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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am professor. Would never say things like that personally for the very reason that it might trigger a dcum thread but... it was a joke. Come on.[/quote]

Really? God, i am sorry.
I am not a person who thinks we are too "woke," but I really worry about how kds are being education if parents get worked up abut this sort of thing. Professors are SUPPOSED to be provocative and this I would imagine is just the tip of the ice burg. Please, please don't complain and trust your kid
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What productive discussion would this comment provoke? [/quote]

Well, it would force students to think. [b] Do I agree?  Do I disagree?   Why?   What is Musk’s role in society today?  Is he good or evil?  Why do some people react to him that way?  Why is he so divisive?  Why should we care that he suggested a book?  [/b]

I don’t know. Just the thinking you need to think for yourself in today’s world.   [/quote]

This is what I hope my college kid’s would takeaway. And of she knew the professor well and disagreed, I would even hope she might engage them in class (if a small seminar) or office hours (she at a small school with close student professor relationship) if she felt it was appropriate.  And I would hope the biggest takeaway would be to ask herself why both her professor, who dislikes Musk, and Musk recommend this book. Because that seems like a book worth checking out.

But, my kid has common sense, a strong sense of who they are and the ability to push back on things she things are wrong. So, I’m not sure what the harm of the comment would be. Even if the professor called one of my hero’s, like RBG, a douce.  My kid can handle hearing different opinions from her own. In fact, I hope she does.  College is where she discovers who she is. Which ai hope is not just a carbon copy of me.  The world is a big diverse place and she can’t live in a bubble forever.

OP seems to be on the verge of calling the Dean or something. Which is ridiculous. Don’t sent your kid to a college beside Liberty if you aren’t willing to have exposed to ideas they (and you disagree with). Never hurt to consider the idea before accepting or discarding it. Mom getting involved is so far over the line, I can’t even.

Also— at many universities, professors pay their own salaries through their grants. Nice try though. [/quote]

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