This line of reasoning bothers me: "Do we touch on those areas? What about students who do not want to hear this viewpoint?" says Tammy Stauber, an eighth-grade science teacher. "Should they be allowed to leave the classroom, or is it mandatory that they have to listen to the teacher?"
Is it mandatory that students listen to the teacher? DUH. If students are so well-educated that they are capable of deciding what they should and should not be hearing, then they're really not the sorts that should be in public school... Maybe students can decide that they don't want to hear about the Civil War (we're still one country, what does it matter? Why dwell on things when our nation is being tested?), or Shakespeare (he's dead and I can just rent the videos anyway), or anything else...
Is it mandatory that students listen to the teacher? DUH.
Yeah, 's my reaction as well. If you're going to have schools such as we do, then this is pretty fucking obvious.
Why dwell on things when our nation is being tested?), or Shakespeare (he's dead and I can just rent the videos anyway), or anything else...This actually touches on deeper issues, and those issues are more the root of the problem than the more superficial issues of core curriculum content. Traditionally, as a society, we feel that people are entitled to their own way of thinking and believing (as long as it's not too weird and they're quiet about it, etc...), and that children are essentially the property of their parents. This is really deeply rooted stuff, almost subliminal
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"Do we touch on those areas? What about students who do not want to hear this viewpoint?" says Tammy Stauber, an eighth-grade science teacher. "Should they be allowed to leave the classroom, or is it mandatory that they have to listen to the teacher?"
Is it mandatory that students listen to the teacher? DUH. If students are so well-educated that they are capable of deciding what they should and should not be hearing, then they're really not the sorts that should be in public school... Maybe students can decide that they don't want to hear about the Civil War (we're still one country, what does it matter? Why dwell on things when our nation is being tested?), or Shakespeare (he's dead and I can just rent the videos anyway), or anything else...
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Yeah, 's my reaction as well. If you're going to have schools such as we do, then this is pretty fucking obvious.
Why dwell on things when our nation is being tested?), or Shakespeare (he's dead and I can just rent the videos anyway), or anything else...This actually touches on deeper issues, and those issues are more the root of the problem than the more superficial issues of core curriculum content. Traditionally, as a society, we feel that people are entitled to their own way of thinking and believing (as long as it's not too weird and they're quiet about it, etc...), and that children are essentially the property of their parents. This is really deeply rooted stuff, almost subliminal ( ... )
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