WL Teacher promotes anti-Israel views in the classroom

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Anonymous wrote:It's more shocking to me that more people aren't openly criticizing Israel. Good for her.

She is a public school English teacher. She needs to keep her political views to herself when she’s on the job. End of story.

God, I feel so bad for our kids. Everything is being so f-ing dumbed down for them. WHY shouldn't think be discussed??????

NP. The poster above you is absolutely correct. It’s fine for a teacher facilitate an analytical discussion among students, but they should not reveal their own views at all.

Unless you are also ok with your kid’s English telling them that abortion is murder, gay people are going to hell, and Putin is a great guy? If you have a problem with any of these being said by a public school teacher to students, you should have a problem with all of them.

I don't want it thought as fact, but as long as the 17 year old honors student knows it's his teacher's personal view, I wouldn't have a problem with it.

DP than who you are responding to. I think you are one person stirring the pot among many who dissent here, perhaps for entertainment. Beyond which, I don't believe for a second you wouldn't be jumping all over some principal if an English teacher started teaching abortion is murder to your kid.

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Anonymous wrote:She hasn’t violated policy that anyone has shown. She’s taking the position that writers shouldn’t shy away from difficult topics and should use writing to reveal truth. Is there a specific way in which she has retaliated against a student for disagreeing, or discriminated against them for their beliefs/identify/ethnicity? If not, what is this about? Calling a war where tens of thousands of children on one side only have been killed is a genocide. Israel is an apartheid state, even if the “reason” for the apartheid is fear of terrorism. These are objective truths. Is this teacher calling for the death of Israelis or Americans of Jewish faith? Or is she having them read or watch material that is critical of the State and its actions and asking them to respond.

There’s a lot to unpack here but let’s not get off topic - a high school English class is not the appropriate forum to ask students to respond to this teachers beliefs. If it was any other group being targeted, this would not stand.

She is not targeting a group. She is criticizing the policies of a particular government. Unless you agree with those policies, you would not feel included. Many Jews in Israel are very opposed to what is happening.

Did you read the article? I’m sorry but even if you disagree with what Israel is doing via a vis Gaza, there is literally no place in a public school (or anywhere else for that matter) where one should be allowed to accuse Israelis of playing victim because of the Holocaust. Shame on her, and shame on APS. And shame on any of you who think this is anything but blatant anti-Semetism. The holocaust happened. The victimization of Israelis and Jews as part of the holocaust should not be the topic of any legitimate political discourse. It’s just hate speech, plain and simple.

It didn't say that anywhere in the article!

“ Shayma Al-Hanooti, who works at Washington-Liberty High School in Arlington, gave her students politically charged assignments such as sorting out “logical fallacies” in how Israelis use the “Holocaust to victimize themselves,” new documents reveal.”

Uhm, did she deny with that question that the holocaust happened?

Oh my god stop it. We all see through this. “Ummmm ???” FOH. I hope she gets fired, this is blatantly racist.

-not Jewish or Israeli

Uhm, Judaism is not a race. Criticizing the Israeli government is not anti-Semitic. Period. I applaud her.

Not PP. So not racist, anti-Semitic.

You can applaud her when she’s protesting on the streets but not in the public school classroom.

I'm sure you'd have no problem with her if she were weeping over the hostages, hypocrite.

Would she be doing it in an anti-Muslim way?

I would be more sympathetic if 1) people like you wouldn't scream anti-Semitism every time someone a) criticized Netanyahu b) expressed concern for thousands dead and starting children and innocent people in Gaza. I condemned the terrorist attacks of October 7, but I also know that Netanyahu loved it and is getting exactly what he wants at the moment. I don't want my tax money going to support the genocide he is perpetrating.

That’s not what this teacher is doing. I have no problem criticizing Netanyahu and far too many innocent people have been killed in Gaza. But that’s not this.

+1. Too many people are jumping on the “why can’t she criticize Netanyahu” bandwagon.

Here’s the thing. Read the article. That’s not what she’s doing! It’s far more insidious than that.

