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Originally Posted by Gatorade Frost
And finally, the teacher definitely deserves a strict sentence for how he acted. I read the transcript yesterday and I know as a high schooler you should be able to know the truth from fiction, but having a teacher you disagree with politically can severely polarise the learning experience which is highly unfair to those in the classroom who disagree with the teacher. Plus, a teacher loses credibility to the students based on that. Last year I had a teacher who was very strongly anti-Bush, and I myself am a Republican so I found his Michael Moore-esque style of commentary very frustrating. If you're in a public school you should have the right reserved to not have wannabe political pundits mouthing off about these things.
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I went to Mount Anthony Union High School in Bennington, VT. The community is pretty liberal, so it makes sense that the teachers are too. There are a few that very openly voice their opinions. One teacher just made national news a few months ago, Bret Chenkin ( You can find articles and commentaries at
Newsbusters.org ,
TheConservativeVoice.com , and
WashingtonPost.com .) I had friends that were at both ends of the political spectrum. The ones that agreed with him loved him, and the ones that disagreed with his views hated him. I consider myself liberal, but not by much, I have views from both sides. I enjoyed his commentary because it really did spark debate among the class, especially when there were students with strong opposing opinions. I personally enjoyed it and it helped me see different views on politics then my own. I think if the parents are that bothered by it, they can send their kids to a public school where you can have all the teachers teach the same way, following the private school's practice.