I've got this crazy professor

[FaithBuild18]

For a summer history class. I’m a science student, at a non-liberal arts college, so I’ve taken nothing but science classes and science labs. So this is my first time experiencing the artsy humanity side of education. I’ve gotta say: BIG difference. She has pink hair.

I wrote this paper on humanity, and she circled every single use of the word “man.” She then proceeded to tell the class that we’re not allowed to say “man” in order to refer to humankind, because it’s gender discrimination.

The other day she told us a story about how she gave heck to some guy at her daughter’s school who had a pro-life bumper sticker. But as she was saying the “pr” of “pro-life,” she stopped herself and said “anti-choice.” Wow. Really?

She does this thing all the time where she says “for whom?” after pretty much everything. For example, she’ll saying something like “The Enlightenment valued progress. But progress for whom?” And the answer is always something along the lines of “for white men, that’s who!”

So I wanted to raise my hand and be like “Hey professor, you’re pro-CHOICE with respect to whom? The choice of the irresponsible harlot who does not comprehend the word ‘consequence,’ or the choice of the defenseless child? Surely it’s not the latter.” But I figured she’d kill me on spot so I just held it in.

She hates men. Passionately. And she blames not just Christianity, but the Catholic Church in particular (she uses “Church” and “Christianity” interchangeably, which is historically incorrect of course) for a patriarchal society. But I sit there and ponder life before Christianity or religion for that matter, you know, when men went out and hunted for food and women stayed in the huts taking care of the children… I fail to see the difference. No matter, even if Christianity is responsible for patriarchal societies, it just makes me appreciate my religion a little bit more.

She says things everyday about the Church, about how it’s responsible for all of the evil things in the Western world like capitalism and democracy. But instead of sucking that in as “wow that darn Church!” like the rest of the class the way she wants, I, in my own little “narrow-minded” world think something along the lines of “Wow… my Church is responsible for all of the great things the Western world has to offer? That’s pretty cool.” Even though I think she is in historical error about the role of the Catholic Church in particular, but that’s ok, what do I know I’m just a science student.

 

[kimmielittle]

For a summer history class. I’m a science student, at a non-liberal arts college, so I’ve taken nothing but science classes and science labs. So this is my first time experiencing the artsy humanity side of education. I’ve gotta say: BIG difference. She has pink hair.

I wrote this paper on humanity, and she circled every single use of the word “man.” She then proceeded to tell the class that we’re not allowed to say “man” in order to refer to humankind, because it’s gender discrimination.

The other day she told us a story about how she gave heck to some guy at her daughter’s school who had a pro-life bumper sticker. But as she was saying the “pr” of “pro-life,” she stopped herself and said “anti-choice.” Wow. Really?

She does this thing all the time where she says “for whom?” after pretty much everything. For example, she’ll saying something like “The Enlightenment valued progress. But progress for whom?” And the answer is always something along the lines of “for white men, that’s who!”

So I wanted to raise my hand and be like “Hey professor, you’re pro-CHOICE with respect to whom? The choice of the irresponsible harlot who does not comprehend the word ‘consequence,’ or the choice of the defenseless child? Surely it’s not the latter.” But I figured she’d kill me on spot so I just held it in.

She hates men. Passionately. And she blames not just Christianity, but the Catholic Church in particular (she uses “Church” and “Christianity” interchangeably, which is historically incorrect of course) for a patriarchal society. But I sit there and ponder life before Christianity or religion for that matter, you know, when men went out and hunted for food and women stayed in the huts taking care of the children… I fail to see the difference. No matter, even if Christianity is responsible for patriarchal societies, it just makes me appreciate my religion a little bit more.

She says things everyday about the Church, about how it’s responsible for all of the evil things in the Western world like capitalism and democracy. But instead of sucking that in as “wow that darn Church!” like the rest of the class the way she wants, I, in my own little “narrow-minded” world think something along the lines of “Wow… my Church is responsible for all of the great things the Western world has to offer? That’s pretty cool.” Even though I think she is in historical error about the role of the Catholic Church in particular, but that’s ok, what do I know I’m just a science student.

