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Monday, August 18, 2008
Mike Adams :: Townhall.com Columnist
Who is Davidson Myers?
by Mike Adams
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2. Every time you flap your jaws with one of your classmates while I am lecturing I will send you an email with the question “Who is Davidson Myers?” in the subject line. If you can tell me who he is, I will only deduct one point from your final average. If you cannot, I will deduct a letter grade.

3. Every time I see or hear your cell phone in my class I will send you an email with the question “Who is Davidson Myers?” in the subject line. If you can tell me who he is, I will only deduct one point from your final average. If you cannot, I will deduct a letter grade.

My approach to teaching is very different than the approach of those who teach in the victim producing disciplines like sociology and social work. Those professors seek a nation populated by dependent losers because they value job security more than they value you.

I, on the other hand love my God very much. And I know that he loves each and every one of you. That is why I consider it my duty to make sure you act responsibly and that you become all that you were intended to be. If you find that offensive then you are probably enrolled in the wrong class.

I look forward to our first class on Wednesday!

Sincerely,

Mike S. Adams

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Mike Adams is a criminology professor at the University of North Carolina Wilmington and author of Feminists Say the Darndest Things: A Politically Incorrect Professor Confronts "Womyn" On Campus.
 
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Reply # 1
Date: Aug 26, 2008 - 4:00 PM EST
I love Dr. Adams
the only disagreement i have with him is the same one I had with professors when I was in college. Granted I never had it happen to me but I disagreed either way.

And that is the assine policy of deducting full letter grades for stupid issues such as being late, etc. That is a power trip of professors and has no basis for learning.

Granted I was never late, missed a few classes within reason, but never walked in late, never had a cell phone interuption, etc.

But the idea of basing a grade on issues such as punctuality, etc does not teach someone anything. In fact in the working world punctuality is a mere guidline as I have never had a boss on time. In the working world if you showed up late by 1 second to a meeting and your boss docked you a weeks salary, granted you would never do it again but at the same time that company would have no employees either.

Dr. Adams is a model for college professors. But sadly he is a victim of his own ego sometimes.
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Date: Aug 22, 2008 - 6:52 PM EST
As a public school teacher
I am bound by this school board policy: "Assessment should be based on impartial, consistent observation of the quality of the student's work and his/her mastery of course content and objectives as demonstrated through classroom participation, homework and tests. The student's behavior and effort shall be reported in separate evaluations, not in his/her academic grade." I am not allowed to consider behavior ins assigning academic grades.

Mike, however operates under this stated policy:" Each faculty member has the academic freedom and responsibility to determine grades according to any method, chosen by the faculty member, which is professionally acceptable, communicated to everyone in the class, and applied to all students equally. However, prejudiced or capricious academic evaluation by a faculty member is a violation of a student's rights and constitutes valid grounds for a grade appeal..." Religion aside, I sure wish I had his tools to encourage appropriate behavior.
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