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Old 09-18-2008, 01:40 PM
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Metro State College is investigating a professor who asked students to write an essay critical of Republican vice presidential candidate Gov. Sarah Palin. One student said the instructor singled out Republican students in the class and allowed others to ridicule them.

"I was shocked, I was holy cow, this is just an open door for him to discuss politics with us," said Jana Barber, a student in the class.

Barber shared the first class assignment with CBS4. Instructor Andrew Hallam asked students to write an essay to contradict what he called the 'fairy tale image of Palin' presented at the Republican National Convention.

"What the faculty's responsibility is to provide opportunity for critical thinking and civic engagement so bringing something of relevancy into the classroom was the faculty's goal," said Cathy Lucas, spokeswoman for Metro State. "Should he have broadened it and included all the political figures, yes."

Metro State officials are investigating claims of bias, harassment and bullying.

Hallam declined an interview with CBS4. He has revised the assignment.

Students may now write about any of the candidates.
Nothing like a little indoctrination to go with your degree...
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We need more conservatives to go into education and stop leaving that realm to the liberals. It's time we took back our halls of education and stopped this kind of political indoctrination and returned our educational system into one that encourages critical thinking about ALL sides of every argument.
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We need more conservatives to go into education and stop leaving that realm to the liberals. It's time we took back our halls of education and stopped this kind of political indoctrination and returned our educational system into one that encourages critical thinking about ALL sides of every argument.

I think one of the main problems with that idea is that you think liberals "go into education", when I think the truth is more that education LEADS to a more liberal approach.

Plus, it's kind of hard for "conservatives" to "go into" education when the truth is that too many of them want to REWRITE facts based on convenience.
"Conservapedia" being an excellent point in question.
Like you, the interest is NOT in "education", but rather in making education work for your POLITICAL vantage...
Quite frankly, when you lose your objectivity and define "education" goals based on what you WANT them to be (like this guy did), it will only come back to bite you in the arse.

And on the subject of the original article, that guy was an idiot.
But to pretend it's a "group" issue is absurd.
I can post you a variety of "conservative teacher did this" things if you like, but I doubt you'd listen...
I think I'd start with the teacher who was "burning" crosses into his students arms. I found people's COMMENTS ABOUT him to be particularly enlightening as well...
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