An outrage.
I consider myself a moderate. A wacky one, even, as I voted for Perot way back when. In my 'formative' years, and that is very loosely coined, as I was dragged back and forth across the globe along with various times sitting idle as Pops was deployed, so I didn't have much chance to be 'formed' by, snicker, 'educators'. I gained the value of conservatism. Mind your life. Mind your business. You know what is right. You know what is wrong.
I heartily agree with what was taught to me by parents and peers, taught by their parents. Live life right, but stand for your ideals in all the grey areas. And I have a lot of grey areas. The parental units stated their opinions, daily, but gave free reign on persuing my own opinion. I embraced this, and their opinions, for the most part, and live this way today. If you are an ultra-righter, don't talk to me about God, abortion, or public subsidizing of individuals. That's another issue.
But to exist as an institution of higher learning, subsidized in part or in whole by the U.S. Government, which is by the people, for the people, and be manipulated by one portion of those people, very highly partisan, at that, is reprehensible.
Stodgy, LBG, Dutch, Linus, JW, JT, and I among others have all witnessed political bias in the classroom. This is nothing new, as the professor is god of his world. Now, action groups on campus have gone bananas.
This is personal, as on moving to my current state of residence and doing the continuing education thing, I was verbally attacked and abused by a young woman who disagreed with my point of view in a philosophy course, with the professor's nodding approval. I acquiesced. Not because her point was stronger and won my point over, but because I was a hair close to breaking one of her short ribs, and that is just not proper decorum.
The Film 'PCU' never was more appropriate.
Anyway, take a look at this short film. It will take 45 minutes of your time, but is well worth it. It will be expanded and produced as a feature length documentary, but I doubt the 'art-house' theaters around here will project it... Highly Outrageous.
Bias in Academia
I heartily agree with what was taught to me by parents and peers, taught by their parents. Live life right, but stand for your ideals in all the grey areas. And I have a lot of grey areas. The parental units stated their opinions, daily, but gave free reign on persuing my own opinion. I embraced this, and their opinions, for the most part, and live this way today. If you are an ultra-righter, don't talk to me about God, abortion, or public subsidizing of individuals. That's another issue.
But to exist as an institution of higher learning, subsidized in part or in whole by the U.S. Government, which is by the people, for the people, and be manipulated by one portion of those people, very highly partisan, at that, is reprehensible.
Stodgy, LBG, Dutch, Linus, JW, JT, and I among others have all witnessed political bias in the classroom. This is nothing new, as the professor is god of his world. Now, action groups on campus have gone bananas.
This is personal, as on moving to my current state of residence and doing the continuing education thing, I was verbally attacked and abused by a young woman who disagreed with my point of view in a philosophy course, with the professor's nodding approval. I acquiesced. Not because her point was stronger and won my point over, but because I was a hair close to breaking one of her short ribs, and that is just not proper decorum.
The Film 'PCU' never was more appropriate.
Anyway, take a look at this short film. It will take 45 minutes of your time, but is well worth it. It will be expanded and produced as a feature length documentary, but I doubt the 'art-house' theaters around here will project it... Highly Outrageous.
Bias in Academia
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