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Author Topic:   Oppression in College Classrooms
Hyroglyphx
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Message 8 of 44 (550408)
03-15-2010 12:57 PM
Reply to: Message 1 by Meldinoor
03-14-2010 3:56 PM


The video basically claims that college professors often ridicule and disriminate against students who have a religious (at least, Christian) background. How teachers often digress to talk about how stupid Christians are and how atheism is the way to go. How colleges preach liberal propaganda and immorality, etc.
That does actually happen on occasion, not only with evolution or Christianity, but any number of social topics. There are a lot of shitty professors out there who inject their personal values and bias on any given class, when I think teachers should take a clinically neutral approach as much as possible.
Is it as pervasive Focus on the Family insinuates? Probably not, but lets not forget that they are preaching their own dogma.
Now, as a college student myself, I think this is all a load of bull crap. Or, possibly true from the perspective of an insecure student who thinks that teaching facts is tantamount to oppressing Christians.
I've been in classes with vitriolic teachers who get on a soapbox about different subjects. But all in all, most understand that it is necessary to keep things civil, especially if the soapbox has nothing to do with the course material.
Obviously if you are taking a course specifically on biochemical evolution as a chemistry major, one is not expected to introduce ID in to the equation for the sake of "fairness." The whole "Teach the Controversy" is not going to happen until if and when it can credibly support itself.

"Political correctness is tyranny with manners." -- Charlton Heston

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