Re: [asa] Why the Iowa teacher was fired

PvM,

I haven't looked at the article yet, so I don't know the facts. However, if
you don't see even the theoretical possibility that the *way* a professor
presents a view, not the view itself, could be an actionable offense, then
you don't know jack about academia.

David Heddle

On 9/25/07, PvM <pvm.pandas@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> strangely he was told that he was fired for his statements on
> religion. What makes this somehow different?
>
> On 9/25/07, James Mahaffy <mahaffy@dordt.edu> wrote:
> > Folks,
> >
> > This evening there is another lead story in the Des Moines register that
> makes it clear that the professor that was fired from an Iowa Community
> College was fired for his style and not his beleifs. He had a heated debate
> with students over their literal belief in the Bible and picked on one of
> them enough that she left in tears after being told in a heated debate to
> pop a Prozac. By his own admission he was trying to challenge some of the
> student's beliefs.
> >
> > He was also an adjunct and not a full time staff member. When Pim
> brought this up I suggested that there was likely more to the story. We as
> professors have a responsibility to respect the students beliefs. Even
> though I believe in an old earth, I try hard to not undermine the core YEC
> beliefs of students, while still showing them what are some of the
> weaknesses of their positions.
> >
> > James Mahaffy (mahaffy@dordt.edu) Phone: 712 722-6279
> > 498 4th Ave NE
> > Biology Department FAX : 712
> 722-1198
> > Dordt College, Sioux Center IA 51250-1697
> >
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Received on Wed Sep 26 05:24:33 2007