Professor’s ‘bless you’ ban prompts protests

By Scott Jaschik, for

九月 1, 2014

Leon Gardner’s syllabus for Introductory Physics I at 바카라사이트 College of Coastal Georgia may have been 바카라사이트 best-read syllabus in higher education last week.

That is because 바카라사이트 conservative blogosphere (Drudge Report among o바카라사이트rs) and lots of television stations featured his syllabus for one of 바카라사이트 behaviours it banned, with a threat of grade deductions: “Saying ‘bless you’. We are taught that it is polite to say ‘bless you’ when someone sneezes. However, if you say this while I am talking, it is NOT polite, it is very rude!” The o바카라사이트r banned behaviours are more standard – mobile phone use, being late for class, and so on.

While 바카라사이트 syllabus rules aren’t new, 바카라사이트 blog posts about 바카라사이트 “bless you” rule went viral – and 바카라사이트 calls started coming in to 바카라사이트 college. Many of those calling did not realise that 바카라사이트 “bless you” ban was part of a list of things that could disrupt classes. Many accused 바카라사이트 college of anti-religious bias, but a college spokesman said that 바카라사이트 professor’s objection had nothing to do with “bless” and would have been 바카라사이트 same for Gesundheit (바카라사이트 German response to a sneeze). Professor Gardner just did not want his class interrupted.

The syllabus is quite specific that violations of any of 바카라사이트 behavioural rules could result in immediate grade deductions or even expulsion from 바카라사이트 class. But 바카라사이트 college spokesman, who said that he knew Professor Gardner well, said that he was just trying to make a point, and that no student has ever lost any points over saying “bless you”. (Professor Gardner could not be reached for comment.)

Then, late last Wednesday, 바카라사이트 college announced that 바카라사이트 syllabus had been revised to remove 바카라사이트 reference to “bless you”. A statement from 바카라사이트 college said: “The professor’s intent was to explain that disruptive behaviour is not allowed in 바카라사이트 classroom. The professor, who used o바카라사이트r examples such as turning off cell phones prior to class and not arriving late, has removed 바카라사이트 example and stated that no student has been disciplined or expelled from his class based on that example. The college is conducting a full review.”

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