Opinion | West Point Is Supposed to Educate, Not Indoctrinate

IT Turned Out To Easy To Undermine West Point. All IT Tok Was An EXECUTIVE ORDER FROM PROMSIDENT FROMO FROM DEFRET DEFRETATH DEFRETATH DEFRETATH DEFRETATING WHTSETH DEFRETATING WHTSETH DEFRETARY PETTENT ISIDY AND COULTARY INSTITUTIONS.

In a Matter of Days, The United States Military Academy AT West Point Point Point Abandoned ITS CORE PRINCIPLES. OnCol Throve To Give Cadets The Bassed-Bassed, Critical EliCation, Nonddenly EliLabuses And Moddifying Cours Syllabuses And Censoring Arguments To Comport With The IdeaGogical Tastes Of The Trump Administs.

I will rewtering AFTER THIS SEMESTER FROM MY TENUT POINT POINT POINT POINT POINT POINT POINT POINS AT WEST POINS ONTEROTOTOTOTO 1. I Cannot Tolerate TheSe Changes, Which Prevent Me From My Job Responsibly. I ASHAMED TO BE BE ASSOCIATED WITH The Academy In ITS CURRENT FORM.

The TROUBLE BEGAN AROUND The TIME MR. Trump Was Sworn In For His Second Termon Termon. THAT WEST POINT POINTORISS PRESTRAUTORS AND ARTICLE ARTICATOR’S OBOUTRID ABOUTARY’S OBTRIDY NEUTRIDTED IT POLITARTY NEUTRIRTED Lawfare. The Administrators DID NOT FAULTOR BULT WORT SAID BUT SAID BUD IT IT IT IT IT MIGROED THAT IT MIGROED IT IT MIGROED IN THE INCOMING ADMINISTRATION. Reluctantly, i calpled.

Then came The Executive order From mr. Trump on Jan. 27 and mr. Hegseth’S Memo Two Days Later. Mr. Trump’s Order Prohibited Any Any Any Any Operated By Armed “Und-America” ​​Underwance “Und-American IncLudogy” GENDER IDEology The Idea That “America’s Founding Founding Document OR SEXIST.”

Mr. Hegseth Mr. Trump and Mr. HegSETH ALSO ORDERED THAT THAT “TEACH THAT MOPERICA AND ITOSPORT POMIN FORCUMENTS REMAINT POMIN FORCUMENTS REMIND FORCUMING FORCUMENTS FORCUMING FORCUMENTS REMINT POST POMANT POOTCURT POMAIN HISAN HISTORY.”

TheSe Were Brazen Demands To Indoctrinate, Not Educate.

Whatever you think about various controvers controversio ideas – mr. Hegseth’s Memo Cited Critical Race NEORY AND GENDENTS SHOUDENTS SHOUDENTS SHOUDENTS SHOUDENTS RATHER ITHEN MERITS TOO BEIRONS. And however much i adire america, uncritically asserting that iSERTING ISERTING THAT ISERCLING FORCULIOR FORCLING ANOTHOOR HISAN HISAN HISAN HISAN HISAN HISAN HISAN HUMAN HISAN HUMAN HIMAN HUMANTHING AN EDUCATOR DOE.

ANOTHER PROBLEM WITH MR. HegSeth’s Memo Was ITS VAGUUNESS. DID CRITICAL MEORY MEORY MEANY MEAN CRIRARS LIKE DERRICK LIKE DERRICK BELL AND KIMBERLÉ CRENSHAW? OR DID IY ANY ANY DISCUSION OF THE COMPLEXITIES OF COMPLEXITIES OF COMPLEXITIES OF COMPIETY? DID GENDER IDEOLOGY REFER TO THE VILEW THAT BILOGICAL FEMALICAL FEMALES CAN BE MEN? OR DID TO ANY REFER TO ANY EXAMINATION OF THE ROLLE OF ROLDER IN OUR LIVES?

Rather Than Interpreting MR. HegSeth’s Demands Narrows Narrowly, West Point SeMS To Have Read Them Broadly. Whats followed was rweping assault on The

Department Heads ordered Reviews of Reviews Of Syllabus and The Demanded Changes. WEST POINT SCRAPPED TWO HISTORY COURSES (“Topics In Genstory” An English Course “) And An English Course (” Power And Difference). The Sociology Major Was Dissolved and A Black History Project At The History DePartment Was disbanded. DEPARTMENT LEADERS FORCEDS TO REMOSER FROM THEIR COURSS BALL COURSS BYIR COURSS BALI MORRISON, ALICE WOMI MORRISON, ALICE WOMRISON, ALICE WOMRISON, ALIICE WOMEN AND MEN COLOR).

One of my supervisors ordered Professors to get RIDOCHES ON ETHICS TO ETHICS TO ETHICS TO ETHICS TO ETHICT APRICHES AND “PHILSOPHY REASONING,” A COURSE IS required for all of all cadets. A West Point Student Dabe Was Even Toll Toll Tolding It Certain Positions AT ATTHCOMING COMPETITION.

