Dijkstra: “You will be treated as grown-ups”
Why do we celebrate this theme of Professor as omnipotent, benevolent dictator of the classroom?  My last year in school the combined cost of tuition, books, and room and board hit $40,000.  At what point do you become not just a student, but also a fee for service consumer, with an appropriate set of expectations for some level of responsiveness and customer service?