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Anonymous wrote:She hasn’t violated policy that anyone has shown. She’s taking the position that writers shouldn’t shy away from difficult topics and should use writing to reveal truth. Is there a specific way in which she has retaliated against a student for disagreeing, or discriminated against them for their beliefs/identify/ethnicity? If not, what is this about? Calling a war where tens of thousands of children on one side only have been killed is a genocide. Israel is an apartheid state, even if the “reason” for the apartheid is fear of terrorism. These are objective truths. Is this teacher calling for the death of Israelis or Americans of Jewish faith? Or is she having them read or watch material that is critical of the State and its actions and asking them to respond.

There’s a lot to unpack here but let’s not get off topic - a high school English class is not the appropriate forum to ask students to respond to this teachers beliefs. If it was any other group being targeted, this would not stand.

She is not targeting a group. She is criticizing the policies of a particular government. Unless you agree with those policies, you would not feel included. Many Jews in Israel are very opposed to what is happening.

Did you read the article? I’m sorry but even if you disagree with what Israel is doing via a vis Gaza, there is literally no place in a public school (or anywhere else for that matter) where one should be allowed to accuse Israelis of playing victim because of the Holocaust. Shame on her, and shame on APS. And shame on any of you who think this is anything but blatant anti-Semetism. The holocaust happened. The victimization of Israelis and Jews as part of the holocaust should not be the topic of any legitimate political discourse. It’s just hate speech, plain and simple.

It didn't say that anywhere in the article!

“ Shayma Al-Hanooti, who works at Washington-Liberty High School in Arlington, gave her students politically charged assignments such as sorting out “logical fallacies” in how Israelis use the “Holocaust to victimize themselves,” new documents reveal.”

Uhm, did she deny with that question that the holocaust happened?

ARE YOU SERIOUSLY SUGGESTING THAT IT’S ACCEPTABLE TO ACCUSE ISRAELIS OF PLAYING THE VICTIM BECAUSE OF THE HOLOCAUST? WTF IS WRONG WITH YOU?!

Is she actually doing this or is this what The Daily Wire is saying she’s doing? Are they misquoting her or misrepresenting what she’s saying?

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Anonymous wrote:She hasn’t violated policy that anyone has shown. She’s taking the position that writers shouldn’t shy away from difficult topics and should use writing to reveal truth. Is there a specific way in which she has retaliated against a student for disagreeing, or discriminated against them for their beliefs/identify/ethnicity? If not, what is this about? Calling a war where tens of thousands of children on one side only have been killed is a genocide. Israel is an apartheid state, even if the “reason” for the apartheid is fear of terrorism. These are objective truths. Is this teacher calling for the death of Israelis or Americans of Jewish faith? Or is she having them read or watch material that is critical of the State and its actions and asking them to respond.

There’s a lot to unpack here but let’s not get off topic - a high school English class is not the appropriate forum to ask students to respond to this teachers beliefs. If it was any other group being targeted, this would not stand.

She is not targeting a group. She is criticizing the policies of a particular government. Unless you agree with those policies, you would not feel included. Many Jews in Israel are very opposed to what is happening.

Did you read the article? I’m sorry but even if you disagree with what Israel is doing via a vis Gaza, there is literally no place in a public school (or anywhere else for that matter) where one should be allowed to accuse Israelis of playing victim because of the Holocaust. Shame on her, and shame on APS. And shame on any of you who think this is anything but blatant anti-Semetism. The holocaust happened. The victimization of Israelis and Jews as part of the holocaust should not be the topic of any legitimate political discourse. It’s just hate speech, plain and simple.

It didn't say that anywhere in the article!

“ Shayma Al-Hanooti, who works at Washington-Liberty High School in Arlington, gave her students politically charged assignments such as sorting out “logical fallacies” in how Israelis use the “Holocaust to victimize themselves,” new documents reveal.”

Uhm, did she deny with that question that the holocaust happened?

Oh my god stop it. We all see through this. “Ummmm ???” FOH. I hope she gets fired, this is blatantly racist.

-not Jewish or Israeli

Uhm, Judaism is not a race. Criticizing the Israeli government is not anti-Semitic. Period. I applaud her.

