Dealing With Disruptive Veterans
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Pennsylvania State University has stepped in it. In fact, they"ve stepped in it to the tops of their combat boots. A video was recently posted on the Penn State website for the ostensible purpose of helping professors deal with disruptive students. But its negative and stereotypical portrayal of veterans has provoked well-deserved outrage from citizens everywhere. In the video, an instructor pays a visit to her department head indicating that she is still having a problem with a student. The department head responds eerily, asking whether the referenced student is "the veteran." She indicates that, yes, it is 'the veteran." |
I am not too much into the subject so I may ask, what is going on? Is it that there is some stereotypes about veterans, if so which are those?
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It sounds to me that the professor has a different opinion on the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. So when the Veteran is doing his class work and is being graded on the fact he was in the war so he receives a lower grade.
I have heard this from many veterans or current military members. They are graded differently due to the fact that they were or are in the military and the professor does not believe in the wars.