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Date Posted: 14:45:17 03/07/06 Tue
Author: lump
Subject: Re: thanks for the new Nazi Youth
In reply to: GarlicSoul 's message, "thanks for the new Nazi Youth" on 11:13:17 03/03/06 Fri

I think it would be more appropriate in history class, maybe senior comp and/or speech and debate, yes.

But POLITICAL opinion needs to stay out of most classrooms. Perhaps that's the word I'm missing to make you understand my standing in this. POLITICS. That's my responsibility.

And let's look at it like this: I'm a liberal business owner. My son shadows one of my conservative engineers for a day (for school). That engineer spends half the day discussing his conservative views and watching Fox news - trying to win my also liberal son over. Not only was he not teaching my son what an engineers day is like (like geography above - which there is very little of) - he spent half the day doing something that I was not paying him to do. Public school teachers are my employees - my taxes pay their salary. I see it as the same thing.

And if you switch it around and make the engineer also liberal - if he spent half the day discussing these views with my son instead of working - wouldn't I still be as upset?

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[> Re: thanks for the new Nazi Youth -- 23, 15:38:25 03/07/06 Tue [1]

My opinion? It's all education. None of that was time wasted, especially in this specific circumstance with this specific teacher. He obviously has a breadth of knowledge regarding US policies that most students will never have this kind of direct access to again. I'd be very pleased if my kids wasted a class period or two learning from someone like that.

I guess it could be argued that he is pushing a political agenda, but it could also be argued that he's merely presenting facts that the students haven't had the opportunity to hear before. Should he not say true things just because they're potentially controversial to some of the students and/or their parents?

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