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If this has been going on since the seventies how come nothing has been done about this. This cannot be okay. It is like brainwashing and on top of that it is making so many students feel that their whole moral and belief system is wrong and that to suceed they need to change. Literally you either have to completely agree with the teachers, pretend you do or completely stay out of it, which is not possible since many assign you work that is only possible to do leftist. For example here are some assignments I have been forced to do in the last year or else I would fail the class or lower my grade extremely:
a paper on "Why gays should be aloud to marry" You had to say why you thought ut was a good idea in a minimum of 5 pages wether you agreed or not, there was no option of "why you don't think gays should be allowed to mary".
A list of the top ten reasons (with information to back them up) on why you think the current president was wrong in declaring war on Iraq.
In some of my more difficult classes the teacher will offer extra credit, only it is such things as participating in an anti-war demonsration or pro-choice demonstartion for 20 extra points. The only other option for extra credit this proffessor offered was to write at the end of the semster (this was a political science American Government course) a paper on "how this class has better helped you to understand what is wrong with the current administration running the country". That was all, so I and several other students did not have an oppertunity to earn extra credit. When we confronted her, she said that just because we participated in one of these activities does not mean that we have to agree with it and that as the teacher she has the final say. I could literally go on and on and on and on. I recently this current semester have been tape recording my classes. At first this was simply to help me study better. However I have only been in this semster 4 weeks and have already saved 17 statements or in a few cases whole discussions/lectures on such things as bush slashing, the Iraq situation, negative comments about any moderate or right wing parties, just everything you could imagine. I even have one of my proffessors asking me to keep my opinions to myself because it will do nothing but waste time on information that is irrelavent. It is complete, bullstuff. How is it okay for teachers (who are suppossed to be role models) to tell us what views and beliefs are right and wrong and give us lower grades or not equal oppertunities because we do not agree with their political views. How is it okay for teachers to embarress and bellittle and talk down to students because the support our troops, or Bush or even just don't agree with one aspect of the teachers leftist political view. What, I have to be some damn peace loving, leftist, hippie, liberal to have a fair oppertunity in college. That or be told I am wrong, ignorant, not raised right, to be quiet, or even kicked out of the class. Yeah, money well spent on classes that are suppossed to be teaching and educating me on actual history, science, sociology, anthropolgy. Instead I have enjoyed two years so far of Liberal education.

Your questions, and your outrage are appropriate and commendable. I don't know how it could have been averted. I am from the generation of the Baby Boomers who now are running everything. I became a Republican back in the 70s when I saw what John Kerry was doing. *HE* made me see the light.

I remember when I started English 1A in Junior college in 1963, and my professor was a black gentleman, a bit of an oddity in my town, btw. I liked him; he was smart, erudite, and well-spoken. BUT.....our first assignment was to write a 10 page paper on why "Negroes" were inferior people.

I was stunned! I couldn't write that paper because I didn't think they were! After all, he was just about the first black person this little 17-year-old had met! I flunked.

So you see, it goes waaaaay back. I don't have any answers as to how we "let" it get that way. I had friends who wanted to go into teaching, as did I, but we couldn't stomach the pressure the administration would put on us to teach "their" way. As a boomer, I'm sorry we let this happen. I apologize!