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Florida House Bill Attacks 'Leftist' Professors, Allows Students to Sue over Beliefs
www.truthout.org/docs_2005/032405G.shtml
...and I have to say that as someone who's taught in the UC system and has been accused of so-called leftist platforming, I do somewhat agree with this. The reason being that I don't think that the classroom is somewhere we should be airing our political views (leave that to the material we choose). I also think it's important and healthy for us to present issues that represent our polar opposite positions. But this also smacks of a witch-hunt...
www.truthout.org/docs_2005/032405G.shtml
...and I have to say that as someone who's taught in the UC system and has been accused of so-called leftist platforming, I do somewhat agree with this. The reason being that I don't think that the classroom is somewhere we should be airing our political views (leave that to the material we choose). I also think it's important and healthy for us to present issues that represent our polar opposite positions. But this also smacks of a witch-hunt...
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