[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I have to agree with Don on this one. Yes, the "professor" has a right to > profess his beliefs, but that doesn't make them credible. All Don said was > that this man's premise was bullshit. And bullshit is obviously what he's > spreading. Why waste anyone's time with that? How can anyone believe for > even a moment that an event witnessed by thousands and seen on live > television didn't take place? By granting someone the status of professor, > it's implied that the person has useful knowledge to impart. This man > obviously doesn't. Furthermore, while a university may be considered a > place of higher learning. undergratuate courses are largely a teaching > environment. To think that seventeen year olds aren't impressionable is > nieve. Paul
Paul's viewpoint exactly reflects my feelings on the matter of inculcating students with questionable "facts" under the color of authority. As a professor, he need not iterate that he's professing a learned point of view...the students believe him or her all out of proportion to reality, *just because they ARE professors.* At 17 most are still educationally naive and emotionally impressionable and not capable of critically judging what they've just heard. Thanks for the words, Paul. You've saved me a long rant! ;-) keith whaley -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
