Extra Credit to Students for Attending Anti-Israel Events?

Hat tip to Legal Insurrection

The national leadership of Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) is urging professors to give extra credit to students in their classes for attending pro-Palestinian events.

Legal Insurrection has the story here.

As I have said over and over again, SJP is a despicable, anti-Semitic organization that has proven time and time again that it has no place on any university campus. As for this latest effort, no doubt, many leftist professors will heed the call and give extra credit for attending these vile events. It has already happened. I know for a fact that professors on various campuses have done exactly that. During the recent post-October 7 events, one professor at UC Irvine, where I used to teach, offered extra credit for her students to attended an anti-Israel teachin.

To me, this is highly unprofessional and unethical. I myself was an activist on the UC Irvine campus during my time there. Since leaving in 2016, I have attended a few events of interest. My activism was geared toward fighting campus anti-Semitism masked as anti-Zionism. Yet, I never took any of my personal opinions into the classroom. To me, it was not part of my job. Thus, I never addressed that or any other issue in front of my classes. I considered that my students were not there to hear my personal views on anything. (My subject was English as a second language.)

The new school term is beginning around the nation, and there is no doubt there will be much to report as the pro-Hamas forces gear up for more confrontations. It would be nice if university administrators sent out warnings to the faculty that extra credit for attending advocacy events is prohibited.

But they won't.