I was definitely burned with this. My major, Geology, was the only science degree requiring Technical Writing as core curriculum. There allegedly were 3 professors teaching this class each semester. However, two would always drop out on the day before classes started leaving only a single, extremely anti-military professor.
I was a student whose tuition, books, fees, and a small stipend was paid for by the US Army. Because of that, I was required to wear the uniform of the day, usually utilities, when on campus. most professors were OK with this, however my Technical writing class was a living hell, all 4 tiimes I had to take the class before I was able to pass it. The only reason I finally passed the class was that every one of my papers was graded by the English department chairman. It took 18 months of complaints and a congessional investigation to finally make that happen. To prove a point, I turned in 14 of the 16 papers from my first sememster for the one I passed. This professor did his best to repress speach he did not like, my wearing of the uniform of the US Army. Dana - this is the type of bastion of free speach you want to defend? >Two problems with your approach Dana (as amazingly capitalist as it >is, if you don't like the market, don't spend your money) - > >1. At some schools and especially at the higher levels you don't have >a choice to not take a core course from a particular professor. >2. Universities have a concept of tenure which means that you opinion >doesn't matter. > >The issue does indeed have two sides and they're not completely >mutually exclusive. The thing that the legislation is trying to >address is the fact (and this is a fact) that many colleges politik on >one and only one side and actively work to supress or drive out any >person or group that holds an opposing opinion. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Macromedia ColdFusion MX7 Upgrade to MX7 & experience time-saving features, more productivity. http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:228583 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
