I would first like to congratulate Shannon Callahan on his ability to put all of his thoughts about our President in an entertaining poem. I think that his skills are definitely improving.
Next, I would like to call attention to the fact that Shannon’s view of President Bush in wartime didn’t seem to go over well in [instructor and class withheld]. The article was being trashed by not only the students in the class, but the teacher [sex withheld]self. I tried to point out that although Shannon is quite controversial most of the time, he is exercising his First Amendment right to freedom of speech. I was shut down quickly and told my opinions on anti-war sentiments were uniformed by the teacher [sex withheld]self. Isn’t that funny, I am a political science major and history buff, not to mention I just did 2 speeches about the pros and cons of going to war with Iraq.
In case you can’t tell, I am a little angry. The first day of class this same teacher complained to our class that corporate America refuses to employ obese[sex withheld], so [sex withheld] is left to teach college. I remember the day the same teacher announced to our class that Americans are lazy. Hmmm?
I understand that [class withheld] is hardly the forum to start a freedom of speech debate, but I walked in on it, I did not start it. I hope that the teacher rethinks how [sex withheld] allows [sex withheld] favorite students to have an opinion, and dismisses the opinions of those students [sex withheld] just tolerates. I left class as soon as [sex withheld] insulted my intelligence and cut me off. Shannon Callahan has a right to be against the war and some people need to lighten up and look at both sides of issues. How can we learn to reach conclusions without first questioning?
-Megan Wheeler
