A Denver Metropolitan State College professor, Andrew Hallam, is being investigated for giving students a nefariously unfair assignment— deconstructing and responding to an argument! The school is currently investigating the English professor after he asked students to write an essay that would undermine the rhetoric exercised in the “fairy tale” depiction of Sarah Palin at the GOP convention. Apparently identifying weaknesses in an argument and responding to those weaknesses, is a biased assignment when it comes to republicans.

Fox News reports:

An English teacher at Denver’s Metropolitan State College is being investigated by the college for bias, bullying and harassment after he gave students in his class an assignment to “undermine” the Republican portrayal of vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin.

Metropolitan State College spokeswoman Cathy Lucas told FOXNews.com that the college has not received a formal complaint against Andrew Hallam, a professor who asked students to write an essay that would contradict the portrayal of Sarah Palin’s life as a “fairy tale”…

According to the report on WorldNetDaily.com, the assignment read: “Note her body language, facial expressions, the way she dressed, what she said and who she pointed out or talked about in her speech. How do these elements form a ‘fairy tale’ image about Sarah Palin as a person and as a politician that the Republican Party may wish its members and the American public to believe?”

After hearing from a student that some in the class were uncomfortable with the assignment, Hallam expanded it to include commentary on Barack Obama, John McCain and Joe Biden, Lucas said.

Even after amending the assignment to include undermining the myths surrounding Barack Obama, Hallam is being probed. Afterall, why teach students how to think critically or analyze rhetorical logic? Then they might not be vulnerable to wily politicians!