Summary Of 'Sparking Free Speech Outcry'

In the article, “LSU Professor Fired for Profanity and Sex Jokes, Sparking Free Speech Outcry,” the author Riley Griffin writes to illustrate a unique but uncomfortable situation involving former Louisiana State University professor Teresa Buchanan: A tenured professor at LSU since 2002 - and an elementary education professor prior to her termination - Teresa Buchanan found herself at the unemployment line after an internal investigation by the LSU board of supervisor, in respond to complaints registered by students about Buchanan’s profanity and impropriate comments during class, found Teresa Buchanan guilty of using the F word during class to incite the attention of students; and guilty of making obscene jokes in reference to how active consensual sex activities between husband and wife will decline overtime during the life span of the marriage. The board also concluded that Teresa Buchanan have committed sexual harassment, an act that created a hostile environment

Instead, my notion is both parties have accused each other of wrong doing because they disagreed on what constitutes free speech and harassment and offensive and academic freedom. Think about it. Does free speech grant teachers the right to talk about sex in a classroom that focuses on teach current students on how to educate our youths? If yes, or no, what is free speech? Is it sexual harassment, or even harassment, if comments made in reference to sex are not directed toward any particular student? Even if the comments are not directed toward any particular student, is it still punishable under school policy and government policy? If yes, or no, what are these policies? In addition, can a professor be punished if an individual student found the comment to be offensive, disturbing? If yes, then is there such a thing as academic freedom? If there is such a thing as academic freedom, what is it? What are the limitations to academic