Do you think colleges are indoctrinating students?

Do you believe that colleges are using their acadamia to indoctrinate their student body to believe left leaning politics?

Yes or No, explain.

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ShaythePanTransMan · 22-25, T

Actually, kind of. My high school was extremely liberal Democrat. All the social studies teachers were such, and some pressed their views very forcefully. I remember my American History and Current Issues teacher argued with a conservative Republican girl about her views and gave her a poor grade on her paper. One of the few Republicans in the school told me that he told a girl that he was Republican and she answered, “oh, that’s bad.” My school had over 1,000 people in it, and I recall only knowing 3 Republicans, a girl who talked way too much to the point where she was blind to social nuances, a girl who acted a bit homophobic and transphobic towards me, and a guy that regularly wore anti-liberal political shirts just after Trump became president. I was friends with a trans girl in freshman year that often made jokes about murdering conservatives.

I don’t know if that spreads to college though.

CountScrofula · 41-45, M

@ShaythePanTransMan I grew up in a school where being left wing at all had you ostracized and excluded because everyone was conservative. That's a regional thing more than just a function of education. Self-feeding systems.

Also teachers in the US tend to be treated like shit and underpaid so you may not always get great people.

Colleges [i]can[/i] be better. You'll find that like... gender studies will be very left wing and business will be pretty right wing. Politics are very ugly right now so the tensions between both 'sides' are a lot more hostile than they were 20 years ago though.

Fernie · F

@ShaythePanTransMan I'm thinking the school you went to was very, very expensive

ShaythePanTransMan · 22-25, T

@CountScrofula That is horrid. I’m so glad I live in the more liberal northeast XD Actually, here teachers seem to be paid well. My Personal Finance teacher said he makes over $100,000 a year, but then again he’s been teaching there a long time. All of my teachers were amazing except for my Photography teacher. Yeah, that’s true.
@Fernie It was actually a public school in one of the richest towns in my state. It’s one of the top schools in my state. They gave me a beyond fantastic education, and I’m very grateful towards the school, especially with all their advanced and current and passionate computer sciences courses. I took Intro. to (Java) Programming, Intro. to Web Programming, an independent study in CS, Building Web Applications (the one I’m most grateful for), and AP CS Principles. I would’ve taken Embedded Systems, but it didn’t fit in my schedule. The social studies courses in particular were very, very good.

MrsKatherineArch · 41-45, F

On that I can agree. I was never “singled out” for my views politically in college because I kept them to myself. But some of the vitriol right now has gone too far, regardless of where someone falls on the political spectrum.
I am very happy that I am not a current student in this environment!@CountScrofula