I'm seeing repeated comments from academics saying Gilmour has no business teaching English, because he has no Ph.D.
Folks, supply and demand. Ph.D.'s are a dime a dozen. Successful novelists, on the other hand, are extremely rare. It is a far harder thing to do, and takes a lot more raw ability.
And who is really best qualified to give you good insights about literature? Someone who has read a lot of it, or someone who has written it?
Of course, the bottom line should be this: do good numbers of students sign up for his course?
Folks, supply and demand. Ph.D.'s are a dime a dozen. Successful novelists, on the other hand, are extremely rare. It is a far harder thing to do, and takes a lot more raw ability.
And who is really best qualified to give you good insights about literature? Someone who has read a lot of it, or someone who has written it?
Of course, the bottom line should be this: do good numbers of students sign up for his course?
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