Sanders Kaufman <bucky@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in news:m9vqh.26786$QU1.1054
@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> The folks up in Collin County *want* to be stupid.
>
> I recently talked to a very angry student from CCCCD who's
> taking a Freshman philosophy class.
>
> Several times over the last semester, the topic brushed upon
> matters of Islam, Hinduism and Buddhism.
>
> Each time, according to the student, the teacher had to stop the
> conversation and tell the kids "I cannot allow any discussion of
> eastern religions."
>
> The student - a very precocious little fireball - tried to force
> the issue.
This kid won't last long in the workforce by
"forcing" issues with her superiors.
> Each time, the teacher gave the same statement -
> word for word.
>
> Finally, the "teacher" pulled the student aside and asked that
> the topic not come up again. When the student asked why, the
> teacher said that it's the college, not he, that disallows
> discussion of Eastern religions. He very much wants to discuss
> it, but if he does, he'll lose his job.
>
If she wants to discuss Eastern religion why is
she doing it in a philosophy class? Is the curriculum
of Kant and Hegel and Hobbes and Nietzsche too much
for her?
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