Higher Education

Zoned Out...

  A graduate assistant at the University of Utah has been reassigned from teaching a class this semester after handing out a syllabus that said bringing a concealed carry gun to class “is absurd, antisocial, and frightening behavior” and that any of her students who have one — even if permitted — would be forced to stand in a “3x3 taped square” in the back of the classroom.

“This zone also does not include a desk, because desks are reserved for students who respect the personal and psychological safety of their classmates and instructor,” reads a copy of the course outline.

It used to be fairly easy for a student to get a tuition refund, provided it was done before a deadline. That must still be the case, as it looks like someone in the front office jumped in pretty fast. I see that in this case the “teacher” has received some remedial ‘education'; hopefully, she was encouraged to read the Bill of Rights… Notice that I didn’t use the word "reread!"

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