Not PP. So not racist, anti-Semitic.

You can applaud her when she’s protesting on the streets but not in the public school classroom.

I'm sure you'd have no problem with her if she were weeping over the hostages, hypocrite.

Would she be doing it in an anti-Muslim way?

I would be more sympathetic if 1) people like you wouldn't scream anti-Semitism every time someone a) criticized Netanyahu b) expressed concern for thousands dead and starting children and innocent people in Gaza. I condemned the terrorist attacks of October 7, but I also know that Netanyahu loved it and is getting exactly what he wants at the moment. I don't want my tax money going to support the genocide he is perpetrating.

That’s not what this teacher is doing. I have no problem criticizing Netanyahu and far too many innocent people have been killed in Gaza. But that’s not this.

So you think she just hates all Jews? Is that what you're saying?

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Anonymous wrote:She hasn’t violated policy that anyone has shown. She’s taking the position that writers shouldn’t shy away from difficult topics and should use writing to reveal truth. Is there a specific way in which she has retaliated against a student for disagreeing, or discriminated against them for their beliefs/identify/ethnicity? If not, what is this about? Calling a war where tens of thousands of children on one side only have been killed is a genocide. Israel is an apartheid state, even if the “reason” for the apartheid is fear of terrorism. These are objective truths. Is this teacher calling for the death of Israelis or Americans of Jewish faith? Or is she having them read or watch material that is critical of the State and its actions and asking them to respond.

There’s a lot to unpack here but let’s not get off topic - a high school English class is not the appropriate forum to ask students to respond to this teachers beliefs. If it was any other group being targeted, this would not stand.

She is not targeting a group. She is criticizing the policies of a particular government. Unless you agree with those policies, you would not feel included. Many Jews in Israel are very opposed to what is happening.

Did you read the article? I’m sorry but even if you disagree with what Israel is doing via a vis Gaza, there is literally no place in a public school (or anywhere else for that matter) where one should be allowed to accuse Israelis of playing victim because of the Holocaust. Shame on her, and shame on APS. And shame on any of you who think this is anything but blatant anti-Semetism. The holocaust happened. The victimization of Israelis and Jews as part of the holocaust should not be the topic of any legitimate political discourse. It’s just hate speech, plain and simple.

It didn't say that anywhere in the article!

“ Shayma Al-Hanooti, who works at Washington-Liberty High School in Arlington, gave her students politically charged assignments such as sorting out “logical fallacies” in how Israelis use the “Holocaust to victimize themselves,” new documents reveal.”

Uhm, did she deny with that question that the holocaust happened?

Oh my god stop it. We all see through this. “Ummmm ???” FOH. I hope she gets fired, this is blatantly racist.

-not Jewish or Israeli

Uhm, Judaism is not a race. Criticizing the Israeli government is not anti-Semitic. Period. I applaud her.

Not PP. So not racist, anti-Semitic.

You can applaud her when she’s protesting on the streets but not in the public school classroom.

I'm sure you'd have no problem with her if she were weeping over the hostages, hypocrite.

Would she be doing it in an anti-Muslim way?

I would be more sympathetic if 1) people like you wouldn't scream anti-Semitism every time someone a) criticized Netanyahu b) expressed concern for thousands dead and starting children and innocent people in Gaza. I condemned the terrorist attacks of October 7, but I also know that Netanyahu loved it and is getting exactly what he wants at the moment. I don't want my tax money going to support the genocide he is perpetrating.

That’s not what this teacher is doing. I have no problem criticizing Netanyahu and far too many innocent people have been killed in Gaza. But that’s not this.

+1. Too many people are jumping on the “why can’t she criticize Netanyahu” bandwagon.

Here’s the thing. Read the article. That’s not what she’s doing! It’s far more insidious than that.

No, I didn't see anything more insidious than that. Sorry.