Have you discussed options - stating these reasons to a counselor?

 

[Flavius_Aetius]

“Wow… my Church is responsible for all of the great things the Western world has to offer? That’s pretty cool.”

Other than quitting the class (which due to costs of college tuition I would not advise) this is the best way to survive these liberal teachers who feel the need to spew their doctrine into the classroom.

Standing up for the Pro-life movement is a wasted effort and will just get you kicked out of the class. I know of these kinds of people from my Step-family, you use that comment you made and they’ll just point out a dozen cases of rape leading to pregnancy. They’ll try to make you out as some monster who has the nerve to tell a woman to keep the child of a rapist, as if the child is equally guilty of rape and deserves to be killed…

For your sake I hope she never forces the class to write papers around her own agenda like “How abortion advanced the Western world” or some other garbage.

If you are given a chance to write your own papers, a good thing to do is to take the pro-church side and offer a valid defense such as how it was the Church that essentially saved the Western world from total darkness after the Fall of Rome.

 

[CountrySteve]

FaithBuild18:
I wrote this paper on humanity, and she circled every single use of the word “man.” She then proceeded to tell the class that we’re not allowed to say “man” in order to refer to humankind, because it’s gender discrimination.

idk if this is the teen coming out of me but i would still use man anyways

The other day she told us a story about how she gave heck to some guy at her daughter’s school who had a pro-life bumper sticker. But as she was saying the “pr” of “pro-life,” she stopped herself and said “anti-choice.” Wow. Really?
She does this thing all the time where she says “for whom?” after pretty much everything. For example, she’ll saying something like “The Enlightenment valued progress. But progress for whom?” And the answer is always something along the lines of “for white men, that’s who!”

she sounds racist too me

So I wanted to raise my hand and be like “Hey professor, you’re pro-CHOICE with respect to whom? The choice of the irresponsible harlot who does not comprehend the word ‘consequence,’ or the choice of the defenseless child? Surely it’s not the latter.” But I figured she’d kill me on spot so I just held it in.

i would have raised my hand anyways

…She says things everyday about the Church, about how it’s responsible for all of the evil things in the Western world like capitalism and democracy. .

how is democracy evil?

 

[kimmielittle]

Other than quitting the class (which due to costs of college tuition I would not advise) this is the best way to survive these liberal teachers who feel the need to spew their doctrine into the classroom.

Standing up for the Pro-life movement is a wasted effort and will just get you kicked out of the class. I know of these kinds of people from my Step-family, you use that comment you made and they’ll just point out a dozen cases of rape leading to pregnancy. They’ll try to make you out as some monster who has the nerve to tell a woman to keep the child of a rapist, as if the child is equally guilty of rape and deserves to be killed…

For your sake I hope she never forces the class to write papers around her own agenda like “How abortion advanced the Western world” or some other garbage.

If you are given a chance to write your own papers, a good thing to do is to take the pro-church side and offer a valid defense such as how it was the Church that essentially saved the Western world from total darkness after the Fall of Rome.

Ooooo …good!!!

 

[Bwtby]

Is her name, by any chance, Cyndi Lauper?

 

[Bwtby]

youtube.com/watch?v=P_EfV4V1hsA

 

[Sonic]

For a summer history class. I’m a science student, at a non-liberal arts college, so I’ve taken nothing but science classes and science labs. So this is my first time experiencing the artsy humanity side of education. I’ve gotta say: BIG difference. She has pink hair.

I wrote this paper on humanity, and she circled every single use of the word “man.” She then proceeded to tell the class that we’re not allowed to say “man” in order to refer to humankind, because it’s gender discrimination.

The other day she told us a story about how she gave heck to some guy at her daughter’s school who had a pro-life bumper sticker. But as she was saying the “pr” of “pro-life,” she stopped herself and said “anti-choice.” Wow. Really?

She does this thing all the time where she says “for whom?” after pretty much everything. For example, she’ll saying something like “The Enlightenment valued progress. But progress for whom?” And the answer is always something along the lines of “for white men, that’s who!”

