"Teachers are known for being liberal." |
 Feb 22 2007, 01:47 AM
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 Home is where your rump rests!  Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 4,235 Joined: Aug 2006 Member No: 451,969  |
...when my teacher first said that, I was pretty surprised. But after mulling over it, I saw the truth in it. I have and have had quite a few teachers who are quite liberal-minded and openly opinionated. This may be because I live in the infamously liberal Bay Area, but you never know.
With more thinking, I realized that teachers were much, much more secretive about their political opinions during the younger grades. I remember my fifth grade refused to tell us who he voted for in the Presidential election. Should teachers openly have a political opinions? Obv, it's not good when a teacher overdoes his or her bias and lets it leak way over into the teaching curriculum, and teachers are most definitely (as is everyone) allowed to have opinions, but to what degree should they reveal that opinion? Are teachers even known for being liberal at all? |
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Feb 23 2007, 04:37 PM
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 Kimberly Group: Member Posts: 1,961 Joined: Apr 2005 Member No: 121,599 |
I dont think teachers should try to share their political opinions, because then things are going to be one sided... and kids are usually pretty easily influenced.
Its really bad at my school... since its a religious school, everyone's a hard core conservative/republican. I'm constantly having to listen to my history teacher call Hilary Clinton the anti-christ... and the guys dead serious. Its not so much just opinons, but bashing. Anyone at my school who's not a republican is supposedly misinformed, uneducated, and evil. Thank goodness for public school next year. So i'm guessing public school teachers are more liberal? Thank God.  [edit] Ahhh this is making me mad now. xD Today was a bad day in American History. lmao. The teacher was talking about democrats who supposedly were cowards and never fought in Vietnam... but then he brought up Mohammed Ali, and how he didnt believe in war, since he was Muslim. Then the teacher adds how that was ridiculous, because every other Muslim obviously believes in war because they're all wanting to crash planes into buildings. MY GOD - IS THAT NOT THE MOST IGNORANT, RACIST, UNNECESSARY OPINION EVER? |
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kayceeisms "Teachers are known for being liberal." Feb 22 2007, 01:47 AM
My Cinderella. Yeah, that happened when I asked my english teache... Feb 22 2007, 01:51 AM JakeKKing Well, if it's public schools then it would be ... Feb 22 2007, 06:07 AM pink_is_love some of my teachers are very liberal *especially t... Feb 22 2007, 08:46 PM rawtheekuh. I do express my opinions sometimes in my social st... Feb 22 2007, 10:53 PM yanners my APUSH teacher was way liberal. He used to bash... Feb 22 2007, 10:55 PM Lil_Cloud *AP Government moment*
That's because people ... Feb 23 2007, 12:49 AM
kayceeisms ^Okay....huh? Elaborate, please.QUOTE(Lil_Cloud ... Feb 23 2007, 04:25 PM ksoyeah Let's put it this way:
The Bay Area is so bad ... Feb 23 2007, 12:52 AM rawr SOCK My Global History teacher is liberal. She doesn... Feb 23 2007, 07:14 PM xoxo_koala_kisses_ My government teacher talks about that all the tim... Feb 23 2007, 09:08 PM xxamandajanexx Most of my history teachers have been republican. ... Feb 24 2007, 12:15 PM ksoyeah I spoke up about something political, it was the C... Feb 24 2007, 12:29 PM kayceeisms ^Ah, thanks for clarifying. Y'know, I think th... Feb 25 2007, 12:00 AM gigiopolis My previous Socials teacher always kept his opinio... Feb 25 2007, 02:26 AM |
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