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Originally Posted by sigmadiva
I have to disagree with this term. I know that this idea has crept into higher ed, but it is an erroneous way for students to think.
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It depends on what they mean by it.
If they mean that they have a reasonable expectation that their professors will behave in a professional manner and maintain decorum in the classroom, in that sense, they are paying customers. I had a client, for example, who went to Southern in Baton Rouge. She had a professor there who would only show up to class when she felt like it and tell students that by having her job, she already "got hers."
It is not a privilege to be in a class with an unprofessional professor. It's a violation of the student's reasonable expectation that they'll get something worthwhile in exchange for their tuition money.