[BenLurkin]

Public school teachers should teach the ideology of PATRIOTISM.

[LauraleeBraswell]

WAIT WAIT, I have an idea.

How about College professors teach, I don't know, the subject they're being paid to teach? For example, if you are paid to teach Math, maybe you could start actually teaching Math instead of ranting and raving about President Bush.


On another note
My History teacher told the class on the first day "This isn't your mother goose version of history" how did I know that really meant that this was "the left wing you should feel guilty" version of History.

[Still Thinking]

A national movement that supporters say protects college students from indoctrination by college professors but opponents say stifles debate made its way to Minnesota on Wednesday when two legislators proposed legislation that they call the "Academic Bill of Rights."

Oh yeah, liberals are great at open, non antagonistic debate, especially when they're in a position of power over those whom they are debating. (NOT!) Besides, the Academic Bill of Rights is politically neutral, striving to ensure free expression of opinion for liberals just as much as conservatives (not that that's ever really been an issue).

[LongElegantLegs]

Yes, more legistlation, that'll fix it. /s
The students (or the student's parents, who ever is paying) are the ones that will have to change this, by rising up en masse. You know the first professor to be hit by this will be a 'right-wing nutjob' at some christian school...

[HowlinglyMind-BendingAbsurdity]

Ping.

[Paul Atreides]

Michael Livingston, president of the Minnesota Chapter of the American Association of University Professors, said he has heard the classroom horror stories anecdotally but believes they are rare occurrences at best.

Contrast this little item to Ward Churchill:

You may remember her from such movies as "A Low Down Dirty Shame" and "Woo." Call Jada Pinkett Smith's latest production "Heteronormative Hell." The Harvard Crimson reports the actress appeared on campus recently as part of the 20th annual Cultural Rhythms show, and what she had to say was quite inflammatory:

"Women, you can have it all--a loving man, devoted husband, loving children, a fabulous career," she said. "They say you gotta choose. Nah, nah, nah. We are a new generation of women. We got to set a new standard of rules around here. You can do whatever it is you want. All you have to do is want it."

"To my men, open your mind, open your eyes to new ideas. Be open," she added.

This didn't quite provoke fainting spells, like Larry Summers's recent remarks, but the Crimson reports that "some students were offended" and that "the Bisexual, Gay, Lesbian, Transgender, and Supporters Alliance (BGLTSA) and the Harvard Foundation for Intercultural and Race Relations have begun working together to increase sensitivity toward issues of sexuality at Harvard."

In case you're one of those backward types who don't understand why what Smith said is so horrible, the Crimson spells it out:

BGLTSA Co-Chair Jordan B. Woods '06 said that, while many BGLTSA members thought Pinkett Smith's speech was "motivational," some were insulted because they thought she narrowly defined the roles of men and women in relationships.

"Some of the content was extremely heteronormative, and made BGLTSA members feel uncomfortable," he said.

Calling the comments heteronormative, according to Woods, means they implied that standard sexual relationships are only between males and females.

"Our position is that the comments weren't homophobic, but the content was specific to male-female relationships," Woods said.

Now first of all, maybe the BGLTSA guys (and gals, etc.) would feel more comfortable if they had a nice big soft chair instead of one made of "Woods." But seriously, we were glad we'd read about the Cambridge commotion, which sensitized us to the problem of heteronormativity.

http://www.opinionjournal.com/best/?id=110006367