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Professor snakebit over Adam and Eve
Posted by Fired Fred on September 25, 2007 4:12 PM
You have to understand that we really don't have free speech in this country. There are "third rails" you just can't touch and expect people to handle a critical observation without getting emotional and trying to punch a ticket for a courtroom jackpot.
So this community college professor got fired for treating his students like thinking adults...
Adjunct professor Steve Bitterman said administrators at Southwestern Community College in Red Oak sided with students who became upset when he called parts of the Old Testament a fairy tale that should not be interpreted literally.Even better, he told one of these poor little crybabies to pop a Prozac. Being a good American, she ran straight to a lawyer...
He made the comment in a class last Tuesday and was fired two days later.
Both sides say the conflict arose from remarks Bitterman made in a Western Civilization class about the biblical story of Adam and Eve. He said he approached the topic from an academic and symbolic standpoint, rather than a factual one. Bitterman maintains he wanted to spark debate. But he instead sparked a controversy over academic freedom and the perceived lack of support from administrators for part-time teachers.Sorry professor, but there are just some things you can't do. Treating young adults like adults is one of them. Hope you're not a bitter man after this. Oh, sorry, I guess you are.
Bitterman said the Prozac comment was a joke meant to disarm a student who "was screeching at me."
Thomes Jefferson said that when we start listening to too many special interests, we will 'collapse like rome' (my phrase, because i can't remember the exact words)...that when there is too much government at the top...the same. Funny- they will venerate him and tout him to the public, But the government conveniently forgets what else he said. That professor was doing no different than I would have. I don't suffer fools and whiny-ass bullcrap very well at all. BTW did you know there are 3 lawyers for every working-age person in the US?
I'm with the professor. That college should...never mind.
Posted on: September 30, 2007 9:00 AM
This, Ladies and Gentlemen, Boys and Girls, is what happens when you give an idiot a degree!!!!
Posted on: October 18, 2007 2:04 PM