Well that's part of the issue with for profit education, if the student pays significant money for tuition, is he a customer or a student?

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majormajor 5 hours ago | parent [-]

"The student is the customer" is a stupid metaphor that only caught on because a lot of people would rather just bring in dollars than worry about "are we actually teaching anything?"

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hackyhacky 5 hours ago | parent [-]

It's not a metaphor. They are literally the customer.

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otterley 4 hours ago | parent [-]

They're a customer in the same way that a martial arts student is a customer: getting your butt kicked is literally what you're paying for.

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hackyhacky 3 hours ago | parent [-]

Sure. And just like with a martial arts student, if you kick their butt too hard, you will lose the customer and might get sued.

	▲	otterley 2 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Sued for giving out hard work assignments? That doesn't sound plausible. Under what theory would a student have a case?