College student suspended for not stomping on Jesus
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A student at Florida Atlantic University has charged that his professor in intercultural communications class told the whole class to write the name JESUS in bold letters on a piece of paper, then drop the papers and stomp all over them.
The alleged incident happened three weeks ago on the Davie, Florida campus of FAU, according to WPEC-TV. (Scroll down for the video.)
Junior Ryan Rotela, a devout Mormon, is the student making the charge.
“Anytime you stomp on something it shows that you believe that something has no value,” he told the South Florida CBS affiliate. “So if you were to stomp on the word Jesus, it says that the word has no value.”
Some students stomped; others, including Rotela, didn’t. He said he told the instructor, Deandre Poole, that the assignment offended his religious convictions.
Two days later, the junior alleges, he went to an FAU school official to express his unease with the assignment.
The result? Rotela has been suspended from the class.
An FAU official defended the decision, telling WPEC that the Jesus-stomping was part of a classroom exercise from a textbook: “Intercultural Communication: A Contextual Approach, 5th Edition.”
An FAU official defended the decision, telling WPEC that the Jesus-stomping was part of a classroom exercise from a textbook: “Intercultural Communication: A Contextual Approach, 5th Edition.”
Even still, how do you get a SUSPENSION from the class just for not doing an assignment?
That was really disrespectful of the teacher. I'm not religious but I do think we should all respect each others views. Not every in that teacher's class is an atheist.
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Originally posted by Reza
That teacher is in danger! He better watch the skies for a lightning bolt!
This is too much now. There's no such thing as an angry man in the sky.
Even still, how do you get a SUSPENSION from the class just for not doing an assignment?
The kid was probably super obnoxious and extra about it (like most super religious people are). And that's probably what got him suspended, not his lack of doing the assignment.
@ the way people disrespect the religions of others some times.
