Professors plan to boycott classes where students carry

[Monker10]

This is hilarious
quote from the linked article "If the bill in Texas becomes law, some professors there have said they plan to include a clause in syllabi stipulating that students are not be permitted to carry guns into their classroom -- and then simply refuse to teach classes where students don't assent. "

Here is the article link http://m.theatlantic.com/politics/archi ... ca/237915/

[Reloader]

They can and will lose funding from Federal and state for discrimination against the student's right to receive an education. they can also receive fines, loss of tenure, and assorted other civil rights violations.

[Excaliber]

This is hilarious
quote from the linked article "If the bill in Texas becomes law, some professors there have said they plan to include a clause in syllabi stipulating that students are not be permitted to carry guns into their classroom -- and then simply refuse to teach classes where students don't assent. "

Here is the article link http://m.theatlantic.com/politics/archi ... ca/237915/

These folks have spent too long in the ivory tower.

Tantrums notwithstanding, if the campus carry bill becomes law, they will either have to live with it or work to change it, as we're doing right now.

If they don't show up for work because they believe they have the authority to deny the constitutional rights of their students, the follow up is pretty simple - they'll have to be fired and replaced with folks who will do what they're paid for.

That's called real life - and it occasionally catches up with folks in universities too.

[74novaman]

This is hilarious
quote from the linked article "If the bill in Texas becomes law, some professors there have said they plan to include a clause in syllabi stipulating that students are not be permitted to carry guns into their classroom -- and then simply refuse to teach classes where students don't assent. "

Here is the article link http://m.theatlantic.com/politics/archi ... ca/237915/

That's fine with me. People that stupid shouldn't be lecturing anyone else anyway.

[joelamosobadiah]

This might work if you actually had any clue who was or wasnt carrying. *sarcasm*

[Monker10]

Yes this dog has no bite. I have worked with professors for a number of years and some love to yell and rant about things and try to control every facet of the students life. But ultimately they will back down if they realize it will hurt them careerwise. I can just imagine several professors I know will be saying the exact same empty threat.

[fickman]

. . . concealed is concealed, and most professors are not law enforcement officers (schools with police academies being the obvious exception) to whom we must show our CHL upon request of an ID.

Sounds like a bunch of self-righteous, sanctimonious academics spewing empty rhetoric to me. Business as usual.

[packingmusician]

Works for me! I'm about to get my doctorate, so I'll be in the market for a job. Go ahead and make it easier for me!

[Venus Pax]

How will they know the students are carrying if the guns are concealed?

[pedalman]

How will they know the students are carrying if the guns are concealed?

DING, DING, DING! We have a winner!

I was wondering the same thing.

[GEM-Texas]

Won't happen.

1. They won't know
2. That's grounds for breaking tenure if you refuse to meet your classes.

Horsepoop.

[WildBill]

"If the bill in Texas becomes law, some professors there have said they plan to include a clause in syllabi stipulating that students are not be permitted to carry guns into their classroom -- and then simply refuse to teach classes where students don't assent. "

I think that's an excellent idea.

[Ameer]

"If the bill in Texas becomes law, some professors there have said they plan to include a clause in syllabi stipulating that students are not be permitted to carry guns into their classroom -- and then simply refuse to teach classes where students don't assent. "

I think that's an excellent idea.

Students will get a much better education from rational, intelligent substitute instructors than immature dimwits. One of my best classes was taught by a grad student.

[WildBill]

"If the bill in Texas becomes law, some professors there have said they plan to include a clause in syllabi stipulating that students are not be permitted to carry guns into their classroom -- and then simply refuse to teach classes where students don't assent. "

I think that's an excellent idea.

Students will get a much better education from rational, intelligent substitute instructors than immature dimwits. One of my best classes was taught by a grad student.

The problem with many professors is that they talk at the students rather than to them. It doesn't take a PhD to figure out that communication is supposed to go both ways.

[chasfm11]

And I don't like the idea of anyone carrying a gun in public, let alone a 21-year-old student fueled by testosterone and alcohol. When I was at university in the mid-'90s, we drank far more than was good for us. Add guns to the mix and it's a volatile concoction. When you think of it like that: giving guns to young students largely interested in sex and booze, I'd wager it seems less of a genius idea.

Ya gotta love these arguments. I'd love to see one, just one, real life example of this kind of thinking. I wonder what the author would do if he realized that there could be over 600,00 concealed handgun licenses in Texas before the end of 2011? It is certainly a statement that the entire college population is only interested in sex and booze. I wonder what the student counsels in the Texas universities might say to the author if he had to stand up in front of them and defend that statement?

that all of the professors who will just need to change their underwear if there are students in their classes with concealed handguns need to find another line of work. If we could do without the air traffic controllers under Regan, we can sure do without a few protesting professors in Texas. Maybe they can move to CA where they might find some more kindred spirits.