JUST when I thought I would have to make something up, Clayton Cramer came along and saved my soul. (Thank you Kind Sir!)
Clayton Cramer.: More Reminders That Our Public Universities Need Some Serious Oversight:
A teacher at the University of North Carolina-Greensboro requires students in her class to write an 8-page commitment to social justice — pupils who take her class because it’s a required course to earn a K-12 teaching credential. An assignment in instructor Revital Zilonka’s “Institution of Education” class tells future North Carolina teachers that “by the end of the semester, you are required to write your own personal/professional commitment to social justice,” the syllabus states. The class mandates a list of feminist and Marxist readings, and students’ “commitment” is expected to be up to eight pages long and delve into how they plan to advance social justice “given the new understanding you have by now about society and education,” the syllabus adds"Institution of Education" .. man, I wish I had been able to take THAT class back in the 60's!
It sounds like an "Easy 'A'", if you can suck up to the prof!
(On the other hand, it might be less demeaning to just stand on the corner under a street light and solicit lonely men who can't get a date.)
A "commitment to Social Justice" is probably exactly what it sounds like:
You Will Commit To The Party Line, Or We Have Ways To Make You Talk!
Zilonka’s undergraduate class is one of seven sections of “ELC 381, The Institution of Education” taught at the public university this spring. The course is required for students seeking to earn a K-12 teaching credential, but additional professors teach it besides Zilonka, and scholars can shape it toward their specific interests. Zilonka’s syllabus also tells students to Like on Facebook a slate of secular-progressive pages, such as the pro-LGBTQ Human Rights Campaign, Feministing, Million Hoodies for Justice, and the Brown Girl Collective. If you live in North Carolina, you might want to ask your legislators if this sort of indoctrination is an appropriate use of state funds.
Okay, *-I-* thought it was funny!
2 comments:
I am committed to social justice. My version rounds up people like this "professor" and sends them to capitalist reeducation camp.
What a cheerful and happy time post on the state of current teachers education. No wonder our educational system is such a mess. I hope the these future teachers are also getting healthy dose of diversity, multiculturalism, gender equality, and wealth redistribution. I'm mad and I'm not going to take it anymore.
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