So I wanted to raise my hand and be like “Hey professor, you’re pro-CHOICE with respect to whom? The choice of the irresponsible harlot who does not comprehend the word ‘consequence,’ or the choice of the defenseless child? Surely it’s not the latter.” But I figured she’d kill me on spot so I just held it in.

She hates men. Passionately. And she blames not just Christianity, but the Catholic Church in particular (she uses “Church” and “Christianity” interchangeably, which is historically incorrect of course) for a patriarchal society. But I sit there and ponder life before Christianity or religion for that matter, you know, when men went out and hunted for food and women stayed in the huts taking care of the children… I fail to see the difference. No matter, even if Christianity is responsible for patriarchal societies, it just makes me appreciate my religion a little bit more.

She says things everyday about the Church, about how it’s responsible for all of the evil things in the Western world like capitalism and democracy. But instead of sucking that in as “wow that darn Church!” like the rest of the class the way she wants, I, in my own little “narrow-minded” world think something along the lines of “Wow… my Church is responsible for all of the great things the Western world has to offer? That’s pretty cool.” Even though I think she is in historical error about the role of the Catholic Church in particular, but that’s ok, what do I know I’m just a science student.

You’re very lucky she is outspoken about her beliefs. At least, you know where she stands and can evaluate what’s going on. I would drop the class if I were you (especially if I was still an undergraduate).

On the other hand, I transferred into graduate school at the University of Arkansas, at Fayetteville, and experienced the same prejudices from behind the scenes. I ended up leaving to find a Catholic university, and the academic adviser (who attempted to ruin my academic career) was eventually made head of the Art department the following semester.

I honestly don’t know what rights a student has in these matters anymore (considering the times we live in). It seems one extremely unprofessional professor, with an agenda, can make a students life a living h-e-double hockey sticks.

 

[FaithBuild18]

I forgot to mention how much she hates America. Seeing as she hates America and Christianity, I make sure to wear one of my many USA shirts and a cross around my neck every day to class. And I can tell it drives her nuts because I’m one of the few students in the class that actually participates. I don’t offer my opinion on anything, but I know enough about the Modern era (this is what the class is on) to properly interpret the author’s intentions in the assigned readings.

And I think it just kills her that her liberal drone students sit their idle and clueless.

Should I ever offer an opinion, I do it in the form of “one may argue” rather than “I think.” That way she technically can’t nail me for my beliefs. And I can tell she cringes on the inside, waiting for a moment to pounce on me. But I’m not going to give her that moment. At first I felt like I was being tormented, but I almost feel like now I’m the one tormenting her.

 

[FaithBuild18]

You’re very lucky she is outspoken about her beliefs. At least, you know where she stands and can evaluate what’s going on. I would drop the class if I were you (especially if I was still an undergraduate).

On the other hand, I transferred into graduate school at the University of Arkansas, at Fayetteville, and experienced the same prejudices from behind the scenes. I ended up leaving to find a Catholic university, and the academic adviser (who attempted to ruin my academic career) was eventually made head of the Art department the following semester.

I honestly don’t know what rights a student has in these matters anymore (considering the times we live in). It seems one extremely unprofessional professor, with an agenda, can make a students life a living h-e-double hockey sticks.

I wanted to drop the class but we only had three days to do it. We’re a few weeks into the course already. The moment I saw her pink hair and tattoos all over her body I said to myself “oh great this is going to stink.” But for those first three days, she didn’t say anything about her opinion on anything or religion or anything like that. But as soon as that deadline passed, she let loose.

And don’t even get me started on how unprofessional she is! She made us read her thesis paper. It was ridiculous. I still can’t believe some imbecile handed her a PhD. She wrote about Generation X Feminism. Her pages contained multiple F-bombs and “primary accounts” of celebrity sex stories. Her most referenced source was MTV. Her other sources included lyrics from pop, rap, rock songs, and TV commercials. It was a complete joke. You wouldn’t believe it if you saw it. My jaw hit the floor and stayed there for 6 hours.

 

[FaithBuild18]

Is her name, by any chance, Cyndi Lauper?

Haha no but I would wager that she’s a big fan.

