tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5193474979510495355.post2723781945364514030..comments2015-12-10T13:02:14.210-08:00Comments on Let's Improve Schools Now: Mizzou, Racism and Student ProtestMark Jandahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06414444522423219398noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5193474979510495355.post-53020073003398704392015-11-13T12:09:11.967-08:002015-11-13T12:09:11.967-08:00Several good thoughts, but many I disagree with. I...Several good thoughts, but many I disagree with. I don't think anyone disagrees that racism sucks. And officials that are tone deaf to campus needs should be questioned as to their fitness for office. However,so much supposedly behind the recent actions have proved to be false. Neither men should have left their jobs over this. The manner in which this has gone down is not in a manner that usually results in positive results. And raging, hate-filled leftist professors attempting to prevent the enactment of the First Amendment don't promulgate positive solutions. Unfortunately on many levels in our country people are looking for ethnic diversity but are against intellectual diversity. Until that changes, we will continue to have conflicts such as those we have witnessed on our beloved campus.<br />Lee Woodwardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16476637616336003345noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5193474979510495355.post-55640717368109223642015-11-13T06:53:35.791-08:002015-11-13T06:53:35.791-08:00I think we respectfully see it differently. I am ...I think we respectfully see it differently. I am immensely proud of the Board, the students, the faculty and the coaching staff. In recent months and years Wolfe and Loftin were tone deaf to the concerns of many in the name of using a business model in education. Students speaking up, however flawed may be the methods in the eyes of some, is still precisely what education should inspire - speaking up to create positive change, greater equity, greater fairness for all. Change is often messy, and the status quo virtually always neat for those with power and influence. Sometimes a little tyranny is needed to get where we need to go. I am a proud Tiger today and look forward to seeing continued dialogue, leadership and change with Middleton at the helm. Mark Jandahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06414444522423219398noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5193474979510495355.post-4743580894315268942015-11-11T13:22:19.521-08:002015-11-11T13:22:19.521-08:00I went to Mizzou and graduated in 1956 after servi...I went to Mizzou and graduated in 1956 after serving in Marine Corps in Korea. There were a lot of reasons to defend our country. . .a lot a has to do with preserving our country from tyranny. Seeing and hearing what is happening in my alma mater reminds me there is tyranny from a compliant majority and equally troubling is tyranny fomented by a minority. Both are destructive forces. We may be witnessing the crippling of a great university. . .the result of unintended consequences. It makes me very sad on this Veterans Day 2015!<br />dwight725noreply@blogger.com