Okay, sorry, one last thought, that I think deserves its own comment despite being a "one vs all" situation:
I mentioned before that the religious objection I run into most often (being a writing and occasional lit teacher) involves homosexuality. Sometimes sex in general, and in one memorable evaluation, swearing, but both as a teacher and a program director, the complaint I dealt with most commonly was, "This work is about/contains LGBTQ+ people. Reading it violates my religious principles."
Now, I have had many responses to that, ranging from, "You do realize that the other novel we read contains about 30 murders, including the wholesale slaughter of a small town?" to "The list of works we would be reading was made available several days before the course began. There was time for you to drop for a refund or another course." But I'm genuinely curious: how would you recommend handling a situation like that? I'm not being facetious or setting you up for another doctoral dissertation. I just really want to know: what sort of accommodation, if any, should be made for that student?
no subject
I mentioned before that the religious objection I run into most often (being a writing and occasional lit teacher) involves homosexuality. Sometimes sex in general, and in one memorable evaluation, swearing, but both as a teacher and a program director, the complaint I dealt with most commonly was, "This work is about/contains LGBTQ+ people. Reading it violates my religious principles."
Now, I have had many responses to that, ranging from, "You do realize that the other novel we read contains about 30 murders, including the wholesale slaughter of a small town?" to "The list of works we would be reading was made available several days before the course began. There was time for you to drop for a refund or another course." But I'm genuinely curious: how would you recommend handling a situation like that? I'm not being facetious or setting you up for another doctoral dissertation. I just really want to know: what sort of accommodation, if any, should be made for that student?