Columbia Student Offended by Professor Who Said Negro Was Correct Term in the ’60s
6th April 2018
A Columbia University student was angry with her sociology professor for saying it was appropriate to use the term negro when referring to people of color while discussing the 1960s. She wrote to the professor, explaining to him that negro was an offensive and outdated term, but he failed to adjust his vocabulary. “I didn’t pay attention in class after that,” the student, Maria Martinez, told The Columbia Daily Spectator.
And there you have the entire problem with American education, if not modern education in general, in a nutshell.
Students feel perfectly entitled to stop listening to a teacher when that teacher says something with which the student disagrees. The automatic question that arises is: What the hell are you in the class for if you’re not going to pay attention to the teacher? If you’re so smart, why are you in school at all?
April 7th, 2018 at 00:48
The standard entrance exam must be,
1. Are you breathing?
2. Do you have any money for tuition, or can you qualify for a grant or loan?