According to Republican lawmakers in Georgia and the Christian Coalition, queer theory is not a legitimate course of study.http://rawstory.com/news/2008/GOP_lawmakers_Fire_college_teachers_for_0218.html
On CNN's American Morning today, Carol Costello reported on Georgia's recent variation of the age-old debate over what should be taught in our schools. Georgia State University is under fire for employing professors who are listed in an annual faculty guide as experts in 'Oral Sex' and 'Male Prostitution.' State Representative Charlice Byrd announced on February 4 that she is starting a "grassroots" effort to oust these professors, AP reported.
"This is not considered higher education," Byrd said. "If legislators are going to dole out the dollars, we should have a say-so in where they go."
Mindy Stombler is the professor listed as being an expert in oral sex. According to the GSU website, "Her latest research project involves unraveling the power dynamic embedded in the practices of oral sex, particularly cunnilingus, and connecting conceptualizations of cunnilingus to public discourse (particularly messages about oral sex sent through music and other media)."
"You want to build a teleportation machine? Your so stupid. Here: learn about oral sex instead."
I don't begrudge anyone spending time in college. What bothers me is that since intelligence tests may no longer legally be used to screen job applicants, employers now use college degrees to screen applicants. "I'm sorry, Mister King; you don't have a college degree. I'm afraid we can't consider you for the position. My Human Resources pamphlet here says that I have to hire some idiot who spent time learning proper cunnilingus technique."
Any dimwit can drool his way through four years of college.
Some of the most abjectly stupid people I ever knew had Master's degrees. "He's brilliant! He gave us a hundred and fifty thousand dollars for this education that he could have gotten for a five-dollar library card! He's hired! Give him the corner office!"
So what happens is that the people whose brains operate on a par with such a stultifying educational environment end up getting the certifications, which means they end up getting the jobs, which means they get to try their hands at running the world into the ground.
Isn't it great?
I recall that back in 2003 I resolved that I wanted to go to law school. But before I could go to law school I had to get a Bachelor's degree in cunnilingus. So I went over all the credits from the (no less than twelve different) colleges I had ever attended. I saw that I needed to fill some holes in my academic record by taking some lower-level classes. So I enrolled at Seminole Community College and snuck out of work and drove my cable van to campus whenever I had a class. "Sorry, boss, can't hear ya. I'm up to my elbows in this down system. Can't. hear. you."
One of the classes I was required to take was some intro to writing class. It was me and some skater kid and an old man and someone who didn't speak English and an instructor who informed me that I used too many semicolons. "No I don't." Five weeks into the class I stood up in front of everyone and blew my brains out. I then left in a dramatic huff and never returned. End of my dreams of being the next Oliver Wendell Holmes.
So here I am, playing to you people.
