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<blockquote data-quote="Pokinfun" data-source="post: 3035303" data-attributes="member: 28113"><p>Personal political/religious believes are always going to be in the classroom. Nearly everything they read in literature class has a political/religious theme in it. The history of the US is a history of political and religious believes. World History cannot be taught without discussing religion or politics. Try teaching about the Greeks or Romans without comparing it to other cultures.</p><p>By the time a kid makes it to high school, if a teacher is not having students make comparisons on a daily basis, they are failing at their job. What do you want your student reading in school, <em>A Modest Proposal</em> or <em>Fifty Shades of Grey</em>?</p><p>The problem is when a teacher forces a student to believe something by testing them on it. However, sometimes it is a good lesson in life, that at times you have to go along to get along, even if you do not agree. The fact that a student realizes that they do not agree with a teachers political views actually means they are learning.</p><p>We have several new social studies teachers in my department this year. My part of our mentoring meeting last week trying to get them to understand that the quote by William Arthur Ward "The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires."</p><p>I told them that a teacher that is trying, sends a student out of class with homework. Great teachers send kids home wanting to discuss their lesson with their parents. However, at that point some parents are going to complain. To inspire students about politics, a teacher has to model Political Efficacy, if they do not model it, a student will never be inspired to have Political Efficacy and discuss politics with their friends or parents, it is just another lesson. </p><p>I had a former student talk to me at Walmart last summer about my class. He said, I really disliked you at the beginning of the year, but for the first time I was going home having actual adult conversations with my dad about government, instead of just complaining about my teachers. The former student followed it up by saying that he actually started watching the news with his father just so they could talk about what was happening in the world. He said I still disagreed with you, but you became the class I looked forward to everyday. It was fun debating you in class, and having you look me and say good point, great job.</p><p></p><p>I would agree with you, the teacher you are talking about may have taken to the point of political activism in the classroom. Teachers need to model political believes to allow a student to develop their own political believes. It sounds like your kid's teacher was trying to get kids to believe what they believe, which is wrong.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Pokinfun, post: 3035303, member: 28113"] Personal political/religious believes are always going to be in the classroom. Nearly everything they read in literature class has a political/religious theme in it. The history of the US is a history of political and religious believes. World History cannot be taught without discussing religion or politics. Try teaching about the Greeks or Romans without comparing it to other cultures. By the time a kid makes it to high school, if a teacher is not having students make comparisons on a daily basis, they are failing at their job. What do you want your student reading in school, [I]A Modest Proposal[/I] or [I]Fifty Shades of Grey[/I]? The problem is when a teacher forces a student to believe something by testing them on it. However, sometimes it is a good lesson in life, that at times you have to go along to get along, even if you do not agree. The fact that a student realizes that they do not agree with a teachers political views actually means they are learning. We have several new social studies teachers in my department this year. My part of our mentoring meeting last week trying to get them to understand that the quote by William Arthur Ward "The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires." I told them that a teacher that is trying, sends a student out of class with homework. Great teachers send kids home wanting to discuss their lesson with their parents. However, at that point some parents are going to complain. To inspire students about politics, a teacher has to model Political Efficacy, if they do not model it, a student will never be inspired to have Political Efficacy and discuss politics with their friends or parents, it is just another lesson. I had a former student talk to me at Walmart last summer about my class. He said, I really disliked you at the beginning of the year, but for the first time I was going home having actual adult conversations with my dad about government, instead of just complaining about my teachers. The former student followed it up by saying that he actually started watching the news with his father just so they could talk about what was happening in the world. He said I still disagreed with you, but you became the class I looked forward to everyday. It was fun debating you in class, and having you look me and say good point, great job. I would agree with you, the teacher you are talking about may have taken to the point of political activism in the classroom. Teachers need to model political believes to allow a student to develop their own political believes. It sounds like your kid's teacher was trying to get kids to believe what they believe, which is wrong. [/QUOTE]
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