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Kilika
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« on: March 22, 2013, 03:18:20 am »

Yep, that's right! A college professor had his students write the name Jesus on a paper and then told them to place the paper on the floor and step on it.

This same professor is writing a book about Obama. And keep in mind, in the Arab world, if you have contempt for somebody, you use your feet or shoe, like the people in Iraq using their shoe to beat on images of Hussein. It's a MAJOR sign of disrespect.

The assignment describes what to do if the students hesitate, and says to discuss it. This student hesitated and got suspended!

http://radio.foxnews.com/toddstarnes/top-stories/professor-makes-students-stomp-on-jesus.html

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A Florida Atlantic University student said he was punished after he refused a professor’s directive to stomp on a piece of paper with the word “Jesus” written on it. The university, meanwhile, is defending the assignment as a lesson in debate.

“I’m not going to be sitting in a class having my religious rights desecrated,” student Ryan Rotela told television station WPEC. “I truly see this as I’m being punished.”

Rotela, who is a devout Mormon, said the instructor in his Intercultural Communications class told the students to write the name “Jesus” on a sheet of paper. Then, they were told to put the paper on the floor.

“He had us all stand up and he said ‘Stomp on it,’” Rotela said. “I picked up the paper from the floor and put it right back on the table.

The young college student told the instructor, Deandre Poole, that the assignment was insulting and offensive.

“I said to the professor, ‘With all due respect to your authority as a professor, I do not believe what you told us to do was appropriate,’” Rotela said. ‘I believe it was unprofessional and I was deeply offended by what you told me to do.’”

Rotela took his concerns to Poole’s supervisor – where he was promptly suspended from the class.

Poole did not return calls seeking comment.

According to his university profile, he has a PhD from Howard University and is authoring a book titled, “Obamamania: The Rise of a Mythical Hero.”

A university spokesperson told they could not comment about Rotela’s case due to student privacy laws.

However, the university is defending the instructor’s assignment to stomp on the name of Jesus.

“As with any academic lesson, the exercise was meant to encourage students to view issues from many perspectives, in direct relation with the course objectives,” said Noemi Marin, the university’s director of the school of communication and multimedia studies.

“While at times the topics discussed may be sensitive, a university environment is a venue for such dialogue and debate,” Marin added.

The lesson on bashing the name of Christ is included in a textbook titled, “Intercultural Communication: A Contextual Approach, 5th Edition.”

Fox News obtained a synopsis of the lesson that got Rotela in trouble.

“Have the students write the name JESUS in big letters on a piece of paper,” the lesson reads. “Ask the students to stand up and put the paper on the floor in front of them with the name facing up. Ask the students to think about it for a moment. After a brief period of silence instruct them to step on the paper. Most will hesitate. Ask why they can’t step on the paper. Discuss the importance of symbols in culture.

Paul Kengor, the executive director of the Center for Vision and Values at Grove City College, told Fox News he’s not surprised by the classroom lesson.

“These are the new secular disciples of ‘diversity’ and ‘tolerance’ – empty buzzwords that make liberals and progressives feel good while they often refuse to tolerate and sometimes even assault traditional Christian and conservative beliefs,” Kengor said.

Kengor said classes like the one at Florida Atlantic University demonstrate the contempt many public institutions hold for people of faith.

“It also reflects the rising confidence and aggression of the new secularists and atheists, especially at our sick and surreal modern universities,” he said.

The university did not explain why students were only instructed to write the name of Jesus – and not the name of Mohammed or another religious figure.

“Gee, I wonder if the instructor would dare do this with the name of Mohammed,” Kengor wondered. (cont.)

http://blurbrain.com/prof-deandre-j-poole-florida-atlantic-univ-makes-students-stomp-on-jesus/

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**** Poole was asked why he didn’t also have students write the names Muhammed, Obama, MLK, Trayvon, or Sharpton on paper and then do a little stompy stomp.  He replied, ‘you must be crazy, that would be disrespectful and racist.’
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« Reply #1 on: March 22, 2013, 03:53:56 am »

This is nothing new, this has been going on for a long time.

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Poole was asked why he didn’t also have students write the names Muhammed, Obama, MLK, Trayvon, or Sharpton on paper and then do a little stompy stomp.  He replied, ‘you must be crazy, that would be disrespectful and racist.’

i am not surprised by this comment. I bet this guy is a community activist and a worker for social justice.  Roll Eyes
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« Reply #2 on: March 22, 2013, 04:53:26 pm »

One of the socialist posse, likely friends with Van Jones.
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« Reply #3 on: June 26, 2013, 06:24:53 am »

Professor Who Told Students to Stomp on Jesus' Name Reinstated

The Florida Atlantic University professor who reportedly told his students to write "Jesus" on a piece of paper and stomp on it has been reinstated by the school after being placed on leave for several months due to concerns about his personal safety.
 
A statement from FAU says the university offered Deandre Poole an appointment as an instructor "after careful thought, due diligence and input from students, faculty and administration." In an email to The Christian Post, a university spokesperson said Poole began teaching summer classes online on Monday.
 
"I understand this decision may not be popular with all members of the community," said Heather Coltman, interim Dean of FAU's Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, in a statement. "But it was based on months of thorough research and consideration."
 
School officials have also received a report from the Faculty Senate Committee on Academic Freedom and Due Process about the controversial classroom exercise that began making news headlines several months ago. The school's statement says the administration "will have an ongoing dialogue with the faculty to address issues of academic freedom and responsibility" at FAU.
 
In an email to CP, Poole said the experience helped strengthen his Christian faith.
 
"I am pleased to be returning back to FAU," wrote Poole. "I regret the misinterpretation of the class exercise, which was grossly mischaracterized. My Christian faith has been strengthened by this valley experience. God IS my rock!"

Read more at http://www.christianpost.com/news/professor-who-told-students-to-stomp-on-jesus-name-reinstated-98761/#sQIvXJClQIZMd7JR.99
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« Reply #4 on: June 26, 2013, 12:36:14 pm »

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"I am pleased to be returning back to FAU," wrote Poole. "I regret the misinterpretation of the class exercise, which was grossly mischaracterized. My Christian faith has been strengthened by this valley experience. God IS my rock!"

Huh? His actions aren't by any Christians standard that I know of!

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..Varying accounts of the incident in the classroom were reported to the media. The professor told Inside Higher Ed that he never instructed students to "stomp" on a piece of paper with the word "Jesus" written on it, but rather asked them to step on it. The student said he was suspended for refusing to participate in the lesson. Poole claimed that Rotela said after class that he wanted to hit him, which is why Rotela was disciplined. Liberty Institute has denied Poole's claim...


So stepping on it makes it all better? And of course he gets his job back. Roll Eyes
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