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College fires professor who forced students to sign pledge to vote for Obama
Campus Reform ^ | Apr 17, 2013 | Oliver Darcy

Posted on 04/17/2013 8:22:16 PM PDT by rickmichaels

Brevard Community College has fired Professor Sharon Sweet who forced her students to sign this pledge:

Brevard Community College (BCC) has fired a professor after a school investigation concluded she required students to sign a pledge to vote for President Obama in the run-up to the 2012 election.

The school’s spokesman John Glisch, said the Board of Trustees voted Wednesday morning to terminate mathematics professor Sharon Sweet with an overwhelming vote.

“The board voted 3-1, with one member absent, to dismiss professor Sweet,” Glisch told Campus Reform Wednesday afternoon.

“The termination took effect immediately, ending pay and benefits for Sweet who had been suspended with pay under provisions of the United Faculty of Florida collective bargaining agreement with the college, pending the board’s decision,” the school added in a press release.

BCC was hurled into the national spotlight last year for Sweet’s actions after a Campus Reform exposé highlighted her alleged demand for students to support the Democratic Party in the 2012 elections.

The school’s president later recommended to the Board of Trustees that professor Sweet should be fired, following an investigation that found her guilty of “harassment, incompetence, misconduct, and unprofessional behavior.”

Sweet was a tenured professor who had taught at the college five years. She earned $40,000 annually.


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Florida
KEYWORDS: academia; bho2012; corruption; democrats; fired; highereducation; indoctrination; leftismoncampus; youthvote
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1 posted on 04/17/2013 8:22:16 PM PDT by rickmichaels
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Well, ain’t she Sweet?!


2 posted on 04/17/2013 8:23:21 PM PDT by Revolting cat! (Bad things are wrong! Ice cream is delicious!)
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Maybe now she can get a job at Regal Theaters for 29 hours a week.


3 posted on 04/17/2013 8:24:58 PM PDT by rickmichaels
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To: rickmichaels
That must be the "New Math" they've been talking about for so many years. Doesn't compute with me!



"Riamh nár dhruid ó sbairn lann!"

Genuflectimus non ad principem sed ad Principem Pacis!

Listen, O isles, unto me; and hearken, ye people, from far; The LORD hath called me from the womb; from the bowels of my mother hath he made mention of my name. (Isaiah 49:1 KJV)

4 posted on 04/17/2013 8:25:15 PM PDT by ConorMacNessa (HM/2 USN, 3/5 Marines RVN 1969 - St. Michael the Archangel defend us in Battle!)
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To: rickmichaels

She should go to a dating website and hook up with the jerk who harassed that poor Chick Fil A employee. They would make the perfect pair. Just hope they don’t breed.


5 posted on 04/17/2013 8:25:20 PM PDT by Pining_4_TX (All those who were appointed to eternal life believed. Acts 13:48)
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To: rickmichaels

I wonder how many other union teachers do this?


6 posted on 04/17/2013 8:25:26 PM PDT by OrioleFan (Republicans believe every day is July 4th, Democrats believe every day is April 15th.)
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To: rickmichaels

I’m sure she’s not the only college professor in our country to pull a stunt like this. I want all of those who did something similar to receive the exact same fate.


7 posted on 04/17/2013 8:27:47 PM PDT by ReformationFan
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To: rickmichaels
Sweet was a tenured professor who had taught at the college five years. She earned $40,000 annually.

"Professor?" Righhhht! Instructor, lecturer or part-time teacher maybe. A lot of college salaries suck but I doubt there is any full professor in the US making only $40k.

8 posted on 04/17/2013 8:28:04 PM PDT by DeFault User
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Wow! I went to BOX for 2 years after I finished my military service. Glad they got rid of this clown. I am shocked that people try to do things like this. Just shows how nutty and arrogant these folks can be. JEEZ!!!


9 posted on 04/17/2013 8:32:40 PM PDT by dv8from
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To: rickmichaels

Math isn’t what it used to be.


10 posted on 04/17/2013 8:33:13 PM PDT by Telepathic Intruder (The only thing the Left has learned from the failures of socialism is not to call it that)
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To: rickmichaels

Professor Sharon Sweet

11 posted on 04/17/2013 8:34:16 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (I'll raise $2million for Sarah Palin's presidential run. What'll you do?)
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To: rickmichaels
She must really like Harpo Marx.
12 posted on 04/17/2013 8:36:23 PM PDT by mardi59 (IMPEACH OBAMA NOW!!!!!)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

“Lamont, you big dummy!!”


13 posted on 04/17/2013 8:36:38 PM PDT by clintonh8r ("Europe was created by history. America was created by a philosophy." Baroness Thatcher)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Unwanted visual!


14 posted on 04/17/2013 8:36:55 PM PDT by bigbob
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
I now understand completely. She has brain damage from all of the bleach!

LLS

15 posted on 04/17/2013 8:39:02 PM PDT by LibLieSlayer (FROM MY COLD, DEAD HANDS!)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

My God. What is that?


16 posted on 04/17/2013 8:39:29 PM PDT by rickmichaels
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To: rickmichaels

What took Brevard Community College so long?


17 posted on 04/17/2013 8:42:33 PM PDT by YHAOS
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SWEET!!!! She’s history! Go ahead and apply for unemployment benefits Sharon. Your savior Barack Bottom will take care of you. He might even throw in a free cell phone. Wait, that was only to buy votes wasn’t it? Oh well, he will come up with something to give you at the taxpayers’ expense. Good riddance to you!


18 posted on 04/17/2013 8:43:46 PM PDT by dv8from
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To: rickmichaels
For liberals, though there really isn't a downside to being fired under these circumstances. She will be hailed as a hero to the liberal cause and no doubt be hired soon by another college at a higher salary. Heck, she may even be given a great job working in the Obama administration.
19 posted on 04/17/2013 8:44:11 PM PDT by Nevadan
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To: clintonh8r

Fred G. Sanford ... [after being insulted by Fred] Who you calling ugly, suckah? ... Fred...I could stick your face in some dough and make some gorilla cookies!


20 posted on 04/17/2013 8:45:20 PM PDT by mardi59 (IMPEACH OBAMA NOW!!!!!)
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