Posted on 08/26/2004 5:43:11 AM PDT by antifem
BRAVE NEW SCHOOLS Teacher to class: 'F--- God' College says professor owes Christian student apology
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Posted: August 26, 2004 1:00 a.m. Eastern
© 2004 WorldNetDaily.com
Does academic freedom allow college professors to offend their students with profanity?
The question is coming up in Illinois, as an instructor is under fire for displaying the message "F--- God" to his class.
Bruce LeBlanc, shown here in 2002, allegedly used his blackboards for profane message (photo: Moline Dispatch)
According to the Moline Dispatch, Bob Stotler, a 30-year-old student at Black Hawk College, filed a complaint after his sociology teacher, Bruce LeBlanc, displayed the two-word statement.
LeBlanc reportedly revealed two blackboards at the front of his class, with the F-word written on the left one and "God" written on the right one.
"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.
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Stotler says LeBlanc had confronted him about being Christian, conservative and Republican on his first day in class in January.
"He's a lot liberal, and I'm a lot conservative," Stotler said. "He was preaching his leftist ideas like they were facts."
The college's advisory committee has issued a report based on Stotler's complaint, finding LeBlanc violated the school's harassment policy, noting the conduct "shows hostility or aversion toward an individual because of his/her religion."
In addition, the committee said LeBlanc violated the policy "in that he engaged in negative stereotyping of the complainant, Mr. Stotler, on the first day of class when he made an assumptive comment about the student's religious beliefs during class.''
The report recommends LeBlanc apologize to Stotler and meet with a dean of the school to review the class syllabus and analyze the complexity of the language used.
Stotler told the Dispatch he can't comment while he's "challenging the action through the collective-bargaining agreement."
But two years ago, he discussed academic freedom with the paper, noting it gives professors a chance to provide information in a way that addresses classroom dynamics.
"Dynamics can range from conservative students who need a push to open their minds to other possibilities to extremely liberal students who need to examine more conservative approaches," noted the paper of LeBlanc's comments.
"From an institutional perspective, Black Hawk College's board of trustees and administrators value academic freedom, and students get a high quality educational experience," LeBlanc said in 2002.
According to the college's website, LeBlanc is a professor of psychology as well as sociology, and is also a member of its speaker's bureau.
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.
Karen Harris
Karen Harris, a psychology professor who is president of the Western Illinois University chapter of the University Professors of Illinois, told the Dispatch while professors rely on academic freedom to engage students, teachers should be careful not to go too far.
"As professionals we have a responsibility, and it's a delicate line we walk between stirring emotions and fulfilling our professional responsibility, which is to contribute to the educational process," she said.
Sociology= The painstaking pursuit of the obvious.
Good one.. (I assume the first word is "the act" and the second word is head?)
*grins* You got it
"On the first day of class, college professor loudly proclaimed, "God is dead! If he is alive, I will give him 5 minutes to knock me off this stool!" and he sat down. After 4 minutes a young former Marine got up, walked to the front of the class punched the professor right in the nose, sending him somersaulting off the stool to crash onto the floor. The young man just said, "God was busy, He sent me instead."
Man I love that one!!!
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You're absolutely right, and he really likes his math teach, pre-calc alg., older black professor. He said the prof is very animated and makes the class interesting and fun.
Chemistry prof (he has class and a lab with her) evidently is very good too, but she's young and pretty, so I think that might be influencing his opinion, LOL.
But this idiot prof would go out of his way to defend Islam and the slaughter those people commit everyday in the name of Allah.
-"...analyze the complexity of the language used."-
What complexity? It said "F*** God". Educaturds to the rescue!
True enough. Reminds me of the democrats ranting about "you conservatives act like you own the market on patriotism" yet at the same time given their numerous opportunities you never hear them utter a patriotic word on their own.
Bruce LeBlanc, shown here in 2002, allegedly used his blackboards for profane message (photo: Moline Dispatch)
1. F' Gays....
2. F' Democrats....
3. F' Blacks....
4. F' Canadians...
5. F' Allah....
6. F' PETA....
7. F' NAACP....
8. F' ACLU....
9. F' Liberals....
10. F' Unions....
He'd be gone already...........
HAHAHAHAHAHA
Yes, I agree. I've chosen a science-related field and have had less to deal with than in my liberal arts courses. Having graduated Rutgers, I thought I dealt with it all, but just wait until I start at NYU next week for my 5 year-long PhD program! I'm certainly going to need this site to keep going! ;-)
Looks more like a Brucie-wucie to me.
The student should have simply walked up to the blackboard, erased the word God, and wrote YOU instead. Then walked out of the class to find a better college...
The liberals have been implying this attitude since they got school prayer banned. Only now they'e getting bold enough to express it in clear terms.
he looks gay
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