 

[jwinch2]

I wanted to drop the class but we only had three days to do it. We’re a few weeks into the course already. The moment I saw her pink hair and tattoos all over her body I said to myself “oh great this is going to stink.” But for those first three days, she didn’t say anything about her opinion on anything or religion or anything like that. But as soon as that deadline passed, she let loose.

And don’t even get me started on how unprofessional she is! She made us read her thesis paper. It was ridiculous. I still can’t believe some imbecile handed her a PhD. She wrote about Generation X Feminism. Her pages contained multiple F-bombs and “primary accounts” of celebrity sex stories. Her most referenced source was MTV. Her other sources included lyrics from pop, rap, rock songs, and TV commercials. It was a complete joke. You wouldn’t believe it if you saw it. My jaw hit the floor and stayed there for 6 hours.

Things like this are why I am glad that my doctorate is in an allied health field rather than a humanities field. People like that drive me bonkers. Most of the time, I can stay away from them but sometimes we are on committees and the like together and there is no avoiding it. ugh. I feel for you. Keep your head down, get your grade, and move on. Luckily, not all history professors are like that. In fact, most aren’t. Those types usually hang out in the college of ed or social sciences, something like that.

 

[The_Old_Medic]

If you want to guarantee an F, argue with her and try to win.

Otherwise, just avoid talking to her as much as possible. Cater to her prejudices as much as you can (using the term "Human"0 instead of “Man”, etc.) and ignore the garbage.

I had a professor, in my very first college class, who tried to kick me out the very first day.

This was in 1967, and I was an active duty soldier, stationed at a nearby Army Hospital. Because of the haircut, GI issued glasses, etc., it was easy to tell I was in the service.

He stood in front of me and said: “Get out of this class, I refuse to attempt to teach professional killers”.

I stood up, looked him right in the eye, and said, “I am a Medic and my job is to save lives, not take them”. I sat down and refused to leave his class.

He called the Campus police, and they escorted me out. I went to the Dean, and the next class session I was back in his class, with the backing of the Dean. I also wore my Class-A Army Uniform to each and every class, with my “fruit salad” and my service stripes on my sleeves (2 stripes on my left sleeve meaning more than 6 years on active duty, and four smaller stripes on my right sleeve, meaning 2 years in a combat zone).

I sat in the front row, center each and every class. He hated me, but he could not kick me out. The Dean would also not let him flunk me (he checked the tests and the papers I wrote to make certain I was fairly graded).

That’s the way to deal with these types. Do not let them buffalo you, stand your ground. Be VERY polite, do not argue with them, and just do your work.

 

[OrdinaryMelkite]

For a summer history class. I’m a science student, at a non-liberal arts college, so I’ve taken nothing but science classes and science labs. So this is my first time experiencing the artsy humanity side of education. I’ve gotta say: BIG difference. She has pink hair.

I wrote this paper on humanity, and she circled every single use of the word “man.” She then proceeded to tell the class that we’re not allowed to say “man” in order to refer to humankind, because it’s gender discrimination.

The other day she told us a story about how she gave heck to some guy at her daughter’s school who had a pro-life bumper sticker. But as she was saying the “pr” of “pro-life,” she stopped herself and said “anti-choice.” Wow. Really?

She does this thing all the time where she says “for whom?” after pretty much everything. For example, she’ll saying something like “The Enlightenment valued progress. But progress for whom?” And the answer is always something along the lines of “for white men, that’s who!”

So I wanted to raise my hand and be like “Hey professor, you’re pro-CHOICE with respect to whom? The choice of the irresponsible harlot who does not comprehend the word ‘consequence,’ or the choice of the defenseless child? Surely it’s not the latter.” But I figured she’d kill me on spot so I just held it in.

She hates men. Passionately. And she blames not just Christianity, but the Catholic Church in particular (she uses “Church” and “Christianity” interchangeably, which is historically incorrect of course) for a patriarchal society. But I sit there and ponder life before Christianity or religion for that matter, you know, when men went out and hunted for food and women stayed in the huts taking care of the children… I fail to see the difference. No matter, even if Christianity is responsible for patriarchal societies, it just makes me appreciate my religion a little bit more.

