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AverageJoe

(2,425 posts)
39. I teach at a southern flagship university
Wed Oct 15, 2025, 09:39 PM
Oct 2025

I’ve been here more than 20 years. Last year a graduate student — yes, a graduate student — reported me to the provost just for teaching my class the way I’ve always taught it, and both state law and university policy were on their side, not mine. I live in fear of my students now and it is intolerable.

I need to work about three and a half more years and I am counting the seconds.

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Now this, this is one of the things that's scary crazy about Florida. Biophilic Oct 2025 #1
Republicans are always squealing... GiqueCee Oct 2025 #2
Yes, they're not anti "indoctrination" PatSeg Oct 2025 #14
So, so many examples of Republican dishonesty. BadgerMom Oct 2025 #32
Families with young children are seriously questioning raising their kids here because of the attacks Timeflyer Oct 2025 #3
i don't even want to visit, barbtries Oct 2025 #6
Don't blame you one bit. Timeflyer Oct 2025 #8
I even set avoid Miami and DFW flags on my travel arrangements. dickthegrouch Oct 2025 #34
I used to live in NC... llmart Oct 2025 #44
How did it all collapse so fast? Easterncedar Oct 2025 #4
It hasn't been fast at all Cosmocat Oct 2025 #11
i don't think I'll ever understand barbtries Oct 2025 #5
My son is a NASA engineer. llmart Oct 2025 #45
Floridians will drink of this stupidity for generations bronxiteforever Oct 2025 #7
These students are going to be so ignorant newdeal2 Oct 2025 #10
Exactly Rebl2 Oct 2025 #26
Make no mistake. DeSatan's children will not be attending a public university in FL Iris Oct 2025 #9
+1 dalton99a Oct 2025 #23
Make Florida Stupid nwduke Oct 2025 #12
"I don't open up general discussion in class ..." Seinan Sensei Oct 2025 #13
It's rather tragic that an important scientific asset is located in that antiscience hellhole. NNadir Oct 2025 #15
Ron DeSantis is term-limited, am I right? FakeNoose Oct 2025 #16
Well, yes, but... They are working on Mrs. Desantis and there is always the Florida legislature. Biophilic Oct 2025 #18
Casey DeSantis isn't the scariest candidate. rubbersole Oct 2025 #22
Jeb Bush gets my vote for opening Fla's RW Pandora's box, when Katherine allegorical oracle Oct 2025 #43
Isn't she under investigation? angrychair Oct 2025 #24
Yes. However Republicans, from the Supreme Court on down have no respect for law. NNadir Oct 2025 #30
They're paying for University degrees at what are now watered down Mickey Mouse colleges. Greybnk48 Oct 2025 #17
Florida is "indoctrinating" students to be close minded fools Martin Eden Oct 2025 #19
The good news: ... littlemissmartypants Oct 2025 #20
Flooding will be refreshing compared to what happens... rubbersole Oct 2025 #25
Stampeding towards Idiocracy. n/t flvegan Oct 2025 #21
No "indoctrinating concepts," like critical thinking, facts and actual history. Both boring and stupefying. flashman13 Oct 2025 #27
We need a deep purge of our government.... Joinfortmill Oct 2025 #28
The sine wave of history is swinging towards another trough. Since the dawn of humans--sapiens at least--it has... Ol Janx Spirit Oct 2025 #29
America's true history Mblaze Oct 2025 #31
I once had a boss who told me the #1 reason he hired me was mercuryblues Oct 2025 #33
"Lying on the beach during a hurricane cures COVID!" struggle4progress Oct 2025 #35
Elect a serial killer soldierant Oct 2025 #36
Side effect, with the lack of competent talent... Xolodno Oct 2025 #37
It's universities+ Pacifist Patriot Oct 2025 #38
I teach at a southern flagship university AverageJoe Oct 2025 #39
I resigned... róisín_dubh Oct 2025 #42
I sincerely envy you AverageJoe Oct 2025 #46
It was perhaps a MISTAKE that General Sherman did not march through Florida--- Jack Valentino Oct 2025 #40
De Santis: Pol Pot reincarnated? Aussie105 Oct 2025 #41
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