In albuquerque several teachers were suspended without pay for allegedly airing anti-war sentiments in their classroom. Since (thank goodness) my children are already out of this foolishness, I haven't been following *too* closely however at least one letter to the editor said that one of the suspended teachers was a current affairs teachers for gosh sake, and in fact presented both sides of the issue. If so it would seen a fairly large wrong was done.
Kevin Schmidt writes: > >Well, she said in one of the articles that she won't bring the cards to > >school. > > Good, as well she shouldn't. > > > > >Also, no teacher is without bias. The best they can do is give you the > >fundamentals and to teach you how to learn for yourself. > > As long as concepts are presented to students from all perspectives things are > great. It's when teachers only present the side of the ideology they subscribe to, > be it liberal or conservative, that there is a problem. > > > > >-Kevin > > > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: Kevin Schmidt [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> Sent: Tuesday, July 15, 2003 2:28 PM > >> To: CF-Community > >> Subject: Hidden Agenda Deck of Cards > >> > >> > >> I don't care what she does in her free time, as long as she > >> keeps her bias out of the classroom. Present both sides of > >> arguments if you are a teacher, whether you agree with them > >> or not, that's your job. What good is an educator that only > >> teaches one side of the story? > >> > >> >Interesting that the fact she is a high school teacher came > >> into it at > >> >all. From what I can tell from the article, her personal business of > >> >the cards has nothing to do with her being a teacher. > >> > > >> >-Kevin > >> > > >> >> -----Original Message----- > >> >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> >> Sent: Tuesday, July 15, 2003 2:12 PM > >> >> To: CF-Community > >> >> Subject: Hidden Agenda Deck of Cards > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> A schoolteacher has stirred controversy by creating her > >> >> "Operation: Hidden > >> >> Agenda" deck of cards to counter the administration's deck of > >> >> Iraqi players. > >> >> > >> >> Her deck shows things like Rumsfeld shaking hands with Saddam. > >> >> > >> >> Stories from CNN and KCBS radio: > >> >> > >> >http://www.cnn.com/2003/US/West/07/15/offbeat.agenda.cards.ap/ > >> > > >> >http://www.kcbs.com/pages/kcbs/news/news_story.nsp? > >> >story_id=40173244&ID=kcbs&scategory=Computers > >> > > >> >Her web site: > >> >http://www.operationhiddenagenda.com/ > >> > > >> >-Ben > >> > > >> > > >> > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 This list and all House of Fusion resources hosted by CFHosting.com. The place for dependable ColdFusion Hosting. http://www.cfhosting.com Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
