'I don't know whether you people have noticed, but it's dangerous to breathe the air,' he said in the video. What this man is telling all of us is that somethings happened between the mid to late 1990s, and the current time which caused his changes. Professor Barry Mehler at Ferris State University in Michigan clearly does not want to return to in-person classes. (Emphasis added. Said the one who is clearly intimidated by high sounding words and phrases and by intelligence. As of early Friday, the 14-minute profanity-laced video has been viewed more than 210,000 times since Mehler posted it on Sunday.

), And dont come complaining to me. I never had a problem with that, but I did have a difficult adjustment when I went into the business world. If we flunked out, it was all on us. Maybe he is crazy like a fox, and gaming the system. And dont come complaining to me. You people are just vectors of disease to me, and I dont want to be anywhere near you, he says. This is what we entrust our young people to? He lectured on things covered in a book online and his tests were literally the hardest tests Ive ever taken. Mehler is the latest example of a professor expressing concern about returning to in-person learning during spikes in the number of coronavirus cases. Hes the most confusing person I've ever met and doesn't put grades in EVER. At least hes interesting. That is how *predestination* works. In the meantime, he and his space helmet can stay at home. Hes clever, Like a jelel thief is clever. It was one of my most fun, and most honestly presented, undergraduate classes. Mehler has been inundated with letters of support from current students, former students, and university faculty as well as students, educators and law professors from around the world,' Hoffer added.

My hats off to him. Mehler says the video was intended to get his students' 'juices flowing' and that administrators have known about his style for years, But Mehler said the video was a humorous performance intended to get his students' 'juices flowing.'. 'None of you are good enough to earn an A in my class,' Mehler said. Heres the problem, he sums it up in his diatribe. Network was a fictional movie written by a writer. Make it easy to keep up to date with more stories like this. Theyre keeping teachers down! A college professor has no right to call his students and administrators sexually harassing, discriminatory or profane terms to excite them about his class. Im old enough to be your grandpa, and you people are vectors of disease to me, he said.

have done little to nothing in states exercising common sense. In a statement to The Washington Post, university president David Eisler said he was shocked and appalled by the video. Third, Mehler says that this is his last year before retiring and he has tenure (and union) protections. by many like-minded who pose (and get paid) as educators.. Later in the video, the professor explained he based his grading system on the Calvinist doctrine of predestination, which posits that God has already assigned people for salvation before birth, so no action they take in life can change that. He uses the pre-written speech (you can see the script when he shares the screen) to attack religion, Western Civilization, Americas legacy, and both the students and the university. Mehler may set a record for the purely profane in his diatribe: I may have f***ed up my life flatter than hammered s***, but I stand before you today beholding to no human c*ksucker, Mehler says. My bet the whole thing is funded by half a dozen grants, all funded by taxpayers. One pesky, annoying correction: Turley writes: It sounds like a spontaneous diatribe but It is a calculated and intentionally worded address. It is profane, offensive and disturbing and in no way reflects our University or its values, he said through a school spokesperson, who declined further comment. His vulgarities are a swipe at the cultures vulgarity. Ferris State is in Big Rapids, 155 miles (250 kilometers) northwest of Detroit. Crazy nothing! That process could likely take the year and Mehler would simply retire. Your civilization is collapsing and life on your planet is going extinct.. Mehler has been teaching at Ferris for nearly 30 years and is the director of the university's Institute for the Study of Academic Racism, according to his since-deleted bio. Mehler's 14-minute YouTube video, published on Sunday, is peppered with profanities and unusual remarks about grades, plagiarism and classroom attendance during the COVID-19 pandemic, but the educator says it's all part of his 'style' and that his superiors have even congratulated him for his flair in the past. Do yourself a favor and DO NOT take this instructor. Let me explain. None of you are good enough to earn an A in my class, Mehler said, adding, So I randomly assign grades before the first day of class. Hustling round Michigan in his alligator shoes. He was a professor of humanities at Ferris State University, who founded the Institute for the Study of Academic Racism (ISAR). "I'm going to be more engaged in class to a professor that's swearing at me than someone who talks to me like I'm a kindergartener," said one current FSU student who wished to remain anonymous. Mehler did not respond to The Posts request for comment Thursday night. Some college students in Michigan might have expected their professor to cover the usual topics in a video kicking off the semester this week attendance, grading, plagiarism. ), So I randomly assign grades before the first day of class. Mehler has been placed on administrative leave while Ferris State University investigates the incident.

