Letter in support of the student’s courage

 Letters Editor

‘The Australian’

GPO Box 4162

SYDNEY   NSW  2001

Dear Editor

Through your pages, I wanted to thank an anonymous student—under the pseudonym Damien S—for the column “Forcing a political agenda is no way to run a law school” (20/3). The revelations provided should provide food for thought for all who care about the focus of tertiary education and the relevance of degrees.

Through this column, 

the correspondent has expressed a concern that many people feel but are not confident in articulating for fear of being ridiculed as disrespectful when such is not the case. Acknowledgement is one thing, but as the writer intimated, being placed under duress or coercion to conform in a supplicatory manner is wrong.

Respect is a question of balance, and Macquarie’s demands on graduating law students are wholly unreasonable.

Sincerely

Henry Gray