Oh it's all propaganda. A college professor made me read "The Fire Next Time" my sophomore year; turned me black and gay for most of my early 20s...

 

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Spent the last 3 years of his life a better athlete and was tidy as hell....

Well, I read Wilt Chamberlin's "A View From Above"...alas, unfortunately it did not help me score with 20,000 of the ladies.:(

Wonder what the response would be if the books to be read were based on Christian values?

The professor chooses the books and there was a lot of good and bad books that I read for several of my classes.

Oh it's all propaganda. A college professor made me read "The Fire Next Time" my sophomore year; turned me black and gay for most of my early 20s...

 

:lol2: I need that laugh.

Oh it's all propaganda. A college professor made me read "The Fire Next Time" my sophomore year; turned me black and gay for most of my early 20s...

 

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Obviously I would of read the book. But playing devils advocate could I make a case if it was against my religious beliefs to read it could the school still force me and give me a bad grade? Just asking the question.

 

I don't have a problem with the kids reading the book. I would like to know what the assignment is associated with the reading and how they were graded.

 

It has nothing to do with this topic. But I always had a problem with professors who gave assignements that fit their political agenda and then would take points off your grade if you disagreed with their points. I just think there are a lot more things to object to in college than a silly book you have to read. I'd be protesting the high costs and lack of parking.

I don't really have a problem with this assignment but I will just play Devil's Advocate. If watching, discussing and writing a paper on the 1920's film Birth of a Nation was required, would students offended by its racial tone be justified?

 

First one we watched in Film Literature class. It was actually made in 1915, but that's not the issue.

 

Teachable moments.

I watched it in a film studies course in college. It's a really interesting tool for talking about that line of thinking; it was also interesting to read criticisms of it that were released at the time. Even in 1915 it was hugely scandalous in most of the country. He wrote and directed a movie called "Intolerance" the very next year in an attempt to calm the outrage over "Birth of a Nation."

 

We watched that one too. Next were (I think) The Battleship Potemkin and The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari.

Obviously I would of read the book. But playing devils advocate could I make a case if it was against my religious beliefs to read it could the school still force me and give me a bad grade? Just asking the question.

 

I don't have a problem with the kids reading the book. I would like to know what the assignment is associated with the reading and how they were graded.

 

It has nothing to do with this topic. But I always had a problem with professors who gave assignements that fit their political agenda and then would take points off your grade if you disagreed with their points. I just think there are a lot more things to object to in college than a silly book you have to read. I'd be protesting the high costs and lack of parking.

 

Thankfully I never had any of those.

Neither did I. I was lucky enough to have professors who would allow spirited debate and if you disagreed with them, would still give you the grade you had earned.

Thankfully I never had any of those.

 

In my experience political science or sociology professors were the biggest offenders.

Obviously I would of read the book. But playing devils advocate could I make a case if it was against my religious beliefs to read it could the school still force me and give me a bad grade? Just asking the question.

 

I don't have a problem with the kids reading the book. I would like to know what the assignment is associated with the reading and how they were graded.

 

It has nothing to do with this topic. But I always had a problem with professors who gave assignements that fit their political agenda and then would take points off your grade if you disagreed with their points. I just think there are a lot more things to object to in college than a silly book you have to read. I'd be protesting the high costs and lack of parking.

 

Depends on what you would consider "against my religious beliefs".

 

The course work here seems like Parker v. Hurley, which the US Court of Appeals' First Circuit (think one step below the US Supreme Court but above a group of State Supreme Courts) said that curriculum for elementary students that promoted tolerance for homosexuals didn't violate the free exercise clause.

Obviously I would of read the book. But playing devils advocate could I make a case if it was against my religious beliefs to read it could the school still force me and give me a bad grade? Just asking the question.

 

I don't have a problem with the kids reading the book. I would like to know what the assignment is associated with the reading and how they were graded.

 

It has nothing to do with this topic. But I always had a problem with professors who gave assignements that fit their political agenda and then would take points off your grade if you disagreed with their points. I just think there are a lot more things to object to in college than a silly book you have to read. I'd be protesting the high costs and lack of parking.

 

Too slippery of a slope. Would you omit people against slavery to learn about slaves? Would you omit people against murder from learning about JFK, MLK and Lincoln's assassination? Surely that's against everyone's religious beliefs.

 

No one is turning anyone gay. They're asking you to read about it. Read the book and get your degree.

I guess I'm wondering how far we're going to allow the whole "it goes against my religious beliefs" excuse to go. It just seems like an incredibly slippery slope to use that excuse so often.

 

Example: A doctor is a extremely faithful Christian, who is very strong in his beliefs. A young boy/girl comes in, clearly not married, and is seeking treatment for a sexually transmitted disease. Could he use the whole "it goes against my religious beliefs" excuse to refuse treatment? Where does it end, I guess is my question?