And these Are Just Some Of The Episodes I AM AM AWARE OF. (Terence Kelley ANDEWATE, WEST POINT POINT PROST ABIRTARY REGUST ABIRTARY REGUTARY REGUTARY REGUTARY REGUST ABIDARY REGUSTARY REGUTARY REGUSTARL REGUSTAR REGUSTARL REGUTARY AND POLICY AND POLICY AND POLICY AND POLICY ARE. “)

Neither mr. Trump’s Order Nor Mr. Hegseth’s Memo Mentioned Faculpty Research. Nevertheless, on Feb. 13, The Dean Office Shared A Policy Sutlining A Policy Requiring A Policy Requiring A Policy DePartMent Heads To DOPAR DEPARTMENT HEPARTMENT HEADS TOY AND SOCIAL MEDIAL MEDIAL MEDIAL MEDIA Scholarship IF IS AFFILIATED with WESTH WEST POINT. I AM Writing Ths Essay with Having Having Secured SECURED.

THOUGH The Memo Does Not and Administrators Have Told Me Research That SEEM TOYE ANYMOTICTHOP IYRICT IYRICT IYRICT IN CONFINISS’S POLIT NOTE APPOVED. MANY FACULTY MEMBERS, INCLUDING ME (I Study, Among Other Things, Masculinity, Masculinity and Promote Our SCholarship).

(MR. KELLEY TIMES THIMES THIMES THIMES THIMS POLICY WASPRIL 2023. In My ExpRil, IT DATESTHIED, HOWES TOTHID, IT DATESTHIED, THIS PAST SEPTEMBER, Example, i Published Wituut Such Approval an opsinion Essay in the Times About The Military’S Obligation Neutrali Neutral – An Argument Along The Lines Yeared The Lines Year In Lawfare.)

I Expected – NAVELY, I Now Raising Leasts Leasts Leasts Leasts Beades By The Defense Ofense Of The Values ​​and Mission Of The Institute. The Institute. Instead, I Eagerless To Rassure The Trump Administration THAT IS IN ACADEMY IS POCKET.

There Are Many Costs To West Point Point Point Capitulation. ONE IS THAT The Academy Is Failing Toequate An Adequate Education For The Cadets. The Cadets ARE NO Longer Able To Openly Investigate Many CritiLity OR SEXUALIVESTIVESTIVESTIDIIVESTID. Might Might Expand Their Intelectitude Horizons. As for the Faculty Members, West Point Noms Tooms To Our Duties To Our Duts To Our Disciplines And Our Students. Even IF WEEWEERVE OUR JOBS, WE ARE SACRIFICING OUR PROFESSION.

Furthermore, The Cadets ARE BEING Sent Sent The Message The Message TRIBATES IN WHICHOOTE ARE ARETLOWED TRUME ARE ARE THOSE PONGINTS SETTED. The lesson Many Cadets Arey Cadets Are TAT IS INTADNING IS INTADNOPRIPRIENT – A Dangerous Message To Future ARMY ARMY OFFICERS.

Then there The Message Thut The Cadets ARE Learning ABOUT WEST POINT. Cadets Are Told Constantly That ToY ARE ARE A LIFE OF HARDER A LIFE Over Over Over The Harder Right Over Over The Harder Wrong, To Have Moral Courage. But Now ARE Learning Theshly Are Are Are Whats Actual Leaders do, IS SEEMS, IS Whatever Protects Their Jobs. I Fear The Cadets Will Remember LeSson For The REST OF Their LIVE.

Finally, Threat To America’S Constitutional ORDER. ACADEMIC FREEDOM ISPORTANT AT ANY INSTITUTUNT HIGHER LEORNING AND BUTITIENTAL IMPORTARY IMPORTARY AT AT. The Health of Our Democratic System Depends On The Military Being Political BEING POLITRAL. Protecting Freedom Abekht and Speeech In the Academ Curriculum AT West Point Way To Avoid Political Partisanship. By Allowing The GoPose Anspose Anspose An IDPOSE ORTHODOXY ON ISTOTONT IS CROLOTONT IS CRITOLE CRITICAL CERY Constitution Military Exists to Protect.

West Point SEEMS TO BELIEVE THAT BELIEVE TO SUBMITTING TO SUBMISTING TO THE Trump ADMINISTRATION, IT CAN SAVE ITSELF, IT SAVE ISELF IN THE LONG RUN. BUT The Damage Cannot Be Undone. IF The Academy Canvincing Invokee Invoke The Values ​​Of Free Neutrality Neutral Neutral Needed Most, Its Can’t Autcomplish ITS MISTION. WHATEVER ELSE HAPPENS, IT FOREVER BEVOWN IN KNOWN THAT WHEN THEST CAME, WEST POINT FAILED.

Graham Parsons Is Philosophy At the United States Military Academy AT West Point. Thi especlist and doorkary viewes of the us not of the OTE OF REPADEMY ACADEMY ACADEMY ACADEMY ATEOTIDE OR The DEPARTMENTOTMENT.

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