Posted on 01/01/2024 7:30:31 AM PST by george76
Must be something new in the water in Maine?
I think the most absurd part of the story is a geology prof getting into it about race relations with a student.
“It’s about the rocks…not the race” is all the professor needed to say. Repeatedly.
Engaging with fools is never a good tactic.
Shut the whole operation down....................
Both political parties have sold us out. Bush 41 was the worst believe it or not. He was part of the WEF and one to start off giving China keys to our kingdom. Then there was Henry Kissinger who brought in and trained Klaus Schwab. He’s a communist and megalomaniac.
Have you heard of voting with your feet? This refers to relocation within a federal republic such as ours, from failing places to more successful places.
Think of the marketplace as voting with your dollars. Take your money elsewhere. Patronize schools with values you embrace.
The problem with voting with your dollars is that many schools are well-endowed and, so, are largely immunized from tuition, contributions, etc. This endowment issue is even a bigger problem in the mainstream churches that don’t give a hoot about the contributions, or lack of contributions from current members.
So, we need BOTH voting with your dollars AND working from within to take back the schools, churches and charities that we can.
My youngest was mostly tutored and homeschooled, growing up in multiple locations overseas. He got into university at 13, did the 2 year undergrad. requirements and quit. He said it was all B.S. I had no problems with that. Ironically, the professors extolled how conservative they actually were during orientation, though they seem to be out of touch with what that means anymore.
I would encourage you to talk with your son about his plans for the future. There are many occupations that don’t require a degree, from truck driving to mechanic and other “trades,” to business person, writer and other occupations where you show your stuff in another way. Some occupations, such as engineer and medical doctor, require degrees (and possibly the specialized knowledge encompassed by those degrees). So, the degree is part of the price you pay. If I’m correct in reading what you wrote, you son has tremendous potential, but maybe isn’t motivated to go down a pre-defined route. He may also be discovering that he is smarter than other people older than he is, and in certain positions of authority. Again, if I am correct, you should see if you can help your son use his gifts to advantage, and not let them become his downfall. I have seen maybe a dozen persons who let their gifts undo them. Hey, if I’m out to lunch, I apologize for taking your time.
The article is good, except the author takes a stance that this is the exception or perhaps an extreme.
This is a mild account of the the routine experience of instructors and professors in the social sciences and humanities.
In all universities that I know of.
Thoughtful words. My son quit over a decade ago and has made a nice life for someone under 30 in our economy. Having grown up in multiple cultures, he has a pretty good grasp on life, where he’s going, and is aware he has the option to pursue just about anything he desires, as nothing is impossible with God and He can make a way where there is no way.
Get your masters at bates?
All it takes is one faculty member to sue.
I really loved the
Student: “Bates College sits on stolen land”
Professor: “Your mom sits on stolen land”
DEI is communism. It descends from Gramsci’s “Crtitical Theory’ head of the Italian Communist Party in 1924. The recent incarnation, revised his work and turned it into “Critical Race Throry’. DEI is their communist rules for destroying Western Culture, in order to to install communism.
I wonder how many administrators at Bates and other “top colleges and universities,” especially the DEI folks have earned Ph.D.’s in their fields and have engaged in serious scholarship for a decade or two before becoming deans or administrators. I suspect most took the easy way and either
on-line ED.U’s or Ph.D.’s in any the the grievance studies programs that now abound in the USA.
Glad to hear. Got three of my own finding their way out there. Each their own unique story.
“ With fees to attend Bates set at over $81,000 for the 2023-2024 academic year, parents and students are footing the bill for DEI enforcers alongside the collaborating programs within the college that act as speech police and reporting systems.”
$81,000? Who is so stupid to pay for this?
LOL
There is a lot of pressure in universities for professors to incorporate propaganda in their courses. Simply sticking to the topic isn’t enough to satisfy the administrators or save the professors from grief.
There is another site that has a post about this called Legal Insurrection. The site is quite good. It’s run by a smart and brave Professor Jacobson at Cornell. This particular thread has few comments but if you click on Home you can see the range of topics they cover.
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