Academic Parochialism

Many people have a disdain for universities and "academia" in general. So when Alexis proposes a college level course on how to become a better DM, and then lays out in depth well researched course work, there are of course many adverse reactions. This is not helped the behavior of many academics which fuels this disdain in the first place. Here is a perfect example of how Academics should not behave. Too often well educated, intelligent people will be passive aggressive and behave like children on the playground who can't get along. Academia is supposed to be a place open to debate, there should be an encouragement to voice dissenting opinions. Well reasoned arguments should be a common occurrence among intelligent individuals. Instead there is tendency to reinforce the accepted dogma and not to challenge anything. This is why many people don't want D&D in school/college. They are afraid a dogma will form, and anyone who disagrees will be hushed into silence. Instead of being afraid of what Academia might do to our hobby we should be having intelligent discourse about the game so that the ideas developed by these arguments may be considered on par with Academic studies.