College professors are supposed to be neutral. They are supposed to be open-minded and respect opinions of all of their students. They of course are entitled to their own opinions, but that does not give them the right to force their opinions down their students throats. I go to a predominantly liberal college, and as a student with a right leaning perspective, many of the professors that I have have forced their opinions on me and I know I'm not the only college student who faces this problem.
Many students who having opposing opinions against their professors do not do well in their classes. Students' opinions are taken into consideration when their professors are grading their work. From personal experience, I wrote two different essays my freshman year; one with a liberal perspective and another with a conservative perspective. My liberal perspective essay got an A while my conservative essay got a C.
My opinions should not be taken into consideration while grading my work. That is completely biased and immoral in a profession that requires neutrality and open mindedness. I am not the only student who's faced this issue; many of my friends have faced this issue as well. As professors, their job is to help students open their minds to new ways of thinking and to see things with a new perspective. This requirement does not give professors the rights to take opposing opinions into consideration while grading students work.
College is a time for self-exploration; to see what you like, what you don't like, how you think, and how you view the world. It's not a time for professors to shove their personal opinions on their students. And, it is completely inappropriate to take differing opinions into consideration while grading students work.
Not all college professors are this narrow-minded; many of them are very open and play the devil's advocate in classes, making it that much harder to find out their opinions. However, there are those professors who force their personal opinions upon their students and take opposing viewpoints into consideration while grading work.
Students have the right to believe what they want, and professors also have this right. However, the difference is professors can control how students do in classes, therefore giving professors more power over the student. Students are judged by professors for differing opinions, in turn hurting the students' grades. This needs to stop. Professors have to stop shoving their opinions on their students, let their students think how they want, and overall do their job better.
