Prosyletizing Professors Pinched by Pupils

(Sorry.)

An alumni group is offering students up to $100 per class to supply tapes and notes exposing professors who allegedly express extreme left-wing political views at the University of California, Los Angeles.

One of the professors calls it McCarthyism.

It is creepy for people to engage in this kind of intrusive behavior. But I can't help but remember my own college professors who abused their professional authority to rally kids to their pet causes.

It doesn't have to be political. I had one professor who allowed one of every three or four classes to devolve into a long-winded discussion of skiing and ski resorts.

This is about the lack of self-discipline and work ethic in academia; political preaching is only the worst manifestation of it.

If these professors weren't using their classrooms as tent-revivals for Marxism, if they were dedicated to the task at hand- the course material- no one would have any cause to put them under the microscope.

No profession is above having to do its job.

UPDATE: Thanks to Jordan for reminding me of FIRE, a great cause to contribute to and a nifty website to poke around in.

posted by Laura. at 12:45 PM

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