<p>"A college student suspended for writing an essay called ‘Hot for Teacher’ has no First Amendment right to express his sexual attraction to his instructor, a judge said Tuesday.</p>
<p>" … Corlett, 57, was suspended in 2012 after writing about his writing instructor. He compared her to the sexy starlet Ginger from the 1960s TV series, ‘Gilligan’s Island’ and described her as ‘tall, blonde, stacked,’ among other things." …</p>
<p>I don’t agree with the ruling. But I agree that it was a dumb topic to write about. He should have been free to write the essay, and the professor should be free to give him an F.</p>
<p>If the essay had been about a different teacher I think the verdict should have gone the other way but in this case, by making it clearly about the teacher grading the assignment it becomes sexual harassment in my mind.</p>
<p>I’m about as pro-free speech as you can get, but even I find it hard to defend this guy. If it had been a fictional piece, I’d defend him, or a piece about somebody other than the teacher, maybe. But I would think he could be disciplined if he said these things directly to the teacher, so writing them in an essay doesn’t protect him.</p>