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Tenured Michigan university professor, 74, who wore a 'space helmet' AND mask for Zoom class is placed on leave for calling students 'vectors of disease' for wanting to attend in-person learning
Daily Mail ^ | 14 January 2022 | Andrea Cavallier

Posted on 01/14/2022 12:16:02 PM PST by Trillian

A tenured Michigan university professor has been placed on leave after he told students in a profanity-laced video that he didn't want to know anything about them because they were 'just vectors of disease.'

Barry Mehler, 74, a tenured history professor at Ferris State University in Big Rapids, Michigan, posted the 14-minute video on Sunday, a day before the Spring 2022 semester began.

In the video, he told students that it didn't matter how hard they worked in his class because he randomly predetermined their grades prior to the semester.

'None of you… are good enough to earn an A in my class,' Mehler said. 'So I randomly assign grades before the first day of class. I don't want to know anything about you. I don't even want to know your name. I just look at the number and I assign a grade. That is how predestination works...

'And don't come… complaining to me. Take your complaints to God.'

Mehler has been teaching at Ferris for nearly 30 years in the humanities department and is the director of the university's Institute for the Study of Academic Racism, according to his bio on the university's website that has since been deleted.

Mehler introduced himself at the beginning of the video wearing what he described as a helmet equipped with filters to protect him from the coronavirus.

'I will not take questions in class because I'm wearing this... helmet in order to stay alive,' he said.

Mehler is one of many professors who has expressed concern about returning to in-person learning during the pandemic.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


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To: Trillian

74.
“Mehler has been teaching at Ferris for nearly 30 years”
He needs retirement and a big bowl of fentanyl.


41 posted on 01/14/2022 1:55:19 PM PST by Carriage Hill (A society grows great when old men plant trees, in whose shade they know they will never sit.)
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To: DannyTN
"What’s our vector Victor?"

We have clearance Clarance.

Roger.

What?

42 posted on 01/14/2022 1:56:37 PM PST by MikeSteelBe (The South will be in the right in the next war of Northern aggression.)
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To: FLNittany

Made me smile. :)


43 posted on 01/14/2022 2:10:25 PM PST by fretzer
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To: Trillian

You have got to watch the entire video on utube as posted earlier. It presents a totally different picture compared to what the MSM says. It’s more like something from the Babylon Bee. He pretty much tells the university administration to go F themselves, discusses plagiarism, and provides a brief history of “justice”.


44 posted on 01/14/2022 2:26:19 PM PST by fretzer
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To: Trillian

Looks like Fauci to me.


45 posted on 01/14/2022 2:49:57 PM PST by Robert DeLong
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To: Robert DeLong

It does. It should become a meme.


46 posted on 01/14/2022 3:09:00 PM PST by Trillian
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To: Robert DeLong

47 posted on 01/14/2022 3:12:59 PM PST by Trillian
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To: ken in texas
After he returned our graded tests one day I noticed at the top of mine: "-1 99 GP".

Ha ha!

48 posted on 01/14/2022 3:22:30 PM PST by edwinland
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To: Trillian

Coming down with Joementia?


49 posted on 01/14/2022 4:06:47 PM PST by colorado tanker
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To: Trillian

If you check his reviews at Rate My Professor, he had his student admirers.


50 posted on 01/14/2022 4:11:54 PM PST by Trumpisourlastchance
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To: cyclotic

Did you go for automotive or pharmacy?


51 posted on 01/14/2022 4:26:45 PM PST by Michigan Bowhunter
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To: Trillian

This fool shows the downside of tenure. At some point the administration needs to fire this guy for failure to meet standards. I was blessed with a great Ph.D. advisor who taught me how to do good research. These students deserve better!


52 posted on 01/14/2022 4:30:08 PM PST by RetiredScientist
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To: Trillian

It must be horrible to live in such fear.


53 posted on 01/14/2022 5:20:24 PM PST by taxcontrol (The choice is clear - either live as a slave on your knees or die as a free citizen on your feet.)
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To: cherry

Proverbs 9:10

The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom, and knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.

Those that live in fear of dying do not have a solid faith in where they are going next.


54 posted on 01/14/2022 5:22:35 PM PST by taxcontrol (The choice is clear - either live as a slave on your knees or die as a free citizen on your feet.)
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To: Trillian

The old liberal fools are the most annoying.

At least the young ones are mainly ignorant because of their youth.


55 posted on 01/14/2022 5:27:48 PM PST by simpson96
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To: Trillian
'I will not take questions in class because I'm wearing this... helmet in order to stay alive,' he said.

....He's teaching the class online. From his house. Does he wear the helmet to bed or in the shower? 24/7? Or does he only get dressed up for classtime?
56 posted on 01/17/2022 3:51:09 PM PST by Svartalfiar
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