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Judith's avatar

Each college needs to have a code of conduct and ENFORCE IT. All students, All teachers.

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Leonard S. Feinman's avatar

There is no doubt in my mind that good college classes are filled with poor student choices. There were times when high school students with straight A report cards sent out applications to every prestigious college and prayed for acceptance. But even with great grades, most applications were denied.

Today some colleges hire professors straight out of prison. The Radicals of the 1960s and 1970s are now teaching how it is done. Grades alone won't get a student in, but extra-curricula activities might, and student activism is a plus.

I did not graduate high school. I got a GED, and I joined the army. I didn't know what to do with my life, and I understood that to be successful, I would need a better education. While still in the army, I began college. After the army, I used the $135 per month allowance from the G.I. Bill and up to three part-time jobs to continue my education. Sadly, we saw Kent State happen while I was still a student. At that point, I understood that student activism may be stimulating for the activists, but it cheats the ones who aren't interested.

There is no reason a regular student should have to put up with campus shenanigans. They came for an education, and some, like me, are paying for it without Biden's reimbursement.

If wealthy outside agitators are in the mix, they are there to guide the students in their 'resistance." This is more than a protest, it is an insurrection. And when Jewish students can't feel safe, and have their way to classes blocked, laws have been broken as well as civil rights violations. Those outsiders don't belong on campus and certainly should be arrested.

And the news reported who the sponsors of these protests are. We recognize those names. They are all well-known Democrats. They claim it's okay because it is a free speech issue. Even with intimidation factored in, the worst they can expect is a fine, and a ride to the police station to get a picture taken.

Rabble-rousers used to go to jail. Today, somebody else will pay their fine, and the best we can hope for is that a future employer will look at college records, not just class standings, and deny these troublemakers employment.

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