A Professor's Opinion

College professors should share their political opinions with their students if they feel led to do so. In a democracy, many diverse viewpoints are the key to a successful working order in the government and society. However, the notion of sharing views is significantly different from the notion of trying to convince students of a political ideology. The first instance benefits democracy. It allows for the student to consider a political perspective without being forced to accept it. In the latter scenario, the student will most likely feel pressured to accept the analysis enforced by the professor.
Teachers who force their political ideology on students create unfair circumstances. According to an anonymous college professor in an article in FrontPageMagazine.com, students he came into contact with on a daily basis suffered from professors’ views. “One of my students told me how he had been given writing assignments in a foreign language class that were always based on texts critical of President Bush,” he said. Another professor notified students that they were misinformed if they did not espouse the same political view that she did. Students protested that they felt like second class citizens when they didn’t agree with their professor’s political views.
It is detrimental to democracy when a college professor thrusts their political opinions on students and forces them to accept them. The power in a democracy lies in the views of the people and the equality that those people possess that allows them to voice those different opinions. Democracy profits, on the other hand, when a college professor contributes their political opinions in order to enhance students’ perspectives.