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Let the teacher teach. If the student has a problem with the professor's methods, he can quietly leave the class (since he's under no obligation to be there) and withdraw from the course. As much as I find the professor's method unprofessional, we have to respect the sovereignty of professors to teach the way they see fit.
I'm also highly suspect of the notion that he was suspended JUST for refusing to do the assignment. Students are under no obligation whatsoever to do these things. I imagine the student made a scene about it, or some other inappropriate behavior that led to this suspension.
I suspect this is the situation also. I can't imagine a professor "suspending" a student for not participating in a class lesson. Indeed, I don't know of any college where professors even have that authority. Professors can flunk a student but not suspend a student. It's a college, not an elementary school, and since students pay, they have procedures for suspension that are pretty rigorous.
The whole thing sounds like a garbled version that popped out of the rightwing noise machine, or at least the lazy mainstream media.