Exploring The Humanity of Our Professors

More often that not, I've found that we, at the Claremont Colleges, put our professors' on a pedestal from which they cannot come down. We imagine our professors as superhuman and in so doing, rob them of their humanity.

And so this Newsweek article, written by Claremont McKenna professor Frederick Lynch struck my fancy. (Admittedly, he wrote it in July, but I've been slow on keeping up with my news alerts.) The beginning says it all: "I recently paid $11,000 in veterinary bills for my cat, Fritz."

Though I do not necessarily agree with his choice of expenditure, I can understand it. As a many year vegetarian, I know that we are judged by others and ourselves on how we treat the least among the world.

Here's to wishing Fritz a speedy recovery.