sad Days for america

[jonesthecurl]

Ok, so now we've got another case of where a teacher abuses the authority of their position against students who want to express their patriotism for American.

http://www.kcba.com/Global/story.asp?S=12461078

And people wonder why we get so pissed off at public schools. I went through crap like this in high school. Public schools are becoming more and more like indoctrination camps than places to actually learn.

I don't have sound on this computer, so I can't hear the story - but if it is (as it appears to be) simply that a teacher foudn "God bless America" offensive, written on a US flag, than yes, that's insane.
What were the kids asked to draw?

[PLAYER57832]

Tolerance AND critical thinking, common sense are ALL the job of educators. Not the sole job, but they do belong in education.

woah.. i wonder what parents are suppossed to do in your book then

Those are also responsibilities of parents, in addition to many other things. However, I'm curious as to why you don't believe that teachers shouldn't ALSO be teaching tolerance, critical thinking and common sense?

Exactly. Parents and teachers need to work together on this and many things. Part of critical thinking is knowing the limits, knowing how to talk about things with people who disagree and not let it erupt into WWIII.

When it comes to tolerance, this is part of living today in our world. A teenager who cannot function in school with teens who disagree with them won't do very well in the work world, either.

[Woodruff]

Tolerance AND critical thinking, common sense are ALL the job of educators. Not the sole job, but they do belong in education.

woah.. i wonder what parents are suppossed to do in your book then

Those are also responsibilities of parents, in addition to many other things. However, I'm curious as to why you don't believe that teachers shouldn't ALSO be teaching tolerance, critical thinking and common sense?

I dont believe that teachers shouldnt. But a parents role should be bigger than complaining when they dont agree with the teacher.

Amen to that. But your answer definitely didn't come across that way.