The Dan Lee Report

How I entered college an Agnostic Liberal and left a Conservative Christian

By Mrs. Deadken

The following is an account of my SoCal college experiences…

During my first semester, I took a Political Science class and scored “flaming Liberal” on the entrance exam (I scored further left than anyone in the entire class). I also took a bunch of Sociology, Psychology, Science and Multi-cultural classes. In these subjects I was routinely told about the evils of America, Republicans and Christians. I was enlightened in my science classes about how God does not exist. I was informed that men are pigs (except possibly the progressive, sensitive, compliant ones that were bi-products of the feminist movement). I remember giggling in agreement when my professors talked about how archaic and ignorant Christians were and nodding in unison when they described how greedy and arrogant Republicans were. I would then bring this “superior intellectual knowledge” home to my high-school-sweetheart-turned-hubby Charlie, in hopes that I could sway him from his Conservative Christian views (oh yeah, our household was a barrel of monkeys during this time period). Charlie would ask me questions like, “Don’t you wonder why they aren’t offering counter points? What are they afraid of? What are they hiding?” I remember him so logically and lovingly providing the balance that my professors deprived me of. However, like so many naïve young college kids, I thought “how could my instructors, with all of their education and degrees, be wrong?” Class after class, semester after semester, I heard the same old stuff. But little by little, it didn’t feel so great to bob my head in unison. In fact, I secretly became ashamed. Even though I was a goody-two-shoes obsessed with my 4.0, I had always been somewhat of a rebel at heart. In jr. high and high school I was drawn to the “different” kids (for me it was the brainiac/skater/sci-fi/punk crowd). I really admired those that did not blindly follow the crowd, were willing to take a stand, stick-up for the underdog, etc. Suddenly, here I was in college, and somehow I had become part of the mass mob majority. I grew more and more skeptical, I began to see the importance of Charlie’s questions, and I wanted answers.

Really long story short… you can only be spoon fed a one-sided story for so long before (hopefully) you begin to question its validity. Out of my respect and admiration for my hubby, my need for balance, my love for the underdogs, etc. I started to do my own research. It is interesting, amazing, and life-altering the information that can be found outside of college. You might be familiar with some of my findings like: I learned that scientific theories (the ones trying to remove God) actually contradict with scientific laws – weird that my Science teachers never disclosed that FACT (for more lefty myths, see my blog: Lies from the Land of the Left). Anyway, some of you know my story from there… I am now a Conservative Christian living in SoCal – a REBEL once again! Woohoo! And… (just in case you didn’t know)… Ann Coulter and Jesus rock!!!

I realize that this was my personal experience. And, to be fair, the types of classes I took might partly explain why my professors were so biased: my BA major was in Liberal Arts (fyi: liberal meaning “the seven branches of medieval education”, not “Michael Moore”) with a minor in Sociology and my MA was in Education and Multicultural studies. As a side note, I do want to give a shout-out to my Calculus teacher and most of my grad school professors at Chapman University (private school, hellooo) for remaining fairly balanced – I now realize how truly courageous they were. I am now a public school teacher myself and I understand the enormous responsibility that comes with my profession. I know how students can blindly believe what they are told, so I must be as fair and balanced as possible. In my opinion, a lot of our kids are having a Liberal agenda shoved down their throats, and they are buying it hook, line and sinker. Unfortunately, I do not think my story is unique.

“Test everything. Hold on to the good.” 1 Thessalonians 5:21

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