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Anonymous wrote:She hasn’t violated policy that anyone has shown. She’s taking the position that writers shouldn’t shy away from difficult topics and should use writing to reveal truth. Is there a specific way in which she has retaliated against a student for disagreeing, or discriminated against them for their beliefs/identify/ethnicity? If not, what is this about? Calling a war where tens of thousands of children on one side only have been killed is a genocide. Israel is an apartheid state, even if the “reason” for the apartheid is fear of terrorism. These are objective truths. Is this teacher calling for the death of Israelis or Americans of Jewish faith? Or is she having them read or watch material that is critical of the State and its actions and asking them to respond.

There’s a lot to unpack here but let’s not get off topic - a high school English class is not the appropriate forum to ask students to respond to this teachers beliefs. If it was any other group being targeted, this would not stand.

She is not targeting a group. She is criticizing the policies of a particular government. Unless you agree with those policies, you would not feel included. Many Jews in Israel are very opposed to what is happening.

Did you read the article? I’m sorry but even if you disagree with what Israel is doing via a vis Gaza, there is literally no place in a public school (or anywhere else for that matter) where one should be allowed to accuse Israelis of playing victim because of the Holocaust. Shame on her, and shame on APS. And shame on any of you who think this is anything but blatant anti-Semetism. The holocaust happened. The victimization of Israelis and Jews as part of the holocaust should not be the topic of any legitimate political discourse. It’s just hate speech, plain and simple.

It didn't say that anywhere in the article!

“ Shayma Al-Hanooti, who works at Washington-Liberty High School in Arlington, gave her students politically charged assignments such as sorting out “logical fallacies” in how Israelis use the “Holocaust to victimize themselves,” new documents reveal.”

Uhm, did she deny with that question that the holocaust happened?

Oh my god stop it. We all see through this. “Ummmm ???” FOH. I hope she gets fired, this is blatantly racist.

-not Jewish or Israeli

Uhm, Judaism is not a race. Criticizing the Israeli government is not anti-Semitic. Period. I applaud her.

Not PP. So not racist, anti-Semitic.

You can applaud her when she’s protesting on the streets but not in the public school classroom.

I'm sure you'd have no problem with her if she were weeping over the hostages, hypocrite.

Would she be doing it in an anti-Muslim way?

I would be more sympathetic if 1) people like you wouldn't scream anti-Semitism every time someone a) criticized Netanyahu b) expressed concern for thousands dead and starting children and innocent people in Gaza. I condemned the terrorist attacks of October 7, but I also know that Netanyahu loved it and is getting exactly what he wants at the moment. I don't want my tax money going to support the genocide he is perpetrating.

That’s not what this teacher is doing. I have no problem criticizing Netanyahu and far too many innocent people have been killed in Gaza. But that’s not this.

So you think she just hates all Jews? Is that what you're saying?

Yes?

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Anonymous wrote:She hasn’t violated policy that anyone has shown. She’s taking the position that writers shouldn’t shy away from difficult topics and should use writing to reveal truth. Is there a specific way in which she has retaliated against a student for disagreeing, or discriminated against them for their beliefs/identify/ethnicity? If not, what is this about? Calling a war where tens of thousands of children on one side only have been killed is a genocide. Israel is an apartheid state, even if the “reason” for the apartheid is fear of terrorism. These are objective truths. Is this teacher calling for the death of Israelis or Americans of Jewish faith? Or is she having them read or watch material that is critical of the State and its actions and asking them to respond.

There’s a lot to unpack here but let’s not get off topic - a high school English class is not the appropriate forum to ask students to respond to this teachers beliefs. If it was any other group being targeted, this would not stand.

She is not targeting a group. She is criticizing the policies of a particular government. Unless you agree with those policies, you would not feel included. Many Jews in Israel are very opposed to what is happening.

Did you read the article? I’m sorry but even if you disagree with what Israel is doing via a vis Gaza, there is literally no place in a public school (or anywhere else for that matter) where one should be allowed to accuse Israelis of playing victim because of the Holocaust. Shame on her, and shame on APS. And shame on any of you who think this is anything but blatant anti-Semetism. The holocaust happened. The victimization of Israelis and Jews as part of the holocaust should not be the topic of any legitimate political discourse. It’s just hate speech, plain and simple.

It didn't say that anywhere in the article!

