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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]To circle back to the point that I should teach TKAM to disabuse students of racism and prejudice - as I’ve stated, I have to weigh the outcome vs. students sitting in my room being traumatized by a story or hearing their peers say very hurtful things that I then correct... but that they still heard. They have to sit and have the humanity of Black people (Tom) justified. It’s hard for me to inflict that on kids I care about.

Beyond that- those are the exact conversations that teachers get in trouble for because parents claim we are calling their kids racists or saying all white  people are bad or indoctrinating them or “getting too political.” We really are damned if we do or don’t. I’d encourage you to have those conversations at home as much as possible. [/quote]

Maybe you should stop worrying about their fragility, and worry about real world issues and the things they've already been exposed to.  These kids grew up in a world where mass shootings are commonplace, and forgettable.  They aren't snowflakes that will melt if you touch them.  They aren't the naive sock-hop going students of the fifties.  They have seen, heard, discussed... a lot.  A crazier world than you can imagine.  They don't know another world.  If you're teaching seniors, Sandy Hook happened when they were around 2.  If you have freshman they could have been 7.  That shooting taught us that in America's eyes, it's ok to shoot a ton of kids.  Since then, mass shootings are commonplace and don't invoke change.  That's the world these kids are in.  You really think a class discussion, (from already disengaged kids, to boot- from how condescending and nasty you are I cannot imagine they are very participatory in your class).... you think that discussion is going to ruin them?  You aren't inflicting anything on them but knowledge, depth, insight.  [/quote]

PLEASE tell that to the parents who email me whenever I bring up anything like this. PLEASE. I truly would love for all parents to feel this way. [/quote]

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