tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12426239.post113638751946448290..comments2023-06-12T10:08:26.187-05:00Comments on Lake Winneblogo: Am I contradictory?Lake Winneblogohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09063703316063246957noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12426239.post-1136560963674198612006-01-06T09:22:00.000-06:002006-01-06T09:22:00.000-06:00In some ways we are not that far apart. As I said...In some ways we are not that far apart. As I said, I don't think classrooms are a place for proselytizing anymore than RA's dorm rooms. <BR/><BR/>If professors are spending time talking politics in their biology class, for example, then the time is ill used. <BR/><BR/>However, it is not a professor's job to make everyone comfortable. It is the job of an RA. This is why we have a strong tradition in this country of protecting professors' ability to say whatever they want. <BR/><BR/>If you start constricting the ability of professors to challenge the status quo because of students' discomfort or disagreement, you might as well give up on the idea of critical inquiry and scholarship.<BR/><BR/>The same can not be said for student RAs and their bible studies.Lake Winneblogohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09063703316063246957noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12426239.post-1136472499823388912006-01-05T08:48:00.000-06:002006-01-05T08:48:00.000-06:00I will have to disagree with your idea that profes...I will have to disagree with your idea that professors and RA's are essentially different. RA's live in the dorms and have the responsibility of "watching" those that are in the dorms -- guiding them through the college experience. Professors have the responsibility of teaching the students how to use the information they are learning. They also guide them through the college experience.<BR/><BR/>I've been in classes where a professor clearly has a bias towards one political party. There hasn't been a problem with it because they adequately teach the subject material and respectfully listen to disenting opinions. On the other hand, I've also been in classes where the professor is so biased towards one political party that they do not acknowledge nor respect anyone's dissenting opinion. <BR/><BR/>That is where the difference lies, in my opinion. An RA who is holding a Bible study in his/her dorm room is doing so behind closed doors. A professor who is bias towards one political party and does not acknowledge disenting opinions is doing so in an open classroom. The "problem" is the fact that both the RA and the professor have to be open to other's views and opinions. To blanketly say that a professor who is teaching and using political rethoric is OK and an RA who is holding a Bible study in their dorm room is not, is completely contradictory in my opinion.<BR/><BR/>However, I thank you for answering my question.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com