Can we have class outside? This question raises issues about the conditions in which we teach and learn, as well as about the power relations of the classroom. This Final Thought makes a case for surrendering to the question. Can we learn to love it? Can we learn, even, to begin asking it to the people who learn with us in our courses?
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