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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think it depends on the age of the child.  The younger the child the probability there is less chastising. My child attended a school with children from a highly recognizable person from the past administration.  The kids of this person were young, so no issues arose.  I bet if the kids were older there would have been all kinds of problems.  [/quote]
I'm particularly wondering about grandchildren/teenage children of a certain past president. The oldest grandchildren are definitely old enough to have current events discussed in school. What is it like for those grandchildren? Are they being kept in a bubble by their parents/parents lying to them about how great their grandparent is and how awful everyone else is? Like, how do you explain an event like January 6 to those grandchildren? How is it discussed in their school?[/quote]

Trump hasn't been formally implicated so it would be unlikely and inappropriate for a teacher to host a discussion about it. In the DC area in general, partisan issues are kept out of the classroom. Its possible to have a nonpartisan discussion of current events.[/quote]

Wait, are you saying it would be "inappropriate" to have a discussion in a HS classroom about what happened on 1/6?  How about the entirety of the 2000 election cycle and the lawsuits?[/quote]

It would be inappropriate to say that Trump had a role in the attack.  That hasn't yet been officially determined.  The event can be discussed in a way that would not be in any way offensive to a Trump kid by discussing the facts and what has been established in court.

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I don’t understand how anyone could discuss what the rioters were there to do in any meaningful way without ever mentioning Trump. That’s like giving a tour of Arlington National Cemetery without ever mentioning Robert E. Lee.[/quote]

While I agree - Jan 6 was a tragic avoidable event rather than a place so it is more like talking about the JonesTown Massacre without mentioning the cult leader Jim Jones …

https://www.britannica.com/event/Jonestown

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I think you’re missing the point. Without Trump, there is no January 6th insurrection, just as it’s not mere coincidence that Union soldiers were buried all over Lee’s property, right up to his mansion.[/quote]

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