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did this guy go too far?

No. Should we only expose students to ideas they already believe in? Or should they be slammed with opposing views?

Maybe his choice of words was unfortunate, but I don't have a problem with the method in general.
 
Originally posted by: Atomicus
so a vegan would complain if a teacher wrote "drink milk" on the board :roll:
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Doubt it. But if the teacher put the words " fvck vegans " they would..... and rightfully so.:roll:
 
Originally posted by: MidasKnight
Originally posted by: Atomicus
so a vegan would complain if a teacher wrote "drink milk" on the board :roll:
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Doubt it. But if the teacher put the words " fvck vegans " they would..... and rightfully so.:roll:
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except "vegan" doesn't extract as much emotion as "god" does.
 
blah blah blah free speech
blah blah blah offended my beliefs
blah blah blah differing opinion
blah blah blah discrimination
blah blah blah liberal
blah blah blah conservative
*yawn*
 
"I don't even remember what went on for the rest of the class," Stotler told the Dispatch, saying he was too upset to pay further attention.

lmao :roll:
 
this reminds me of a bumper sticker i saw the other day:
"don't pray in my school and i won't think in your church"
 
Originally posted by: n0cmonkey
blah blah blah free speech
blah blah blah offended my beliefs
blah blah blah differing opinion
blah blah blah discrimination
blah blah blah liberal
blah blah blah conservative
*yawn*
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yep.
 
Among LeBlanc's presentations is one called "Sexual Minorities: The Science of Sexual Orientation," which explores the science of sexual orientation and its application to the current debates regarding sexual minorities.
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Duh?
 
He didn't go too far. He didn't go near going too far. After reading the article, the student sounds like an idiot, however the professor sounds like an idiot as well.
 
Interesting.. the filter is as weak as the SP2 firewall...
 
Originally posted by: jhu
put the words "fuck" and "god" together and what do you get? a professor reprimanded by a close-minded student.
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Its not about the student being close-minded.

College is for learning, not for being indoctrinated with your professor's political and religious beliefs. It's one thing to provide alternate viewpoints and open the classroom up to discussion, a perfectly normal and expected thing to do in college. However, far too many teachers think their job entails converting their students to their political or religious beliefs, and its about time these teachers start getting reprimanded.

How would you feel if you were paying good money for a class, and assuming you don't believe in god (which I'm drawing from your whole 'close-minded' statement, if I'm wrong I'm sorry), the teacher decided that every lesson was going to be intertwined with bible verses and the word of god? What if YOU got singled out on the first day for being an athiest? Would you feel like you were getting your money's worth when it comes to your education?


I think the kid should grow a little backbone, but at the same time, I also think the teacher should teach the class and leave his own personal political/religious beliefs out of it.
 
i'm all for free speech, and i don't particularly believe in god. but aside from crossing his student's personal religious barrier (which will be different from one individual to the next) i think that the professor was somewhat inapporpriate w/ his lesson. now, i have no idea wth he was teaching, but you have to be one sorry professor if you can't get your point across w/o having to say "fuck god".


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