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Originally Posted by jaysay
Eric there are two sides to every story, the teacher was only putting one side forward
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Ok ... will agree to that ... as long as we can replace "every" with "almost every", or "the vast majority"
But I still argue that sanitizing issues, taking the sting and the controversy out of them is short changing students, in the same way that they are a being protected from the dire results of uncontrolled conkers. I just like to believe that, given the opportunity and maybe some analytical skills, kids can make up their own minds, come to their own conclusions.
And anyway, teachers are no longer the authority figures they used to be, they are just one part, maybe even a miniscule one, of the apparatus of influence that the "information age" has given us .... I guess I believe that as long as there is no outright attempt at coercion or indoctrination, this ain't a big issue.