It occurs to me that there are so many teachers in America that try to make a difference in conservative small towns by opening the minds of young students to new ideas and perspectives.
Often times, these teachers are ousted from the schools by oversensitive PTA's and religious organizations or even bullied out by the students themselves.
Did you ever witness this in school? Did you like the teacher or maybe you saw reason for them to be tossed?
2007-03-17 10:24:22 · 7 answers · asked by rabble rouser 6 in Education & Reference ➔ Teaching
Yes... I lived it. Found out the hard way that schools talk big to parents about raising educational standards, no child left behind, and teaching students to think critically, etc... but the day-to-day reality was the administration, board, and fellow teachers feared change. My students loved me because I treated them with respect and actually taught them something but I upset the lack of excellence and laziness of the adults in charge so I was branded a "wrong fit" and tossed. Small minds think alike, but I refuse to be one of them.
2007-03-17 13:17:02 · answer #1 · answered by Blessed 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋
You must be from some real rural backwater not to know conservatives are an endangered species in American education because of the extreme leftist bias which permeates college humanities programs where teachers are trained. You’d like to think you’re a rabble-rouser, but face it, your opinions put you smack in the mainstream of political belief among teachers. What a courageous struggle that must be! In the unlikely event you actually make it to graduate school, you may find your professors too liberal even for YOU.
2007-03-18 17:12:25 · answer #2 · answered by Thucydides 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Not exactly. We have a Conservative teacher who is perpetually making snide comments and insulting remarks to and about the Liberal party and the students who support them. It is frustrating, because I am one of those students, but you just have to ignore the teacher. Most students love him, and complaining does no good. Our school will not let him go because he has the highest test scores in the state. It is still hard to deal with.
2007-03-18 08:57:14 · answer #3 · answered by davis_snix 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
That’s a laugh, we had one conservative teacher who was the outcast (he was the best teacher I ever had, by the way). The public schools in this the U.S. are generally controlled by liberals (this is widely known especially because of their unions’ lock-step support of Democrats), and it’s even worse in institutions of higher learning, where the liberal bias has been extensively documented. Ironically, it’s the liberal “champions of tolerance” who are the most intolerant of the opposing viewpoint. Indeed, it’s being a conservative on campus that can get you an “F” or a denial of tenure.
2007-03-18 16:57:34 · answer #4 · answered by Cassandria 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
In Junior High, in a private, but non-religious, high school, I had this young Catholic priest who moonlighted as a teacher. He began talking to us about the Vietnam War, what to do if we had sex, drugs, divorce, ect. Soon after people heard what he was saying, he was removed from his church, moved to New York and began ministering to actors at Broadway. Finally. i hear he was defrocked by the Powers that Be, and later died...
2007-03-18 08:45:05 · answer #5 · answered by Raimon 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes, a lot of the teachers and staff don't like her but she was an excellent teacher who is a favortie even to kids who haven't taken her class.
2007-03-17 14:23:34 · answer #6 · answered by twiggysrevenge 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I believe that i have seen one of those, she's a good teacher, but she pushes her ideas down your throat. just things like her political view.
2007-03-18 02:21:39 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