Editor's note: The PROUT philosophy opposes indoctrination of any kind--leftist, conservative, religious, or otherwise--in educational institutions. Rather, students should be encouraged in a spirit of free inquiry to search for the truth.
"[C]olleges really are stepping on the idea of free thought and...people are being punished simply for expressing views."
The war in Iraq was a regular hot topic in English class when I was in school. But why -- when it had no relevance to writing analyses', breaking down prose, or fine-tuning style? When I heard about an unapologetic independent film production that uncovered illegitimate classroom agendas at public universities, I knew my school (Indiana University) was part of a larger problem.
"I've been learning in geography class that gender is socially constructed," said a student from the University of Tennessee in the revealing documentary. "Indoctrinate U" exposes the liberally biased agenda of professors and administrators whose practices are like the Wizard of Oz -- behind a curtain no one has dared to lift until now.
The film illustrates how American universities inject political dialogue into every subject from physics to 19th Century literature, according to students interviewed at schools from across the country: that is not the education their tuition was supposed to pay for.
