victor809 wrote:Opel...
What percentage of students do you assume take these classes you are sayi are "influencing the curriculum "
It's rhetoric to say that colleges are somehow liberal institutions. Seriously... I took math... biochemistry... physics... genetics... chemistry... a number of different courses around biochemistry... and a butt load of russian.
Other than a throwaway history of colonial Brazil and an overview of Hong Kong filmmaking... everything I took was science math or language. And I wasn't unusual.
If you're going to claim that colleges are full of liberals then you're going to somehow also explain how... without resorting to the bs that they're being indoctrinated.
I earned about 80 credit hours at LSU during the 90's. The only conservative professors I had were the ones who taught Economics, Accounting and Finance. Every other instructor I had was way left of center.
I had an ultra left wing speech professor. One day I figured out how to insure an A in that class with minimal effort. As usual, I didn't prepare a speech that I was supposed give.
On days we had to give speeches whoever came first would write numbers 1-15 on the board. I always arrived early and more times than not I'd be the one writing the numbers and when done I'd write my name next to 15 so I could be the last person to give a speech that day. I'd spend the next hour writing my speech that I'd give so I could turn it in after my turn.
On this particular day I was a bit hung over so I was wearing my shades. Fortunately, I had some highlighters in my back pack. I quickly made a make shift flag and using the cap, attached it to my pen.
When it was my turn, I went up with my shades on and began waving my flag saying Oliver North was a great American hero. Then I took my shades off, put the flag in my pocket then went on a diatribe about how North was a criminal. By the looks on some of the other students faces, I thought I'd have to fight my way out of class. When I finished my speech the professor all but gave me a standing ovation. I got an A+ on that speech. Even though this was half way through the semester and I have a low B average on my other speeches I ended up with an A in the class.