“ Shayma Al-Hanooti, who works at Washington-Liberty High School in Arlington, gave her students politically charged assignments such as sorting out “logical fallacies” in how Israelis use the “Holocaust to victimize themselves,” new documents reveal.”

Uhm, did she deny with that question that the holocaust happened?

Oh my god stop it. We all see through this. “Ummmm ???” FOH. I hope she gets fired, this is blatantly racist.

-not Jewish or Israeli

Uhm, Judaism is not a race. Criticizing the Israeli government is not anti-Semitic. Period. I applaud her.

Not PP. So not racist, anti-Semitic.

You can applaud her when she’s protesting on the streets but not in the public school classroom.

I'm sure you'd have no problem with her if she were weeping over the hostages, hypocrite.

Would she be doing it in an anti-Muslim way?

I would be more sympathetic if 1) people like you wouldn't scream anti-Semitism every time someone a) criticized Netanyahu b) expressed concern for thousands dead and starting children and innocent people in Gaza. I condemned the terrorist attacks of October 7, but I also know that Netanyahu loved it and is getting exactly what he wants at the moment. I don't want my tax money going to support the genocide he is perpetrating.

That’s not what this teacher is doing. I have no problem criticizing Netanyahu and far too many innocent people have been killed in Gaza. But that’s not this.

+1. Too many people are jumping on the “why can’t she criticize Netanyahu” bandwagon.

Here’s the thing. Read the article. That’s not what she’s doing! It’s far more insidious than that.

No, I didn't see anything more insidious than that. Sorry.

Perhaps you should go back and take a high school English reading comprehension class? (Not taught at WL)

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:It's more shocking to me that more people aren't openly criticizing Israel. Good for her.

She is a public school English teacher. She needs to keep her political views to herself when she’s on the job. End of story.

God, I feel so bad for our kids. Everything is being so f-ing dumbed down for them. WHY shouldn't think be discussed??????

NP. The poster above you is absolutely correct. It’s fine for a teacher facilitate an analytical discussion among students, but they should not reveal their own views at all.

Unless you are also ok with your kid’s English telling them that abortion is murder, gay people are going to hell, and Putin is a great guy? If you have a problem with any of these being said by a public school teacher to students, you should have a problem with all of them.

I don't want it thought as fact, but as long as the 17 year old honors student knows it's his teacher's personal view, I wouldn't have a problem with it.

DP than who you are responding to. I think you are one person stirring the pot among many who dissent here, perhaps for entertainment. Beyond which, I don't believe for a second you wouldn't be jumping all over some principal if an English teacher started teaching abortion is murder to your kid.

I don't think you know anything about me. I wasn't educated in this country and my high school teachers openly held views MUCH more controversial than that. We debated them in class. They challenged our views. Assigned readings that contradicted our beliefs and made us really defend our position. I see absolutely nothing wrong with that. Nothing.

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Anonymous wrote:She hasn’t violated policy that anyone has shown. She’s taking the position that writers shouldn’t shy away from difficult topics and should use writing to reveal truth. Is there a specific way in which she has retaliated against a student for disagreeing, or discriminated against them for their beliefs/identify/ethnicity? If not, what is this about? Calling a war where tens of thousands of children on one side only have been killed is a genocide. Israel is an apartheid state, even if the “reason” for the apartheid is fear of terrorism. These are objective truths. Is this teacher calling for the death of Israelis or Americans of Jewish faith? Or is she having them read or watch material that is critical of the State and its actions and asking them to respond.

There’s a lot to unpack here but let’s not get off topic - a high school English class is not the appropriate forum to ask students to respond to this teachers beliefs. If it was any other group being targeted, this would not stand.

She is not targeting a group. She is criticizing the policies of a particular government. Unless you agree with those policies, you would not feel included. Many Jews in Israel are very opposed to what is happening.

