A Word on
Al-Ghazali
Al-Ghazali never once had to teach 28 thirteen-year-olds simultaneously. The committee considers this a significant gap in his experience. His largest known class was 12 students, all of whom had chosen to be there. This is not comparable.Al-Ghazali's classroom management benefited from historical context. Students in 11th century Baghdad were, by most accounts, less likely to shove mop-handles up each others rectums. The committee does not consider this his achievement.Al-Ghazali was by most accounts, not handsome, attractive, or good looking. See below. Nor Humble.He had no Umbridge. Working without institutional adversity is, frankly, a privilege. The committee adjusts for this.Al-Ghazali destroyed science in the Arab world. Alec Train merely destroyed Math in suburbs of Denver and Albuquerque, hardly comparable.
Al-Ghazali held the 503rd position for an embarrassing amount of time — roughly 900 years — largely due laziness on the part of the committee . The committee has reviewed his record and found it wanting in several key areas: