Maybe the problem is that too many people expect the worst, and aren’t surprised when they get it. Why is there a reason to change anything if you have this kind of mindset?

College shouldn’t be for everyone, much less an advanced degree.

I don’t think these people were indoctrinated. Not in the least. It sounds like they found back. And on the other hand, what if they believed otherwise? Perhaps they would have thought that Greg’s version was indoctrination.

Let people decide for themselves. I expect drivel out of education classes. They are an endurance test. Remember that an advanced degree in education is going to be quite different than one in finance or English or one of the sciences.

I see no reason for anyone to be outraged, pissed off, mad, angry or anything else. Those who are in the program are getting a master’s degree at low lost. It sounds like they held their own and fought back with their own ideas. What good is any course that simply spoon-feeds you what you want to hear?

I am disgusted because programs like this water down the meaning and significance of an advanced degree. My MS degree program, at GMU, was quite difficult and challenging. I didn’t decorate a chair, or have to sit through drivel and allow myself to be indoctrinated.

Grad school should not be for everyone.

This program has been around 15-20 years and it IS what it IS- a low-cost degree program for groups of teachers willing to work together. If someone wants a different program, pay for it yourself. This one used to be at a very much reduced rate. I am assuming it still is.

I have heard people whine about this program since its inception. It is known for requiring a large about of busy work. I recommend taking a masters program based on content material rather than educational fluff anyway.

I see no reason for anyone to be outraged, pissed off, mad, angry or anything else. Those who are in the program are getting a master’s degree at low lost. It sounds like they held their own and fought back with their own ideas. What good is any course that simply spoon-feeds you what you want to hear?

There is nothing more obnoxious than a classroom full of pissed off, rowdy teachers to deal with. They have learned from the very best miscreants. I do not envy those on the receiving end!

I am a GMU alum and am outraged. This is truly disgusting!

Not offended in the least. We should be concentrating on the substance of the correspondance and not on how one is being addressed. I think Greg was trying to keep things informal and in turn, the professor decided to do the same. I may be wrong, but that is how I assess it.

“I didn’t read all that blather, so I don’t agree or disagree with the substance. I was only addressing the propriety of means of “address”.”

If that’s the case Krutis, why do you care about coming here at all if it’s too much trouble to “read all that blather?” That “blather” is the subject of the blog post…not Emily Post.

If you want to talk courtesy, how about the lies and half-truths in which Annabel and Eric indulge with their carefully edited videos? Or how about that Professor telling her class that Greg “refused to come” when invited to address the class…after only inviting people who indulge in libelous statements regarding him? That’s really the epitome of academic integrity, much less courtesy, wouldn’t you say?

Montgomery County Md Schools had 6 high schools in the top 100 in the nation. Fairfax Co had 5 in the top 100 and Arlington had 2. I thought I saw TJ on the list but it wasn’t mentioned on channel 9. Someone is doing something right.

Sorry to report no other awards that I saw for Manassas City or PWC.

You are completely correct about curtesy and propriety being necessary for a decent society. But we have discussed this before.

I didn’t read all that blather, so I don’t agree or disagree with the substance. I was only addressing the propriety of means of “address”.

Both Greg and the Professor were wrong. Maybe it doesn’t matter to most, but curtesy and propriety are necessary for a decent society.

Hey, this sounds like a good idea! Guys in white robes and sporting those scary pointed hats would surely secure our Southern border.

As for your mock shock at discovering that public universities are chock full of leftist idiots, rest assured that about ninety-eight percent of faculty are lefties. Except for a few exceptions most universities are openly hostile to Republicans, Libertarians and any form of conservative or traditional view that is respectful of White men.

I would like to see reader input on who is at the bottom of the barrel among academic institutions here in Virginia, with regard to academic and political freedom.

In my opinion, the lowest of the low, has to be the University of Richmond where both faculty and senior staff are openly hostile to any conservative people on campus. They went so far as banning an adult from campus who had the audacity to try to start a Students for Mitt Romney group there, last Fall.

The most open among the public colleges is Christopher Newport, but that will only last as long as Paul Trible is president there. On the private side, there are a few Bible-thumper schools that are tolerant of conservatives, but they are snotty to non-Christian views, so out of the secular schools, Hamden-Syndney would be my nominee for the most open, but I haven’t been there for a while and I have never been there for a football game completely sober either.

These young whippersnappers just have no respect. I am with you on this one. Too much informality.

I assume that the professor is a young whippersnapper?

Apparently the professor got it wrong too in her reply to Greg’s email.

After a few days, I got this response:

Greg,
We are interested in hearing all perspectives on the immigration issue and would welcome your attendance at one of our class days. etc. etc.