How dare he try to teach. This is just so ridiculous.
http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/...cle_b8861af5-f05a-5b5e-8b80-b8b80c745cd0.html
Mizzou professor tells students he is quitting over decision to hold exam as racial tensions boil
A University of Missouri professor may have quit his job as racial tensions continued to flare on campus.
Dale Brigham, a nutrition and exercise professor, caused an uproar with his email to students Tuesday night imploring them to come to class to take an exam despite the turmoil. Parts of that email were widely shared on social media. Brigham couldn’t be reached Wednesday but confirmed to the Washington Post that he wrote it.
Photos circulating online Wednesday of emails to his students included a line saying he was resigning.
Tuesday’s controversial email to his Nutritional Science 1034 class said: “If you don’t feel safe coming to class, then don’t come to class. I will be there, and there will be an exam administered in our class.
“If you give into bullies, they win,” he wrote. “The only way bullies are defeated is by standing up to them. If we cancel the exam, they win; if we go through with it, they lose.
“I know which side I am on,” Brigham said in the email. “You make your own choice.”
Brigham was lambasted on social media and labeled a racist for wanting to hold class. Other current and former students took to Twitter to lament his possible departure, and praise his teaching.
http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/...cle_b8861af5-f05a-5b5e-8b80-b8b80c745cd0.html
Mizzou professor tells students he is quitting over decision to hold exam as racial tensions boil
A University of Missouri professor may have quit his job as racial tensions continued to flare on campus.
Dale Brigham, a nutrition and exercise professor, caused an uproar with his email to students Tuesday night imploring them to come to class to take an exam despite the turmoil. Parts of that email were widely shared on social media. Brigham couldn’t be reached Wednesday but confirmed to the Washington Post that he wrote it.
Photos circulating online Wednesday of emails to his students included a line saying he was resigning.
Tuesday’s controversial email to his Nutritional Science 1034 class said: “If you don’t feel safe coming to class, then don’t come to class. I will be there, and there will be an exam administered in our class.
“If you give into bullies, they win,” he wrote. “The only way bullies are defeated is by standing up to them. If we cancel the exam, they win; if we go through with it, they lose.
“I know which side I am on,” Brigham said in the email. “You make your own choice.”
Brigham was lambasted on social media and labeled a racist for wanting to hold class. Other current and former students took to Twitter to lament his possible departure, and praise his teaching.
