Julie with a B

Saturday, March 26, 2005
 
Now a word from the Flat Earth Society...
First of all, in the writing class I'm taking at the local J.C., we can bring up any topic pertinent to the piece of work we are discussing. We have covered a wide range of topics and opinions, none of them curtailed by the instructor.

"Bill Seeks Class Time for Other Opinions
Dubbed the ``academic freedom'' bill, House Bill 837 and its companion in the Senate, SB 2126, would develop a statewide ``bill of rights'' for faculty to follow in the interest of delivering a ``fair and balanced'' curriculum, according to sponsor Rep. Dennis Baxley, R-Ocala."
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"Under the bill, instructors teaching evolution also would have to teach creationism if a student requested it. A course on the Holocaust also would have to include a section on the belief held by some that there was never a Holocaust.

If that did not happen, students who sued the institution would have the support of a state law. The state Education Department warns of the fiscal effects in a bill analysis, stating Florida should be prepared to shell out at least $4.2 million a year to retain an attorney and pay anticipated legal costs if the bill passes.

Opponents say such a law flies in the face of free speech."

There is no need for such a law. Students can already speak their own opinions. And do you think that students should hear from an instructor that the Holocaust didn't happen? Will they hear about parallel universes in physics? Is the earth round or is that an optical illusion?


- posted by JulieB @ 8:53 PM
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