They’re not “refusing” to teach this at all. Not sure you saw the school’s response on here, but there is extensive discussion of this issue on campus, both in a mandatory health class for freshmen (full first year), and in other forums outside the classroom. Students discuss consent and healthy sexual activity…

Harkness isn’t about being the loudest, or controlling the discussion, or talking the most. Students are evaluated as much for listening as talking. Ask any Exeter student how Harkness works and they will tell you this. Except, apparently, Ms. Qamar, who spent four years there and didn’t learn how it works. Or she…

I have been thinking about how to respond to this for a couple days, and this is my best shot.