Thursday, September 20, 2012

liberal arts, liberal views?

Personally, I have come to find that many of the professors here at Wittenberg tend to have more liberal political views. When I first came to Witt I expected the exact opposite. I figured that since we are small, private institution that many of the professors would be conservative. I'm not saying this is good or bad, but I would like more of a balanced mix. But, I would say that I have learned a great deal from my professors who share different beliefs from me. When it comes to the students here, I believe that the majority of them are conservative. This might just be my bias though, since I tend to hang out with peers who have the same beliefs as me, I might only interact with the conservative students and be blinded to more liberal students. I also find it strange that there is no College Republican club, because the College Democrats are in full swing this election season. I like that there is nice mix of conservative and liberal students on campus because this provides for a great opportunity to learn from one another. My eyes have been opened to many new views on certain issues just from talking to fellow peers and I can honestly say that has influenced how I view the two candidates for the upcoming presidential election.

1 comment:

  1. This is a very common view on campus, I believe. I think maybe you are right in that more students here are conservative, and that's why there is such a push with democrats this election season? I also agree that more of the professors seem to be liberal. But I do think they are pretty objective and don't color their teaching with their viewpoints, which is good.

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