protect its image. It really makes you think how did I get so fooled into falling into this corrupt system?
Question: What were further actions taken from UC Davis students in response to the school’s announcement after the Occupy Movement? Was anything resolved?
References:
Joy, A.B. (2010). Whistleblower: Police.
Markow, A. (2011, December) A Tale of Two Campuses Berkeley and Davis respond to Occupy movements.
Perera, S. (2016, February 09). Capitalism and the efficacy of education reform. Retrieved from https://philosophersforchange.org/2016/02/09/capitalism-and-the-efficacy-of-education-reform/
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