Education Or Indoctronation?
Posted: Wed Sep 09, 2020 8:22 pm
My daughter is in her third year at Wayne State. No student loans, no financial help. Her mother and I are paying as she goes so she wont be saddled with student debt.
There are a number of prerequisite classes she is required to take and she selected Black Social and Political Thought from a number of choices that would fill a prerequisite needed to graduate.
This class, taught by Dr. Eboe Hutchful, relies heavily on the writings of William Manning Marable and Leith Mullings. I happened to listen to one of my daughters on line lectures (for which I'm paying full price) and Dr. Hutchful was expressing his views on how wonderful the BLM movement was. After the lecture ended, I pretty much asked my daughter, "What the hell was that lecture about and why am I paying for it?' She told me it was a class she was required to take and thought it might be interesting.
Later that day, she came to me with this text from Dr. Hutchful and asked what exactly I thought it meant.
Now, I'm not an expert on "edu-speak", but reading and re reading the text from the good Dr., it would seem to me that he expects not only everyone understand what the two writers are saying, but to agree with them too. Any dissent or challenge to their message will result in a failing grade.
She Dropped the class yesterday. Now she will have to make up a class over the summer.
There are a number of prerequisite classes she is required to take and she selected Black Social and Political Thought from a number of choices that would fill a prerequisite needed to graduate.
This class, taught by Dr. Eboe Hutchful, relies heavily on the writings of William Manning Marable and Leith Mullings. I happened to listen to one of my daughters on line lectures (for which I'm paying full price) and Dr. Hutchful was expressing his views on how wonderful the BLM movement was. After the lecture ended, I pretty much asked my daughter, "What the hell was that lecture about and why am I paying for it?' She told me it was a class she was required to take and thought it might be interesting.
Later that day, she came to me with this text from Dr. Hutchful and asked what exactly I thought it meant.
Now, I'm not an expert on "edu-speak", but reading and re reading the text from the good Dr., it would seem to me that he expects not only everyone understand what the two writers are saying, but to agree with them too. Any dissent or challenge to their message will result in a failing grade.
She Dropped the class yesterday. Now she will have to make up a class over the summer.