Professor Accidentally Forms Opinion
A Texas A&M University professor is facing an uncertain future after accidentally expressing an opinion during class Tuesday, according to students familiar with the incident.
The professor reportedly made the comment at 10:43 a.m. while answering a routine homework question. Witnesses say that the room went silent before several students started looking around to see if anyone else had heard what he said.
“At first, I thought he was joking,” said junior business major Russell Lee. “Then he doubled down.”
“I just said what I thought; I didn’t know it was going to be a whole thing,” said the professor.
According to those involved, it did, in fact, become a whole thing.
By Tuesday afternoon, the professor’s comment had started circulating on social media. Students not present for the original statement have reportedly started forming opinions about the professor based on secondhand accounts of what he may or may not have said.
In the wake of the incident, the university has released a statement. “Texas A&M is committed to maintaining a learning environment where students are exposed to a wide variety of ideas,” it read, before adding that the university does not necessarily endorse any ideas that are expressed by individuals under the employment of or representing the university.
Some students have argued that professors should be free to express their personal opinions, while others argue that they should consider the potential consequences of expressing those opinions to a classroom full of impressionable minds. A third group has no idea what the original position actually was, but has chosen a side anyway.
At present, the university has confirmed what the professor said: He likes Pepsi more than Dr. Pepper.
He has been advised to refrain from expressing any further opinions.
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