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In 2005, Emily Brooker, a social work student at Missouri State University, was enrolled in a class taught by a professor who advertised himself as a liberal and insisted that social work is a liberal profession. At first, a mandatory assignment for his class was to advocate homosexual foster homes and adoption, with all students required to sign an advocacy letter, on university stationery, to the state Legislature.
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Can anyone argue this is not a form of indroctination? Here, a student was forced to adopt and publicly advocate for one side of a specific issue--then was punished when she did not comply. This is far from "total academic freedom".
I had a similar situation in high school, albeit not as severe. A government teacher was running for local office (a Republican). He offered extra credit to students that worked on
his campaign. Administration got wind, and he changed to offer to extra credit for a student that worked on
a campaign.