Thursday, April 24, 2008
Wednesday Class
Wednesday's class really got me thinking about the responsibilities of freedom of speech. I didn't like the way one student (I'm not postitive her name) was attacking another student (Laura) over difference of opinion. In fact, I thought her remarks were rude and not appropriate in a class setting. She raised her voice and I felt that was completley out of line. On top of that the student was not even listening to what Laura said. Laura didn't say she thought there should be a draft, she simply asked the question, what is the military suppose to do if people no longer sign up for the military? Anyway, I am not trying to start anything, or offend anyone, this is just my opinion and I feel that especially in a class where we are learning about free speech, I think it is important that we all respect eachother and different view points and opinions.
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I think your absolutely right. A class room setting is not the appropriate place for those types of comments. If you know and respect someone and want to speak to them like that in your everyday life that is one thing, but it is not appropriate in our class. Our class covers a lot of controversial subjects and I think it is great to hear so many points of view but for those to be free to be heard we need to maintain a respectful class environment. In my opinion the best thing we can do is to all really think before we speak, allow others to speak more then ourselves and make sure we listen most of all.
Think before we speak? Now there's a concept! On more than one occassion in our class this semester I have witnessed some behavior that I consider to be not only disrespectful, but it puts others in an awkward place as we wonder if it will escalate and if so, what will we do about it? Will we take a side or sit back and hope it fizzles???
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