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Post by ♫anna♫ on Mar 30, 2013 15:44:51 GMT
www.wpbf.com/news/south-florida/education/Florida-Atlantic-University-professor-on-administrative-leave-after-Jesus-stomping-incident/-/8788820/19523102/-/f92nvb/-/index.html QUOTE: Florida Atlantic University professor on administrative leave after 'Jesus' stomping incidentMarch 29, 2013 BOCA RATON, Fla. —A Florida Atlantic University professor has been placed on administrative leave after a classroom lesson in which students were told to stomp on sheets of paper with "Jesus" written on them. FAU spokeswoman Lisa Metcalf said in a statement Friday that Deandre Poole has been placed on administrative leave "effective immediately for safety reasons." She said the instructor's "personal safety has been compromised" because of the reaction to his exercise in an intercultural communications class. Instead, alternate instructors have been assigned to teach Poole's classes. Metcalf said Poole won't teach any classes, conduct office hours or be present at any of FAU's campuses. Gov. Rick Scott said Tuesday he was "deeply disappointed" by the incident and asked Frank Brogan, former FAU president who is currently chairman of the state university system, to investigate. Scott also wants assurances such lessons won't occur again. Scott cited news reports indicating students were instructed to write "Jesus" on a sheet of paper and to place the paper on the floor. The students were told to step on the paper and tell the class how they felt. "On behalf of all of us here at FAU, we are deeply sorry for any hurt that this incident might have caused our students, people in the community and beyond," Dr. Charles Brown, senior vice president for student affairs, said in a recorded statement.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 31, 2013 16:53:22 GMT
The headline said "stomp" but the story says only that he asked the students to step on the paper, which is a different thing entirely.
The teacher asked pupils to step on the paper and say how they felt.
If a pastor had done the same and invited the congregation to feel the love of Jesus through the soles of their feet (or whatever) no-one would have turned a hair.
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Post by Big Lin on Mar 31, 2013 21:20:03 GMT
But that's not quite the same thing, Skylark. This is clearly an attempt to deliberately insult another religion.
Why didn't he have the guts to ask kids to stomp on the Quran?
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Post by Deleted on Apr 1, 2013 7:08:55 GMT
It wasn't clear to me, Lin, and still isn't! I've now watched the video ( I hate doing that) and am a little surprised to see that only one student was interviewed, not the professor or anyone from the university. He used the word "stomp" but is that really what was asked? This puts a different perspective on the story. Note that there is no mention of the lecturer having been suspended, thought the student was, for abuse. (Add - It also explains why the lecturer wasn't interviewed) From Inside Higher Ed:
Florida Atlantic University has maintained for a week now that no student was suspended for refusing to participate in an exercise in which students were told to write "Jesus" on a piece of paper and to stand on it. And for a week now, the lawyer for one student has been saying that the university suspended his client for objecting to the lesson. Florida's governor and numerous other politicians have also joined the discussion, denouncing the lesson that was used, and demanding to know why the student was suspended. But the president of the faculty union at Florida Atlantic asserted in an interview with Inside Higher Ed Thursday that the university has neglected to explain that the student faced charges for making a threat against the instructor. Chris Robé, the head of the faculty union, said he has spoken to the instructor, Deandre Poole. Robé -- who did not name the student -- said that Poole has been ordered by the university not to talk to any reporters, and is thus unable to defend himself, even as he has been widely criticized as anti-Christian (among other things). Poole is non-tenure-track, working on a one-year contract. Conservative activists are calling for him to be fired. "He's been under a gag order, and the story has been framed all wrong," Robé said. The reason the student faced charges, Robé said, was that "the instructor was verbally threatened," not because the student objected to the Jesus exercise. "He faced a hearing over that." Robé said that faculty members have been frustrated that the university has been repeatedly apologizing for the lesson that the student objected to, without "talking to faculty members about what really went on." "I'm baffled," Robé said, as to why the university would apologize for -- and pledge to never again allow -- a lesson that is suggested in the instructor's guide to a popular textbook. The instructor had the right to use the exercise, he said, and faculty members should have that right in the future.
...... Read more: www.insidehighered.com/news/2013/03/29/why-was-fau-student-suspended-jesus-case#ixzz2PC3vVpOd Inside Higher Ed
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Post by Deleted on Apr 1, 2013 7:37:06 GMT
The article above link to another article, in which the lesson plan (written by a lecturer from a different university) is defended: And one thing he wants to stress is that the exercise never calls for anyone to "stomp" on Jesus, as the headlines from Florida have suggested. Here is the text in which the instructor's guide describes the exercise: "This exercise is a bit sensitive, but really drives home the point that even though symbols are arbitrary, they take on very strong and emotional meanings. Have the students write the name JESUS in big letters on a piece of paper. Ask the students to stand up and put the paper on the floor in front of them with the name facing up. Ask the students to think about it for a moment. After a brief period of silence, instruct them to step on the paper. Most will hesitate. Ask why they can’t step on the paper. Discuss the importance of symbols in culture." Neuliep noted a few points in the exercise that he said were important. First, he noted that he used the word "step," not "stomp." Most important, he said, is that the exercise is done with the expectation that most students won't step on the paper. And Neuliep said he has used the exercise in his own class, that hardly anyone steps on the paper, and that this is in fact the point. One of the "most distinguishing features" of humans (compared to other animals) is the way they view symbols, some of which are quite powerful, he said. That's the message of the exercise. When the students hesitate to step on the word "Jesus," they understand that a piece of paper has meaning to them because of the word, which helps them understand the force of symbols, he added.
Read more: www.insidehighered.com/news/2013/03/28/professor-whose-exercise-caused-stomp-jesus-controversy#ixzz2PC9IoME3 Inside Higher Ed I also expect that was behind the "flag stomp" classroom exercise mentioned in another thread (again, was "stomp" really the word used?)
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Post by OldHippieDude on Apr 1, 2013 7:43:33 GMT
As a Christian, I am secure enough in faith that if instructed to step on a piece of paper with the name Jesus written on it, then that is all I would be doing, stepping on a sheet of paper, which in itself is innocuous, and I would convey as much to the professor and the other students.
Having said that though, I feel it is at least in 'poor form' and a rather sophomoric deed.
Peace,
OHD
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Post by Scottish Lassie on Feb 24, 2015 21:23:50 GMT
The exercise of stepping on a piece of paper with she name Jesus written on it, does provide the opportunity for debate.
For starters, we all know, that deliberately stepping on anything, usually means that we are showing disdain and disrespect for something. This is one way that we can communicate how we feel.
It all boils down to the fact that negative thinking is prevalent, or seems to be, that we find it so easy to show disrespect rather than the opposing aspect of respect.
To me, it is paramount to have everyone's best interests at heart and have it reciprocated, then we can really enjoy life to the full.
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