A professor from TCU recently called the police on a disabled student veteran over a dissenting blog post, labeling the student’s conservative opinion as “bullying”. The professor, Dr. Melita Garza, involved the police after calling the disabled veterans’s blog post “dark, offensive and inappropriate”.
The student was asked by the professor to create a blog post in reaction to the topic of feminism. And the student’s post offered a conservative dissent to the topic of feminism, citing women as, “the freest and most liberated in human history” utilizing research conducted by the American Enterprise Institute.
The professor gave the student an “F” on the blog post. Then the professor reported the disabled student veteran to the department chair stating, “the student’s degrading references to women and disturbing video elicited concerns for my safety,” the professor said. “I was concerned about the safety of other students in the course, most of whom were women.”
The professor then asked the department chair to have the student removed from the class and to provide police/security to protect the professor.
There is no official complaint from the professor or a conduct case against the student. However, the student has lost his military education benefits because of the professors’ actions.
As evidence, the professor cited their course syllabus’s “Note on Civility.” Which states, “It is understood that students will reflect a range of perspectives. Students are asked to listen carefully and express ‘ideas with reason, clarity, and compassion.’” In addition, ” student conduct that disrupts the learning process will not be tolerated and may lead to disciplinary action and/or removal from class.”
The Dean has since issued a no contact order to the student veteran. The student has been barred from the communications department and cannot talk to any other students in the department or in his class.
“My unjustified removal is evidence of her attitude towards disabled-veteran students with differing ‘insights,’ and aligns with the definition of teacher student abuse.” said the student in response to the professor’s actions. “This is evidence of her attitude towards disabled-veteran students, trying to succeed with limitations.”
TCU demonstration guidelines state “TCU firmly supports the rights of all members of the University community to express their views.”
A number of students have complained about Dr. Garza online, via the popular website RateMyProfessor.com.
Hypeline reached out to TCU, however they could not be reached for comment in time for publication.
A teacher that can’t defend her position has no position. A teacher that resorts to police to quell a student whose facts she can’t refute is a criminal. One has to wonder why no background check was done on the teacher.
“The professor then asked the department chair to have the student removed from the class and to provide police/security to protect the professor.”
A Louisville Slugger Attitude Adjustment could cure that.