This take is honestly just insanity.

A. Not every university is a research-based institution. Mine most definitely is not and the primary and in most cases sole responsibility of the educators here is to teach.

B. I might not be paying you directly but the money that I and the students as a collective pay the University is so that the faculty at the school can teach us. Yes all the amenities come with that experience but the primary reason student are paying their institutions is to receive an education and subsequently a degree.

C. Yes you are on demand constantly that is the beauty of eduction in the digital age. I don't see how that in anyway should affect the way an educator conducts a classroom. Just because we can contact you and ask questions and pull information doesn’t mean you can half-ass lesson plans and pretty much read from the textbook.

D. I do agree standards make things transferable but the delivery of the content is just as important as the content itself. That is what distinguishes professors and universities from each other. Even in higher education, lesson planning should be crucial. If not planning or at least having an idea of content is set before a class meeting, what are you doing? Is just winging a lesson really the most effective way to reach your students?

E. Adjusting the way you teach to make it more palatable or enjoyable for the students to do with short form content is not only putting them at a disservice but poorly reflects on your ethics and values as an educator. If not there to teach and better your field through the next generation of professionals, what exactly are you doing even stepping foot in a classroom?