alt Hacker NewsPutting a broad label of “woke garbage” on simple liberal arts requirements of taking a few classes from “history, philosophy, arts, international studies, or social sciences,” almost does not even justify a response. I will give you the benefit of the doubt and assume that you’ve never taken such a class, but I can assure that unless you live in a reality so warped by politics, that basic logic and reason is out the window, classes covering those subjects are serious, thoughtful, and rigorous at accredited US universities.
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Thing is, I have takrn a class like that. Was a political science class. Extreme hard right (chinese dissident, hard anti-left).
I wrote the requisite papers. All of them were F, with no commentary. I brought this to the department chair, and the grades changed to b's and a-'s.
He was absolutely grading on political position for the paper, and not a proper discussion of content per the rubric.
And, aside from going to the chair every time, theres little you can do to fight this sort of obvious bias.
Friend told me that teacher followed neutral curriculum, but every five 5 minutes there was smugly inside joke about "rape culture" or "white man bad". Kind of like bad standup performance.
Try to bring up something factually correct like: cristian culture in 19th century UK abolished slavery worldwide, and you would get harassed and kicked out of school!
And you do not have to take my word on that, they proudly announce their values on website!