Jane

So apparently there is this female Professor at some University in North Carolina (her name is Jane Christiansen) who is teaching the following opinion's as fact:

1) That the Bush Administration orchestrated the 9/11 attacks

2) That they are currently involved in a massive cover up

3) That by attacking his own country George W. Bush has immensely increased his Presidential powers

4) And, finally, that the main goal of the Bush administration is to completely rape the democratic party and ruin the future of America.

Before I launch into how ridiculous I find her claims I want to first state that I am all for freedom of speech as long as it is known that what you're saying is your own opinion. Now, Ms. Christiansen is teaching an opinionated look at a very serious tragedy as fact. She has six students in her class, or as they will henceforth be known: "pods", and they are of a very impressionable age and obviously believe this "Zionist Conspiracy" she's perpetuating. This kind of thing needs to be kept on the protest marches and out of the academic halls of colleges. When Ms. Christiansen's lesson plan was exposed by a social justice lawyer in Florida, she accused him of "ruining academia." I think teaching flat out opinion is a slap in the face of "academia".

I'll offer up this corollary. If I applied for a job teaching at a University and said that I intend to teach European Literature BUT my on personal view of it I would get flat out denied. If I instead said that I would be teaching European Literature by introducing the class to my theories on:

1) William Shakespeare's time traveling involvement with "The Great Chicago Fire" and how it influenced his later work "The Tempest"

2) How Keats and Shelley laid the groundwork for Princess Di's murder

and How Queen Victoria instigated World War I from beyond the grave with her super secret smash hit "How Sexy You Have To Be To Kill A Serb"

If I said that, not only would I not get the job but I'd be subject to a psychological exam and I would have my teaching license revoked.

This lady should not be allowed to teach her over the top Anti-Bush agenda in a college class room. If she wants to hold rallies, or organize protests, hey go ahead, it's a free country. But she should not be preaching such an obviously biased agenda to students that intend to learn. This shouldn't be allowed in a classroom. Shouldn't institutions of learning be a bastion of fact and opinion FORMING? Not opinion MAKING. If she wants to talk about 9/11, talk about whether the Bush Administration followed the correct procedure in identifying the terror threats they'd been receiving. Present both sides of the issue. What you do not present is your bias, people don't pay to have ridiculously inflammatory opinions shouted at them as "The TRUTH behind 9/11".

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