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June 27, 2007
Marx in China: "It's Something Like Fiction"
"Compared to my normal opinions about the world . . . it's something like fiction"
"No matter who teaches this class, it's always boring. Philosophy is useful and interesting, but I think that in philosophy education in China, they just teach the boring parts."
Those are the few students actually paying attention in mandatory classes on Marxism in China, quoted in an L.A. Times story. No matter how engaging the professor may be, the attention span among students is not just short, it's non-existent:
Young men spread newspapers out on their desks and pored over the sports news. A couple of students listened to iPods; others sent text messages on their cellphones. One young woman with chic red-framed glasses spent the entire two hours engrossed in "Jane Eyre," in the original English. Some drifted out of class, ate lunch and returned. Some just lay their heads on their desktops and went to sleep.
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