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GOODBYE! Texas A&M professor Melissa McCoul removed a student from class for questioning her instruction on gender ideology, and Governor Greg Abbott has confirmed she has been fired. Classrooms exist for open inquiry and evidence-based discussion, not for the enforcement of contested ideology. Punishing a student for asking questions violates the basic purpose of higher education.When faculty treat disagreement on biological reality as grounds for exclusion, they abandon academic standards in favor of political conformity. Students have the right to challenge claims without fear of retaliation. Institutions that protect ideological enforcement over free inquiry lose public trust and fail their educational mission.Abbott’s confirmation that the professor has been removed sends a clear signal that Texas will not tolerate the silencing of students. Universities receiving public support must uphold open debate rather than punish it. Protecting the right to question remains essential to genuine education.