Finally, I reach the end of the quarter. For this week’s reading, I am assigned the last section of the book, which is a kind of conclusion of the whole book, “The Academic Awakens – We Are One with the Force and the Force is One with Us”. In this chapter, the section, which is written by the authors Kieu Linh Caroline Valverde and Wei Ming Dariotis, impressed me the most – “Conclusion: Academics Awaken: Power, Resistance, and Being Woke”.
In this chapter, the authors conclude their fights about their academia. They provide the reason why they fight, which is “We fight because the current system is antithetical to what we believe academia can be and what it claims for itself. We fight for ourselves, our colleagues, students, and families. We fight in hope that others will know they are not alone and they, too, can learn how to fight the system so we can stop fighting ourselves and each other. We fight to save the future not only of academia but society itself.” I respect their courage because they are brave enough to fight for what they want, and they are not only fighting for themselves but also fight for the society. I am inspired by them that I think I will also choose to fight when I am treated unfairly.
Question: How to recover ourselves when we face failures when we fight for ourselves?
References
Valverde, K.L.C. (2019). “The Academic Awakens – We Are One with the Force and the Force is One with Us”. Rutgers University Press.
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https://www.bibliovault.org/cgi-bin/DeliverADE.epl?transid=kWi4K6WgHL2SFWjl
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Velasco F. (2017). Fight for Your Rights. Dribble.
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https://dribbble.com/shots/3276459-Fight-For-Your-Rights
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