She says things everyday about the Church, about how it’s responsible for all of the evil things in the Western world like capitalism and democracy. But instead of sucking that in as “wow that darn Church!” like the rest of the class the way she wants, I, in my own little “narrow-minded” world think something along the lines of “Wow… my Church is responsible for all of the great things the Western world has to offer? That’s pretty cool.” Even though I think she is in historical error about the role of the Catholic Church in particular, but that’s ok, what do I know I’m just a science student.

First off—SO sorry about this. I really am. I really empathize.

Second-----i would really have a heart-to-heart with my counselor and tell him/her in no uncertain terms that thsi teacher is trying to push a particular viewpoint on the class. See what happens and then take it from there.

Third-----one small comment.
Most women who have abortions that i know of are not “irresponsible harlots.” They’re wrong, and they have committed a grave sin, but most of them are NOT what you called them. They are misguided, wrong, and other things but NOT harlots. Half of them are ignorant teenagers and ormiseducated women who have bee brought up to think the fetus is just a clump of cells. They need education, compassion, and prayer----NOT name calling.
It also gives the “pro-choice” side ammunition in their arguments against you-------“oh great, you’re judging and demonizing these poor women!! You don’t know them!”
SOME of them may be what you call them—but not most of them. Don’t generalize, please. Saying this as someone who ist totally on your side and wants you to come out ahead on this problem of yours.

That’s all I have to say.

Good luck.

 

[TimothyH]

If you want to guarantee an F, argue with her and try to win.

That’s the way to deal with these types. Do not let them buffalo you, stand your ground. Be VERY polite, do not argue with them, and just do your work.

’
Good advice, and quite Christian I think too. Never fight and never loose your peace. It take patience and prayer.

Thank you for being a soldier.

-Tim-

 

[JaneGrey]

First off—SO sorry about this. I really am. I really empathize.

Second-----i would really have a heart-to-heart with my counselor and tell him/her in no uncertain terms that thsi teacher is trying to push a particular viewpoint on the class. See what happens and then take it from there.

Third-----one small comment.
Most women who have abortions that i know of are not “irresponsible harlots.” They’re wrong, and they have committed a grave sin, but most of them are NOT what you called them. They are misguided, wrong, and other things but NOT harlots. Half of them are ignorant teenagers and ormiseducated women who have bee brought up to think the fetus is just a clump of cells. They need education, compassion, and prayer----NOT name calling.
It also gives the “pro-choice” side ammunition in their arguments against you-------“oh great, you’re judging and demonizing these poor women!! You don’t know them!”
SOME of them may be what you call them—but not most of them. Don’t generalize, please. Saying this as someone who ist totally on your side and wants you to come out ahead on this problem of yours.

That’s all I have to say.

Good luck.

This is a great post. I will add though that none of these women are ‘harlots’. People dont like the use of that word,especially in regards to abortion, as it does tend to put most of the focus on the woman, as if a man was not involved.
Your professor does sound like a ridiculous stereotype and it must be a pain having her, however be sure not to turn into a stereotype yourself as that will, as OrdinaryMelkite pointed out, just fuel the fire.

 

[FaithBuild18]

First off—SO sorry about this. I really am. I really empathize.

Second-----i would really have a heart-to-heart with my counselor and tell him/her in no uncertain terms that thsi teacher is trying to push a particular viewpoint on the class. See what happens and then take it from there.

Third-----one small comment.
Most women who have abortions that i know of are not “irresponsible harlots.” They’re wrong, and they have committed a grave sin, but most of them are NOT what you called them. They are misguided, wrong, and other things but NOT harlots. Half of them are ignorant teenagers and ormiseducated women who have bee brought up to think the fetus is just a clump of cells. They need education, compassion, and prayer----NOT name calling.
It also gives the “pro-choice” side ammunition in their arguments against you-------“oh great, you’re judging and demonizing these poor women!! You don’t know them!”
SOME of them may be what you call them—but not most of them. Don’t generalize, please. Saying this as someone who ist totally on your side and wants you to come out ahead on this problem of yours.

That’s all I have to say.

