Yes, I know, but there is a different listening to a President or Senator and knowing that his/her point of view represents one ideology and one to listen to and respect, but also be a critical thinker on compared to a teacher who might present one point of view as a fact and leaves out a whole section of history or perspective that you only learn later on via the news or the internet.
It really is not as big of a problem as you would think in most cases at university. Most professors will avoid politics and some will have some sort of political bias. That is why it is essential for you to read the readings assigned to you and formulate an opinion for yourself. It does you no good if you have not done the reading and you cannot back up your own stance. This is just what I have seen at college. There have been some unruly professors that I have come across at university, but they tend to lay off if you converse with them instead of confronting them.
These professors are teaching physics and calculus etc. they aren’t teaching politics.
Ok alright; makes sense. I thought you were talking about professors for political science classes.
My first master's is in public administration which is part political science, part management, and part history. We had to read the works of Karl Marx yet they weren't teaching us to be Marxists.
I understand. I'm just getting frustrated with how the partisan political games of Washington have become so prevalent. Too often, people live in different political alternative realities and we can't have productive and meaningful discussions/disagreements since those conversations often turn into everyone trying to instill and advance their political views on others.
Not surprised to hear you say that (50/50 vs 80/20). It sounds much like the world in general has seemed in recent years.
Try not to let it bother you. I teach in public education, high school, and stay in my gray man character. My only confidants are a white woman, a gay Salvadorian, and a female Puerto Rican. We can and do talk about anything and everything. Everyone else gets Doc Neutral.
I would not worry about it to much. You might come across a couple of bad eggs at a civilian university, but at a service academy it would be very unlikely. As was said above, these professors have to have a masters degree (most will even have a PhD) and be experts on their topics to teach at a university. It is a lot different from high school.
Georgia's two incumbent Senators lost re-election recently.
Service Academy Nominations should not be political in any way in my opinion, just to put that out there.
And for 99% of the MOCs it isn’t. I haven’t seen political party of a candidate or their family impact things yet. Does it happen? Sure, somewhere it does. Don’t assume that because you or your family vote one way it eliminates you. I have sat on multiple MOC panels, not once has that come up.
Cause of the person who I got the nomination from. I asked the Senator directly and because I knew them and they nominated me (not gonna say who it was) though.