Exit Interview

Ruminations on My Life as a Student and a Teacher

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Today, in place of what normally would have been A Readers Review paid subscriber post yesterday (now this coming Monday) I am publishing at The Recovering Academic Substack of

Joshua Doležal

this guest essay, below, “Exit Interview.” In it, I ruminate on my life in education. My focus is not on the academics but rather the teacher-student relationships, as student and as teacher, that both shaped me and by which I have tried to contribute to the lives of my students.

The essay reflects, too, on the state of liberal arts and humanities education and on the academic profession, topics you see reflected in the name of Josh’s Substack. The status of these endeavors, I suggest by the end, is not independent of the state of American society or of civilization as a whole.

You can read the essay here at Homo Vitruvius, whether in the emailed newsletter or on the web, which I’ll appreciate as always. But in this instance, I’ll appreciate it even more if you click the email’…