Good luck.

I appreciate your words. But in asserting that the typical woman getting an abortion is like the few that you know, you are no more innocent of generalizing than I am.

Have you a better word besides “harlot” that describes the act of promiscuously sleeping with men while being unwed? Because that’s 83% of all women who get an abortion. That is easily MOST and not SOME. And that’s just those who are unwed and sleep around, it doesn’t count those who are married but still sleep around anyways. The things you said about those women being mislead and uneducated are absolutely true, but that doesn’t give them a pass excusing them of their actions. I still think my perception of the typical woman who gets an abortion is fairly accurate. I was not calling them evil, thus I did not demonize them. But I will call it as it is: they are irresponsible.

 

[FaithBuild18]

If you want to guarantee an F, argue with her and try to win.

Otherwise, just avoid talking to her as much as possible. Cater to her prejudices as much as you can (using the term "Human"0 instead of “Man”, etc.) and ignore the garbage.

I had a professor, in my very first college class, who tried to kick me out the very first day.

This was in 1967, and I was an active duty soldier, stationed at a nearby Army Hospital. Because of the haircut, GI issued glasses, etc., it was easy to tell I was in the service.

He stood in front of me and said: “Get out of this class, I refuse to attempt to teach professional killers”.

I stood up, looked him right in the eye, and said, “I am a Medic and my job is to save lives, not take them”. I sat down and refused to leave his class.

He called the Campus police, and they escorted me out. I went to the Dean, and the next class session I was back in his class, with the backing of the Dean. I also wore my Class-A Army Uniform to each and every class, with my “fruit salad” and my service stripes on my sleeves (2 stripes on my left sleeve meaning more than 6 years on active duty, and four smaller stripes on my right sleeve, meaning 2 years in a combat zone).

I sat in the front row, center each and every class. He hated me, but he could not kick me out. The Dean would also not let him flunk me (he checked the tests and the papers I wrote to make certain I was fairly graded).

That’s the way to deal with these types. Do not let them buffalo you, stand your ground. Be VERY polite, do not argue with them, and just do your work.

Man that would have been rough. I don’t think I’d be able to take that.

But your strategy is great, it’s pretty much been my game plan so far. I think it works, I just feel like I need to vent about all the junk I have to sit through ha.

 

[FaithBuild18]

This is a great post. I will add though that none of these women are ‘harlots’. People dont like the use of that word,especially in regards to abortion, as it does tend to put most of the focus on the woman, **as if a man was not involved. **
Your professor does sound like a ridiculous stereotype and it must be a pain having her, however be sure not to turn into a stereotype yourself as that will, as OrdinaryMelkite pointed out, just fuel the fire.

This is actually a great point. Something to think about for sure.

 

[Allegra]

If you want to guarantee an F, argue with her and try to win.

Otherwise, just avoid talking to her as much as possible. Cater to her prejudices as much as you can (using the term "Human"0 instead of “Man”, etc.) and ignore the garbage.

I had a professor, in my very first college class, who tried to kick me out the very first day.

This was in 1967, and I was an active duty soldier, stationed at a nearby Army Hospital. Because of the haircut, GI issued glasses, etc., it was easy to tell I was in the service.

He stood in front of me and said: “Get out of this class, I refuse to attempt to teach professional killers”.

I stood up, looked him right in the eye, and said, “I am a Medic and my job is to save lives, not take them”. I sat down and refused to leave his class.

He called the Campus police, and they escorted me out. I went to the Dean, and the next class session I was back in his class, with the backing of the Dean. I also wore my Class-A Army Uniform to each and every class, with my “fruit salad” and my service stripes on my sleeves (2 stripes on my left sleeve meaning more than 6 years on active duty, and four smaller stripes on my right sleeve, meaning 2 years in a combat zone).

I sat in the front row, center each and every class. He hated me, but he could not kick me out. The Dean would also not let him flunk me (he checked the tests and the papers I wrote to make certain I was fairly graded).

That’s the way to deal with these types. Do not let them buffalo you, stand your ground. Be VERY polite, do not argue with them, and just do your work.

That can’t be legal!