What I am arguing is that there are MANY problems in the world, and it is not necessary that all professors work on solving the same problem. I am not arguing that these issues are not important - if you try to convince me that diversity is important or that systemic racism is a real problem, you will not change my mind because I already believe those things. She was just told that there is a new criteria that she will evaluated on going forward to determine whether she receives tenure: how her work advances diversity efforts. Jonathan Haidt, a professor of social psychology at NYU, recently resigned from the Society for Personality and Social Psychology because they said that in order to present at their annual conference, he must explain "whether and how this submission advances the equity, inclusion, and anti-racism goals of SPSP.” linkĪ good friend of mine is a professor of epidemiology at a top research university. There seems to be a new(ish) trend where universities (and professional associations for university professors) require that their professors make explicit how their work advances diversity. I say this as someone who has worked both a job that requires tips, and has worked a job that pays above minimum wage but has the tip screen on the square reader. It is just a system built into the Square program If I go to a local bowling alley, and they turn the iPad around to show me a tip screen just for grabbing my shoes on the shelf behind them, I don’t feel the tip is necessary, because they didn’t do anything more than an employee at Walmart or Target would do. I’d say the same for any artist that works off commissions and sets their own agreed upon price when you hire them. You don't tip the your tax lawyer because they have to pay for internet service. Even if they're paying for their own supplies. I don’t know why an additional $100 tip is necessary. People like Tattoo Artists charge hundreds of dollars for their pieces, usually adding up to an average of making $50 an hour. Pays a wage that requires tipping, such as a waiter/waitress The James Bond allusion is actually the problem.I think Alfred in MI6 was less James Bond and more George Smiley.My personal rule for tipping is I will tip if the job that the person is doing for me is a job that either: Spycraft was about surreptitious observation and passing information, first and foremost, violence was not ideal and not everybody participated in that end of it.`Īnd frankly, it makes way more sense to me that the man who raised Batman would be from a military/intelligence background than a totally ordinary guy who dabbled in the theatre before becoming a butler. All sorts of mostly normal people could participate as spies in the old wars of the 20th century. It's simply not true that in all eras, being an intelligence spy required superhero-like abilities like ex-naval-commander James Bond. I wouldn't go as far as to say I love Alfred having a past as a spy, or necessarily accept it in my headcanon (I don't think I've made up my mind on that yet), but it's definitely not nearly so offensive to me, and this reveal goes way on back to 1981 in Batman comics history, so it's not some new-fangled idea. You didn't necessarily have to be James Bond-level (Bond was a highly trained ex-naval-commander) to be an intelligence spy in occupied France in WWII. I know it seems to have been accepted for a while, but I don't remember when it started. for most of his life.By the way, when did the idea of Alfred "raising Bruce" first come into the picture? And still retain a British accent, despite having lived in the U.S. This means that he had to do his long list of other activities prior to working for the Waynes and taking care of Bruce. It gets worse once they say that Alfred raised Bruce. Previously, he had been a music hall performer/actor in England. I prefer Alfred to be a bit younger than that. But my main point was I didn't think it good to anchor characters' origins to set time periods, because it will only have to be changed later.Įven in the 1980s, having Alfred active during the Second World War meant he had to be in his sixties. I remember getting a response from Dick Giordano, so maybe it was published in one of the letter columns-I don't remember. Marie story in DETECTIVE COMICS 501 (April 1981) - 502 (May 1981), I sent in a letter about this.
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