Shec said:Please tell me I have lost my ability to comprehend what I read:
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/saskatchewan/story/2010/03/24/sk-scholarship-1003.html
I wonder how many of them have tenure, and can't be fired no matter what they say/do.Lex Parsimoniae said:16 out of 1400 faculty (about 1%) are opposed...
Journeyman said:I wonder how many of them have tenure, and can't be fired no matter what they say/do.
Northalbertan said:...I honestly can't think of good reason why these nimrods should be teaching our youth anything at all...
The Conservative MP for Regina-Lumsden-Lake Centre wants an apology from University of Regina professors who criticized a scholarship fund for dependents of fallen Canadian soldiers.
"To try and politicize tragedies at the expense of Canadian military families is absolutely unconscionable," said Tom Lukiwski.
At issue are Project Hero scholarships, available to dependents of personnel killed in action.
Mr. Lukiwski said the 16 professors should have discussed their concerns with the U of R behind closed doors, not in an "open letter." "Whether or not you agree with our presence in Afghanistan, for these professors to try and politicize and diminish the role and sacrifices made by our Canadian military men and women is absolutely inappropriate, shameful and disgraceful," he said.
"I'm calling on them to retract their statements and publicly apologize to Canadian military families."
Petamocto said:I don't personally have anything against teachers who are anti-military. If they want to skew the facts to say we're an occupying force or completely ignore getting along with America as our primary national interest then so be it.
However, I do have something against people teaching who have such flawed thinking processes that they associate a poor kid who had a parent killed overseas with glorifying war.