Did you read the article? I’m sorry but even if you disagree with what Israel is doing via a vis Gaza, there is literally no place in a public school (or anywhere else for that matter) where one should be allowed to accuse Israelis of playing victim because of the Holocaust. Shame on her, and shame on APS. And shame on any of you who think this is anything but blatant anti-Semetism. The holocaust happened. The victimization of Israelis and Jews as part of the holocaust should not be the topic of any legitimate political discourse. It’s just hate speech, plain and simple.

It didn't say that anywhere in the article!

“ Shayma Al-Hanooti, who works at Washington-Liberty High School in Arlington, gave her students politically charged assignments such as sorting out “logical fallacies” in how Israelis use the “Holocaust to victimize themselves,” new documents reveal.”

Uhm, did she deny with that question that the holocaust happened?

Oh my god stop it. We all see through this. “Ummmm ???” FOH. I hope she gets fired, this is blatantly racist.

-not Jewish or Israeli

Uhm, Judaism is not a race. Criticizing the Israeli government is not anti-Semitic. Period. I applaud her.

Not PP. So not racist, anti-Semitic.

You can applaud her when she’s protesting on the streets but not in the public school classroom.

I'm sure you'd have no problem with her if she were weeping over the hostages, hypocrite.

Would she be doing it in an anti-Muslim way?

I would be more sympathetic if 1) people like you wouldn't scream anti-Semitism every time someone a) criticized Netanyahu b) expressed concern for thousands dead and starting children and innocent people in Gaza. I condemned the terrorist attacks of October 7, but I also know that Netanyahu loved it and is getting exactly what he wants at the moment. I don't want my tax money going to support the genocide he is perpetrating.

That’s not what this teacher is doing. I have no problem criticizing Netanyahu and far too many innocent people have been killed in Gaza. But that’s not this.

+1. Too many people are jumping on the “why can’t she criticize Netanyahu” bandwagon.

Here’s the thing. Read the article. That’s not what she’s doing! It’s far more insidious than that.

No, I didn't see anything more insidious than that. Sorry.

Perhaps you should go back and take a high school English reading comprehension class? (Not taught at WL)

No, I think you should, dear.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:It's more shocking to me that more people aren't openly criticizing Israel. Good for her.

She is a public school English teacher. She needs to keep her political views to herself when she’s on the job. End of story.

God, I feel so bad for our kids. Everything is being so f-ing dumbed down for them. WHY shouldn't think be discussed??????

NP. The poster above you is absolutely correct. It’s fine for a teacher facilitate an analytical discussion among students, but they should not reveal their own views at all.

Unless you are also ok with your kid’s English telling them that abortion is murder, gay people are going to hell, and Putin is a great guy? If you have a problem with any of these being said by a public school teacher to students, you should have a problem with all of them.

I don't want it thought as fact, but as long as the 17 year old honors student knows it's his teacher's personal view, I wouldn't have a problem with it.

DP than who you are responding to. I think you are one person stirring the pot among many who dissent here, perhaps for entertainment. Beyond which, I don't believe for a second you wouldn't be jumping all over some principal if an English teacher started teaching abortion is murder to your kid.

I don't think you know anything about me. I wasn't educated in this country and my high school teachers openly held views MUCH more controversial than that. We debated them in class. They challenged our views. Assigned readings that contradicted our beliefs and made us really defend our position. I see absolutely nothing wrong with that. Nothing.

But in this country, this isn’t normal.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:It's more shocking to me that more people aren't openly criticizing Israel. Good for her.

She is a public school English teacher. She needs to keep her political views to herself when she’s on the job. End of story.

God, I feel so bad for our kids. Everything is being so f-ing dumbed down for them. WHY shouldn't think be discussed??????

NP. The poster above you is absolutely correct. It’s fine for a teacher facilitate an analytical discussion among students, but they should not reveal their own views at all.

Unless you are also ok with your kid’s English telling them that abortion is murder, gay people are going to hell, and Putin is a great guy? If you have a problem with any of these being said by a public school teacher to students, you should have a problem with all of them.

I don't want it thought as fact, but as long as the 17 year old honors student knows it's his teacher's personal view, I wouldn't have a problem with it.

DP than who you are responding to. I think you are one person stirring the pot among many who dissent here, perhaps for entertainment. Beyond which, I don't believe for a second you wouldn't be jumping all over some principal if an English teacher started teaching abortion is murder to your kid.

