Colo. Teacher Sorry for Kicking Student

Sat Oct 30, 4:49 PM ET


DURANGO, Colo. - A part-time college instructor has apologized for kicking a student because he was wearing a Republican shirt.



Fort Lewis College student Mark O'Donnell said he was showing people his College Republicans sweat shirt, which said "Work for us now ... or work for us later," when Maria Spero kicked him in the leg at an off-campus restaurant.


Spero then said "she should have kicked me harder and higher," said O'Donnell. "To physically take that out on someone because you disagree with them, that is completely wrong."


Spero, a visiting instructor of modern languages, apologized to O'Donnell in a letter dated Oct. 29.


"I acted entirely inappropriately by kicking you, giving vent to a thoughtless knee-jerk political reaction that should never have happened," she wrote. "Before the incident, I did not know you and that you are a Fort Lewis student."


The college also formally apologized, said David Eppich, assistant to the school's president.


O'Donnell said the apology wasn't enough and he plans to file a complaint with the college.


The only phone number listed in Durango for the surname Spero was constantly busy Saturday.


Durango police did not immediately return a call seeking comment.

I can only imagine the spin that this would get if it went the other way.......ohhh that's right, you'd have to have a Republican College professor.....who's ever heard of that?

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And I've taken almost 30 courses, mostly in history, economics, and political science. I have had only ONE openly Conservative professor.

...but I've yet to be educated by any body that didn't have at least some token conservatives somewhere.

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Conservatives as the minority, and it isn't even CLOSE. This explains why college students are often way more liberal than average American citizens, they are fed the propoganda of those who claim to "instruct" them.

I've taken economics, finance, and accounting courses at two schools and encountered probably half Republicans versus Dems (of those where I know their political affiliation). That's in those fields, in other areas it would be more like 95/5 dem versus Repub.

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ANWR Exploration Republicans: 91% Supported. Democrats: 86% Opposed.
Coal-to-liquid R's: 90% YES. D's: 78% NO.
Oil Shale Exploration R's: 90% YES. D's: 86% NO.
Outer Continental Shelf Exploration R's: 81% YES. D's: 83% NO.
Increased Refinery Capacity R's: 97% YES. D's: 96% NO

SUMMARY: 91% of House Republicans have historically voted to increase the production of America’s own oil and gas. 86% of House Democrats have historically voted against.

In Engineering and business (practical fields) you are more likely to find Republicans than not. But in the humanities, good luck finding a Republican. However, I have noticed that there is a growing trend among college students. I think that they are starting to reject the liberal leanings of college professors and start forming their own ideas. It is an encouraging trend, but I don't know if it will last or not.

Kicked? And he's complaining about it? Unless that professor's boot was steel-toed and the republican's leg is shattered, the sissy needs to shut his mouth and quit whining. The fact that he didn't respond with a swift plate-over-the-head shows that he is mentally retarded.

I've been beaten (literally) senseless for expressing my political beliefs.

....Though I suppose it wasn't the wisest thing ever to be wearing a shirt that on the front depicted a Jesus fish being eaten by a larger one which had "Reality Bites" written inside and on the back said "religion makes terrorists" in rural Texas.

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I only would have bent her over my knee and spanked her.

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