Posted on 03/23/2013 6:31:30 AM PDT by NYer
Florida Atlantic University student Ryan Rotela provides example of Jesus' name written on paper that students were instructed to stamp on in March, 2013 class. Read more at http://global.christianpost.com/news/fla-professor-makes-class-trample-on-jesus-name-suspends-student-who-refused-92445/#xi7XADbKX001bKAU.99
March 22, 2013|8:22 pm
"I'm not going to be sitting in a class having my religious rights desecrated," student Ryan Rotela, a Mormon, told WPEC. "I truly see this as I'm being punished."
Rotela explained that his Intercultural Communications class was told to write Jesus' name on a piece of paper, then gather together and stamp on it. The student refused, however, and picked up the paper from the floor and put it back on the table.
The professor, Deandre Poole, was apparently trying to teach the students a "lesson in debate," but the student found the assignment to be insulting and offensive.
"I said to the professor, 'With all due respect to your authority as a professor, I do not believe what you told us to do was appropriate,'" Rotela said. 'I believe it was unprofessional and I was deeply offended by what you told me to do.'"
The student was suspended afterwards by the university, who is defending the instructor.
"As with any academic lesson, the exercise was meant to encourage students to view issues from many perspectives, in direct relation with the course objectives," Noemi Marin, the university's director of the school of communication and multimedia studies, told Fox News.
"While at times the topics discussed may be sensitive, a university environment is a venue for such dialogue and debate," Marin added.
Stamping on Jesus' name is actually an entire lesson which is included in the textbook for the class, called "Intercultural Communication: A Contextual Approach, 5th Edition."
"Have the students write the name JESUS in big letters on a piece of paper," a synopsis for the lesson reads.
"Ask the students to stand up and put the paper on the floor in front of them with the name facing up. Ask the students to think about it for a moment. After a brief period of silence instruct them to step on the paper. Most will hesitate. Ask why they can't step on the paper. Discuss the importance of symbols in culture."
Paul Kengor, the executive director of the Center for Vision and Values at Grove City College, told Fox News that such a lesson is a direct example of secular society targeting Christianity.
"These are the new secular disciples of 'diversity' and 'tolerance' – empty buzzwords that make liberals and progressives feel good while they often refuse to tolerate and sometimes even assault traditional Christian and conservative beliefs," Kengor said.
The only reason they apologized, is the fact that they got caught. BTW, this prof is writing a book about obamamania. I saw it on another thread. I’d like to see him brought to Texas, tied down on a large fire ant mound near a killer bee nest, covered with honey. When he starts screaming from the ant bites, disturb the killer bees.
Because no one challenges them when they do and say something stupid and intolerant.
Kudos to Ryan Rotela for having the courage to speak up.
Yep - the hubris of the Lefties frees them up to commit the torts and once in a while someone points it out in a way that makes them think twice. I'm all for your methodology - any idea if the Texas fire ants bite harder than the ones we have in Mississippi? I know they're tricky - they'll wait until there's about a hundred on you then send out a "let's all bite at once" signal.
The only thing I would write obama on is toilet paper.
Has anyone noticed how the gray hair on his head moves around? The moron can’t even spray gray into his hair correctly. I can’t stand anything about this man. I can’t even give him kudos for being the great LIAR he is. Pathetic.
Great experiment in showing just how much influence these professor’s have over their students. It is not very encouraging that only one student objected.
I seem to think they actually do that. I got about 15 bites within seconds. Had a whelp on the top of my foot that was so bad I could not put my army boots on my foot. My commander sent me home until it cleared up.
The Nazis used to do stuff like this too.
As far as getting suspended for refusing to stamp on a piece of paper that sounds a little thin. This is college not high school. These people are all adults and they are paying to take the course. The student could receive a failing grade for the course but as a former Fla Univ college professor I have never heard of anyone being suspended for failure to complete coursework in one course. As long as your GPA is 2.0 you are usually good to go.
If it was me I would be suing Fla Atlantic Univ for several different things.
Oh, yeah, you got it.
Trample Mohammad’s name. See how that works out.
How long until CHristians must start chopping off the heads of such as Prof Poole?
Not soon enough. If you read the other other threads, you'd find out he is a dem chairman.
Media fail: Stomp Jesus FAU professor is a Dem. Party official
Nation of Islam?
‘ask his students to write mohamed on another piece of paper and stomp on it??’
Better yet, write Obama on a piece of paper and stomp on that. The prof would have been on death row within hours.
We win, they lose.
Who needs a textbook?
Thank you for posting this! I didn’t know that Ryan is a Mormon. Good for him!!
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