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TexasTowelie

(117,463 posts)
Fri Mar 8, 2019, 11:29 AM Mar 2019

KU professor told student to 'learn English,' reports say. He's suspended from class

An engineering professor at the University of Kansas has been suspended from teaching a class after he reportedly told a student who was using a translator to “learn English,” according to the Lawrence Journal-World.

The professor, Gary Minden, told the Journal-World and the The University Daily Kansan he made the comment recently at the start of class after he saw a student using a translator on their cellphone.

Minden is a professor of electrical engineering and computer science, according to the university’s website.

The course he was teaching at the time of the remark was on embedded systems, The Kansan reported. A syllabus posted online says students are prohibited from using electronic devices during the class.

Read more: https://www.kansas.com/news/local/education/article227269994.html

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KU professor told student to 'learn English,' reports say. He's suspended from class (Original Post) TexasTowelie Mar 2019 OP
A blight on the liberal tradition of the mighty KU campus. Maxheader Mar 2019 #1
THIS IS RETARDED ROB-ROX Mar 2019 #2
I don't think I have enough energy to generate any outrage over this. aka-chmeee Mar 2019 #3

ROB-ROX

(767 posts)
2. THIS IS RETARDED
Fri Mar 8, 2019, 02:20 PM
Mar 2019

How do you take an electrical - computer class without using electrical devices?? Planned failure in a "conservative" state which suppresses education......I am so glad I did not have my education back EAST. The west coast rules, Nor Cal Forever!!!

aka-chmeee

(1,177 posts)
3. I don't think I have enough energy to generate any outrage over this.
Fri Mar 8, 2019, 04:32 PM
Mar 2019

Always found it reasonable to expect rules to be followed.

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