'Dr. The Canvas page was extremely unorganized and it was hard to know what was going on. 'I'm old enough to be your grandpa, and you people are vectors of disease to me,' he said. Brilliant great introduction to the course, sets expectations, admonishes students to not commit plagiarism, tells people how to get a good grad and does it in an entertaining and satirical manner. Aaron Wisner, a Ferris alum who had Mehler as a professor, says the language is common in Mehler's classroom and is meant as a source of humor to keep his students involved. Well, you gotta admit, eating children is a bit over the top. I don't want to know anything about you. All Im going to say to put it nicely. Hes a union member, has tenure, no ones going to tell him what to do and he doesnt really give a *#*#! The university says it has no further comment on the 'personnel matter.'. He gives four tests, and once you're done with a unit, you won't have to look at it ever again, not even for the final. Go complain to your dean go ahead, Mehler said. A Ferris alum who had Mehler as a professor says the language is common in his classroom and is meant as a source of humor to keep his students involved. Class isn't mandatory, just make sure you read the units and you'll pass. That tirade is hilarious, and very intelligent. Sometimes he would enter the classroom and the part in his toupee would be in the middle of his forehead, and once, in the back of his head. For example, he tells the students that he randomly assigns grades at the start of the course because he does not care who they are or what they do in this class: None of you c**ksuckers are good enough to earn an A in my class. And produces nothing but a stipend for the elite thief. The dropout rate would be staggeringno pun intended. Perhaps, but I dont think so. Jennifer Lopez looks red hot on honeymoon with her new husband Ben Affleck as they jet to France after eloping in Vegas, Duchess of Cornwall is dragged into royal race row with bombshell claim SHE told Prince Harry it would be 'funny' if his unborn child had 'ginger Afro hair', Unvaxxed Upstate New Yorker is diagnosed with first case of polio in the US in a decade: Patient believed to have contracted virus overseas and suffered severe symptoms including paralysis, JANUARY 6 HEARING: GOP Rep. Adam Kinzinger says Trump chose not to act for 187 minutes during the riot because the mob was doing what he wanted as panel describes how he watched chaos unfold on TV, Elon Musk's fixer faces ax from his job at Tesla after 'suspicious' purchase of special glass he claimed was being used by Musk for personal 'secret' project, House of the Dragon: Everything we know so far about the Game Of Thrones prequel from the cast to storyline and release date, January 6 committee says Mike Pence's Secret Service agents were making GOODBYE calls to family as Trump watched the riot on TV for three hours and Ivanka and aides told the President to condemn the violence, Melania Trump says she was 'fulfilling' her duties as First Lady on January 6 and would have condemned violence if she'd been 'fully informed', Jan. 6 committee has outtakes of Trump's message to supporters the day AFTER the Capitol riot where he 'tried to call them patriots and refused to accept the election was over', Steve Bannon's defense team rests its case after he REFUSED to take stand: Defiant Trump advisor says he has already testified more than anyone and stands with the ex-President and the Constitution, Homeland Security launches CRIMINAL probe into missing Secret Service texts - as new report shows agency knew about messages but didn't tell January 6 panel, Wealthy Minneapolis neighborhood is CROWDFUNDING to pay for extra police patrols just two years after woke city council pledged to 'end policing as we know it' by disbanding department and defunding it by $1M, Fairway to heaven! They are all Squeaky Fromms, and she was very much still insane and in love with Manson when he died. "I can tell you exactly when everybody stopped watching, you know, and it was right before the Deadwood clip.". 'Go complain to your dean, f*** you! I salute his use of provocative insulting language to make a very justified set of points. And if you wont expose your grandpa to a possible infection with COVID, then stay the f*** away from me.. But ultimately, it's his way of keeping everybody's attention.". Mehler, a history professor at Ferris State University in Big Rapids, Mich., told his students he didnt want to know anything about them, not even their names, because you people are just vectors of disease to me.. So when you read A Modest Proposal you were horrified by the suggestion that the famine solution was to eat Irish children? The lecture was free-form, hilarious, and interesting. If your wish is to learn about white-washed history, you'll want to move along.

