I teach at a community college, and I see a lot of the sort of disrespect people experience by bosses replicated by professors, who claim they are “preparing students for the workplace.” This leads to so much abuse- inflexible due dates, refusing to excuse legitimate absences, using invasive apps to watch students.
To me, a better way to prepare students for the workplace is to help students to learn to value their lives and families and joy above my class. I have a flexible late policy, don't ask for any proof for excuses absences, or when students are late to class,
let students negotiate assignments and classroom conditions and generally encourage students to advocate for themselves. What else can I change in my class to be more anti-work?