I don't think you know anything about me. I wasn't educated in this country and my high school teachers openly held views MUCH more controversial than that. We debated them in class. They challenged our views. Assigned readings that contradicted our beliefs and made us really defend our position. I see absolutely nothing wrong with that. Nothing.

But in this country, this isn’t normal.

And that's why our kids are WAYYYYY behind. This is an AP course. It's a joke!!!

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Is this all because of the Coates interview on The Daily Show? Feels like it. He made the point that being the victim of a past horror, such as slavery or the holocaust, does not inoculate one from becoming a perpetrator. I think what he was saying that being a victim of injustice, in and of itself, doesn’t necessarily make one more empathetic or aware of injustice in other situations. We’re all equally capable of being the bad actor in any situation, and maybe we won’t recognize when we are the bad actor?

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Anonymous wrote:It's more shocking to me that more people aren't openly criticizing Israel. Good for her.

She is a public school English teacher. She needs to keep her political views to herself when she’s on the job. End of story.

God, I feel so bad for our kids. Everything is being so f-ing dumbed down for them. WHY shouldn't think be discussed??????

NP. The poster above you is absolutely correct. It’s fine for a teacher facilitate an analytical discussion among students, but they should not reveal their own views at all.

Unless you are also ok with your kid’s English telling them that abortion is murder, gay people are going to hell, and Putin is a great guy? If you have a problem with any of these being said by a public school teacher to students, you should have a problem with all of them.

I don't want it thought as fact, but as long as the 17 year old honors student knows it's his teacher's personal view, I wouldn't have a problem with it.

DP than who you are responding to. I think you are one person stirring the pot among many who dissent here, perhaps for entertainment. Beyond which, I don't believe for a second you wouldn't be jumping all over some principal if an English teacher started teaching abortion is murder to your kid.

I don't think you know anything about me. I wasn't educated in this country and my high school teachers openly held views MUCH more controversial than that. We debated them in class. They challenged our views. Assigned readings that contradicted our beliefs and made us really defend our position. I see absolutely nothing wrong with that. Nothing.

Fine. Then go back to your country. If you thought it was so great, why did you leave?

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Anonymous wrote:Is this all because of the Coates interview on The Daily Show? Feels like it. He made the point that being the victim of a past horror, such as slavery or the holocaust, does not inoculate one from becoming a perpetrator. I think what he was saying that being a victim of injustice, in and of itself, doesn’t necessarily make one more empathetic or aware of injustice in other situations. We’re all equally capable of being the bad actor in any situation, and maybe we won’t recognize when we are the bad actor?

No, this teacher has a long history of this.

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Anonymous wrote:It's more shocking to me that more people aren't openly criticizing Israel. Good for her.

She is a public school English teacher. She needs to keep her political views to herself when she’s on the job. End of story.

God, I feel so bad for our kids. Everything is being so f-ing dumbed down for them. WHY shouldn't think be discussed??????

NP. The poster above you is absolutely correct. It’s fine for a teacher facilitate an analytical discussion among students, but they should not reveal their own views at all.

Unless you are also ok with your kid’s English telling them that abortion is murder, gay people are going to hell, and Putin is a great guy? If you have a problem with any of these being said by a public school teacher to students, you should have a problem with all of them.

I don't want it thought as fact, but as long as the 17 year old honors student knows it's his teacher's personal view, I wouldn't have a problem with it.

DP than who you are responding to. I think you are one person stirring the pot among many who dissent here, perhaps for entertainment. Beyond which, I don't believe for a second you wouldn't be jumping all over some principal if an English teacher started teaching abortion is murder to your kid.

I don't think you know anything about me. I wasn't educated in this country and my high school teachers openly held views MUCH more controversial than that. We debated them in class. They challenged our views. Assigned readings that contradicted our beliefs and made us really defend our position. I see absolutely nothing wrong with that. Nothing.

Fine. Then go back to your country. If you thought it was so great, why did you leave?

To save you from your ignorance, apparently