A professor welcomed students to class by calling them vectors of disease to me. He has been suspended. . I noticed he is the founder of social justice nonsense. You couldnt find a better reason to purge the entire education industry in this nation. They are rednecks! And it is not crazy in any sense of the word it is completely intentional. His dissertation was entitled, "A history of the American Eugenics Society, 1921-1940. Talked a little smack and educated young people on their real risk. Vaccinations aren't required at the Big Rapids school, 155 miles northwest of Detroit. But intellectuals like yourself see Platos Dialogues, Shakespeares prose and Lincoln and Churchills oratory skills by this loser calling his students C*CKS*CKERS. He adds that students should contact him only over Zoom. Controlling Your Drinking would also be a good idea. That is how predestination works. Sadly, he is as serious as a heart attack. Take your complaints to God.. Addressing the upcoming semester, Mehler claimed he had no choice but to return to the classroom to teach in person. As he shares his screen, a Word document can be seen on Professor Mehlers computer that contains all 1,687 words of his speech, with certain parts (MORE BAD NEWS) appearing in bold type. Mehler went on to tell his students not to worry about how remote learning might affect their grades. I heard the CDC director state (a day after she didnt know the answer to a question) that approximately 75% of the deaths somehow related to the CCPvirus were with people with FOUR OR MORE CO-MORBIDITIES. 'I'm retiring at the end of this year and I don't give a flying f*** any longer! He said that he never took attendance and really didnt care if anyone ever came to class. Then he told everyone (about 350 undergrads) that the class was graded solely on the test scores and the test dates would not change unless there was a university emergency that cancelled classes.

Enter your email address to subscribe to this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email. I don't even want to know your name. [5], In January 2022, Mehler posted an expletive-laden video[6] to his YouTube channel to welcome students to his class. The video in question is a 14-minute course introduction sent to his students earlier this month. Whether students watching the video considered it funny was unclear, but those tuning in to class for the first time would have heard Professor Mehler say, about five minutes in, I stand before you today beholden to no human.. Many of *your* experts are advising . Hilarious, but if you don't like cursing, you might not want to take him as he swears a lot. It could be more Machiavellian than Bealean in that sense.

Barry Alan Mehler is an American social researcher. Hilts, Philip J. It could mean that Mehler was trying to get himself put on leave. "The Rise of Statistical Thinking, 1820-1900", This page was last edited on 21 June 2022, at 17:53. .. In the video, Mehler referred to his students as "vectors of disease" and claimed he had given each one of them a grade before the class had even started. Part of the Daily Mail, The Mail on Sunday & Metro Media Group, Mr. and Mrs. Affleck go to Paris! Im retiring at the end of this year and I [dont care] any longer.. If you show up to class and ask questions, you will pass. Second, Mehler reveals that he does not want to teach in person. (August 15, 1997). Mehler has a well-known and celebrated provocative style, attorney Matthew Hoffer said in a court filing. Barry Mehler said his free speech rights were violated when he was barred from teaching history at Ferris State University while the school investigates his actions. It is profane, offensive and disturbing and in no way reflects our university or its values, he added.

He doesn't make you go to class at all, or read but there are tests at midterm or finals, He is funny yeah he runs his class like a show called sympathy for the devil. ', Dr. Barry Mehler, a tenured history professor atFerris State University in Michigan, called his students 'vectors of disease' in a pre-semester video published on Sunday, Mehler said anyone who shows up to a live class setting is 'selfish' and told his students that none of them 'are good enough to earn an A in my class', Ferris State (pictured) said Mehler has been placed on leave while his conduct is investigated, but Mehler's attorney now says the university violated his First Amendment rihts, He included commentary about an old Camel cigarette TV ad - 'turning death into profit' - and a clip from the HBO series 'Deadwood.'.