Should a professor bring up political veiws instead of teaching?

Get used to it folks. Indoctrination, not education, rules at our schools and colleges.

Don't expect any professors to be fired any time soon.

What's the answer?

Home schooling has helped until Common Core came along. Common Core not only dictates how teachers teach in classrooms, but also how students will be tested on SAT exams. So, to get into college, students, even home-schooled students, will have to master Common Core concepts and techniques of problem solving.

What's wrong with that?

Take a look at Common Core teaching materials and then get back to me...

Context.

We're all made up of Context. It's hard not to let it seep out.

Bringing up political beliefs is part of that context.

The issue with politics and education is that it skirts the line of indoctrination. Especially if your grades start becoming dependent on espousing what he believes.

However, a good teacher should foster debate. Science works on challenging premises. History is very open to interpretation.

If I were to say that our founding fathers were traitors to the British Crown, and committed Sedition, which resulted in an Insurgency... that would open up one hell of a debate. Notice I didn't say they were wrong, just used the legal terms of what they did from the British perspective.

So, your premise of "You're hired to teach, do not bring up a debate that ticks people off" is slightly flawed. You remember that class. It got your blood pumping. The question is whether you will be penalized for your opinions.

Not unless he is teaching World Religion.

No. A professor/teacher is there to teach what is part of the curriculum, not indoctrinate with their views/agenda. We are all aware that institutions of higher learning are nothing more than indoc centers these days.

I feel you, because several years ago I took a class called 'War and Peace' which was suppose to be about what causes war and how society is impacted during and after. Little did I know the professor was known for being anti-military and anti-war. Many in the class took it for just that reason and others wouldn't even speak their opinion for fear of their grade. I intentionally wore my uniform to class one day and made a point of being vocal where I knew facts that contradicted his opinion. After that more people started speaking up as well.

Brother i feel your pain i spent 4 years in liberal city getting my history degree best advice take a bunch of different profs find the least retarted and then only take his classes it suck but theres nothing you can do it sucks but its the way it is i hate it but have no advice for how to change it

That's what some professor's do unfortunately. If they are tenured, not much you can do. If not put it on your end of semester evaluation. Again, and this is unfortunate, if it is too late to drop the class and get a different prof your best bet is to keep your head down and not argue. And finally remember that everyone is entitled to their opinion, some people get to teach it.

This is pretty vague...can you be a bit more specific?