Battle wrote:Well Clamato I'll tell you...I'm a white man and I'm proud to be a white man. My dad is white, my mom is white, and my grandparents are white. I'm proud of them too. That's probably one of the worst things you can say in the US today but I really don't give a shit.
I don't hate anyone and I don't want anyone to hate me...but some do.
jonriv wrote:Perhaps is the action of one teacher or even symbolic of some trend. I find a few things wrong
First it is wrong for a teacher to push or endorse a certain political agenda. No matter which side, especially with student that young
The other thing almost if not more troubling is the weak topic of the essay. Trying put some moral equivalency between bush and hitler is gratuitous at best. How about a real topic that might the kids to really think. "G h bush vs g w bush comparison" or "bush vs lbj". If hitler is the guy. "Compare Mussolini, hitler and Franco". Etc
Or do something recent. Look for similarities between Obama and bush. Or perhaps focus on the similarities most of us have than the differences.
DonnieS wrote:jonriv wrote:Perhaps is the action of one teacher or even symbolic of some trend. I find a few things wrong
First it is wrong for a teacher to push or endorse a certain political agenda. No matter which side, especially with student that young
The other thing almost if not more troubling is the weak topic of the essay. Trying put some moral equivalency between bush and hitler is gratuitous at best. How about a real topic that might the kids to really think. "G h bush vs g w bush comparison" or "bush vs lbj". If hitler is the guy. "Compare Mussolini, hitler and Franco". Etc
Or do something recent. Look for similarities between Obama and bush. Or perhaps focus on the similarities most of us have than the differences.
JR, your idea and my idea is for the instructor to put some thought into what the kids are to study. This person had none to spare.
Pale Rider wrote:As in teach them HOW to think ...not WHAT to think...