Posted on 01/06/2005 8:40:18 AM PST by ddtorque
When a Kuwaiti Arab student at a California college wrote an essay defending America’s founding fathers and praising the Constitution, the professor of his “Introduction to American Government and Politics” course verbally attacked him—and then required him to undergo psychotherapy.
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A week before thanksgiving Professor Woolcock assigned us a take home final exam. The final exam consisted solely of one required essay: “Dye and Zeigler contend that the Constitution of the United States was not ‘ordained and established’ by ‘the people’ as we have so often been led to believe. They contend instead that it was written by a small educated and wealthy elite in America who were representative of powerful economic and political interests. Analyze the US constitution (original document), and show how its formulation excluded the majority of the people living in America at that time, and how it was dominated by America’s elite interest.”When I read the assignment I remembered back to my high school in Kuwait. Many of my teachers were Palestinian; they hated America, they hated my worldview, and they did their best to brainwash me. I did not leave my country and my family to come to the United States to receive further brainwashing. I disagreed completely with Dye and Zeigler’s thesis. I wrote an essay defending America’s Founding Fathers and upholding the US constitution as a pioneering document, which has contributed to extraordinary freedoms in America and other corners of the world - including my corner, the Middle East.
Professor Woolcock didn’t grade my essay. Instead he told me to come to see him in his office the following morning. I was surprised the next morning when instead of giving me a grade, Professor Woolcock verbally attacked me and my essay. He told me, “Your views are irrational.” He called me naive for believing in the greatness of this country, and told me “America is not God’s gift to the world.” Then he upped the stakes and said “You need regular psychotherapy.” Apparently, if you are an Arab Muslim who loves America you must be deranged. Professor Woolcock went as far as to threaten me by stating that he would visit the Dean of International Admissions (who has the power to take away student visas) to make sure I received regular psychological treatment.
This scared me. I didn’t want to be deported for having written a pro-American essay, so as soon as I left his office I made an appointment with the school psychologist. She let me go with a comment that I don’t need regular therapy. As I left her office, I couldn’t help thinking that even my Palestinian high school teachers had never tried to silence me or put me in therapy.
woolcockjoe@foothill.edu
This thing been vetted? I know the Cal faculty is pretty wacky, but this seems too perfect to be real. Anyone know more?
The prof needs to have his tenure reviewed. I think that there are enough students on that campus who'd sign a petition and protest noisily to make sure that this happens.
I can't stand radical, hate-America academics, the poisoners of the minds of young Americans.
Only two words are needed. One starts with the 6th letter, the other starts with the 25th.
Only two words are needed. One starts with the 6th letter, the other starts with the 25th.I'd vote for three... the 6th, the 25th, and finally the 1st.
Professor Files Grievance Against Pro-American Kuwaiti Arab Muslim Student for Revealing Classroom Intimidation
Free Speech Issue Adds To Ongoing College Controversy. In an ongoing controversy at Foothill College, Political-Science Professor Joseph Woolcock filed a grievance against student Ahmad Al-Qloushi for mentioning Woolcock's name in the media. Don Dorsey, Dean of Student Affairs, summarized the grievance as, “Professor Woolcock feels harrased by your (Al-Qloushi) having mentioned his name to the media.”
Los Altos Hills, CA (PRWEB) December 10, 2004 -- On Tuesday, December 7th, in an ongoing controversy at Foothill College, Political-Science Professor Joseph Woolcock filed a grievance against student Ahmad Al-Qloushi for mentioning Woolcock's name in the media. Don Dorsey, Dean of Student Affairs, summarized the grievance as, “Professor Woolcock feels harrased by your (Al-Qloushi) having mentioned his name to the media.”
On Wednesday December 1st, Foothill College Political-Science Professor Joseph Woolcock tried to intimidate student Ahmad Al-Qloushi into seeing a therapist because of a Pro-American essay he wrote in Woolcock's class. The thesis of Al-Qloushi's essay is that the US constitution was a very progressive document, which has contributed to freedom beyond America's borders. Al-Qloushi and the Foothill College Republicans defended that intellectual diversity must be respected on campus, and are lobbying to have the "Academic Bill of Rights" adopted as official policy by the college’s elected Board of Trustees. Professor Woolcock's name was mentioned on numerous websites including www.townhall.com/clog and www.davidlimbaugh.com.
“This (Woolcock’s) grievance will not detour us from our goal,” said Cori Jenab, Vice-President of Foothill College Republicans. “This grievance ignited a First Amendment rights outrage from the kindling of existing controversy at Foothill College.”
"Intellectual diversity must be respected at Foothill College," said Ahmad Al-Qloushi. "This grievance will not detour us from our goal of having Foothill's Board of Trustees pass the ‘Academic Bill of Rights’ as official school policy."
Woolcock filed the grievance through an institutional process normally used by students who experience inappropriate behavior on behalf of Foothill teachers such as an "act or threat of intimidation or general harassment." To learn more about this grievance process, please visit http://www.foothill.edu/services/studentright.html#stucomplaint Dorsey was not able to release the case number or text of the grievance at this time.
Ahmad Al-Qloushi and Cori Jenab are available for immediate interview.
For more information about this controversy, please visit http://www.collegegop.org. To learn more about the Academic Bill of Rights, please visit http://www.studentsforacademicfreedom.org
I just wrote "Canada's open."
Remove his TENURE and make him appologise to the student for acting like a HORSES ASS.
The biggest fight that conservatives need to win is freedom in academia. This type of academic facism goes on all the time and it needs to stop.
things like this are going to continue to happen as long as academia is dominated by liberals. I'm a PhD program in philosophy right now and of the 40 or so students in it, only 3, including yours truly, are conservatives. When there are so many liberals and so few conservatives, the libs don't have to budge one inch on academic freedom or anything - there is literally no one to stop them from pushing their agenda down the throats of undergrads. I'm really pessimistic about this, especially in light of the demographics of my program. I don't see the situation getting any better for a long time.
check out http://www.campuswatch.org
Read later.
Thanks.
Pestilent spreading vermin always prefer to "do their THING" while hiding in the cover of darkness. It makes the work of their calling so much easier.
My parents taught me to never do things that would bring shame on me , my family and especially my country. Even my teachers taught this lesson but that was the 50's and early 60's by the time I got to college there was no talk of such things. Our education system needs to be throughly examined and revised.
"Woolcock filed a grievance against student Ahmad Al-Qloushi for mentioning Woolcock's name in the media."
Hmmm. Remember when people's names were reflective of a physical characterisitic?
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