Professor Offers Extra Credit to Students Who Attend GA Democrat's Campaign Event

SNIP
In a statement to The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, the university said it was aware of the extra credit being offered and has advised the professor that extra credit should be offered on an equal basis to students participating in events hosted by all political parties.

“The professor acknowledges she had made a mistake and agreed to fix it by offering extra credit for all political events," the statement read.
ENDSNIP

Faux Outrage from somebody reading Faux News.... Yawn.... slow day at the Right Wing News Churner, dear??

 

Who willingly goes into any class that turns out like that?

 

Probably because it doesn’t happen and it’s a Trumpican fabrication.

 

You create a potential for political backlash by inviting this. If a kid verbally supports Trump and then all of a sudden his work is scrutinized, then you have created a political dogma within the classroom. That should not be there! Giving extra credit to go to a rally of an opposing ideology is not right either.

 

Did anyone bother to check and learn that the School is offering the same extra credit for any attendance for all political events?

JFC.

 

I didn't see it in the article presented by the OP, but I assumed it to be the case.

 

Yea, she had to "fix it" after the fact.

 

Right. This report does not exist. It did not happen. You are not living through what you are experiencing.

 

If it were a political science course and the offer was to attend ANY political rally and then write a paper on it maybe. But this is a government paid professor of a non-political course at a government school promoting a particular political party and candidate, her personal political favorite, by offering a benefit to the student.

She should be fired and the students informed any extra credits would be null and void.

 

Liberal educators will never cease to amaze me! Their idiocy is all they have!!

 

Professors aren't being paid by the government, as of 2000 only 40% of public university funding came from subsidies or grants. But that's a delightful piece of hyperbole you have there!

University professors ought to encourage engagement and from what I can tell, this incentive was offered to attendees of rallies for either party.

Regardless, this was an on campus event is in the universities interest to have a large turnout.

There's really nothing to see here, this is totally normal and happens all the time.

 

But there's no mistake what the purpose of a religious institution is. To teach you about that religion. You don't pay to go to college to learn to be Liberal. Well, at least it didn't when I went in the mid 90s. Extra credit to be a shill? Talk about discrimination.

 

Religion isn't the only fountain flowing from the pulpit. There's no teaching, teaching involves questioning, learning, examining... What goes on in the church is indoctrination, the exact opposite of what, in my experience, occurs in your typical collegiate classroom.

And let's be clear, this was extra credit for attending an on-campus event.

 

State university professors are considered public employees in most states.

Please show your evidence that incentives were offered to attendees of rallies for either part. I saw nothing in the OP.

Link. I can make up things and claim the AJC said it as well. Please link to the AJC statement. Also, if this was done in response to public outcry, it shows CYA, not fairness.

 

I believe the OP would have the same reaction if extra credit if it was given for a republican event....a professor using their influence like this should be illegal, regardless of which side of the fence thwy are on

 

I would. Universities should promote free speech and ideas on all sides but should not be handing out extra credit to persuade students to support their own causes.

IMO, not enough Conservative teachers and professors on campuses right now. It's an echo chamber and a dangerous one at that.

 

Illegal???

Seriously?

What the ****?

 

Damn straight! Now if this ****** professor wantes to do it right the extra credit would be "attend a political event of YOUR chosing and present proof for extra credit"...now if a republican professor told kids they would get extra credit for attending a nra event he would ne fired and hung in the streets...dont pretend the double standard in colleges doesnt exist...do they ever cancel speeches of democrat speakers? Fair is fair...capisce ??

 

If Democrats didn't run education they would clamp down on it like they do churches.

 

I don’t agree that a double standard exists at all.

But bitch all you want. It’s not illegal, won’t ever be illegal, and shouldn’t be illegal.

 

So if a teacher gave extra credit for attending a rally on the teachings of Christianity, Islam or Nazism/white power, you'd be cool with it? Doubt it. Guarantee if a professor gave extra credit to attend a Trump rally, we'd be hearing it from EVERY source 24/7 and the obvious firing of that teacher would soon follow. Sort of like the Google employee who presented a well researched and logical summation of the differences between men and woman in tech. He kissed his ass goodbye from such a diverse and inclusive company such as Google, hehe. GAG!!!