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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Liberal teachers are biased, too. Except their bias is tolerated in teachers' lounges.[/quote]

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And in the classroom and in the hallways.
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You really enjoy your Fox News fantasies of teachers running through the hallways shaming straight white kids. In reality, teachers just want their students to listen, follow basic directions, and submit work on time. They don’t even have time or resources to implement their radical socialist CRT agendas!

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It's not about indoctrination.  Our kids' experience has been in the classroom with teachers showing their clear biases, siding with the majority of classmates who share their opinions, and our kids not feeling comfortable participating in the class discussions as the sole differing voice. What I especially object to is this type of thing happening in classes that shouldn't have anything to do with the subject matter being taught.[/quote]
PP -- and I'll add that Fox news is banned in our house; so no, it's not my enjoyment of Fantasy Fox.  It's my kid's more conservative values and opinions being shut down by clearly liberal teachers and not feeling comfortable participating in class discussions, even in subjects where such discussions should be taking place like history and world affairs.[/quote]

They are being shut down because "conservative" is just a euphemism for racist, sexist, and generally bigoted.  If you indoctrinated your children with a bigoted and ignorant worldview, then the whole point of school is to expose them to actual facts and good arguments.  Just calling yourself "conservative" doesn't make those views legitimate opinions that can be defended with genuine argumentation in a class discussion.  [/quote]

I'm not "conservative" and don't call myself "conservative."  As I indicated earlier, both my spouse and I are liberal. But if a child of ours has less liberal positions, just what word am I supposed to use?  Not everyone with more "traditional" or "conservative" viewpoints is a radical, ignorant alt-right racist, sexist bigot.

As for the rest of your assertion, "actual facts and good arguments" yes.  However, it is not the school's job to make sure students are indoctrinated with extreme liberal views (which I sense you consider to equate to "actual facts and good arguments"), or even with conservative views, or neutral views.  It is their job to teach objectively and factually. Part of doing that includes facilitating objective classroom discussions that include different perspectives and opinions.  Far-left liberals can be just as bigoted and ignorant as their far-right wing counterparts. As it is, our household is neither far-left nor far-right.  And even if we were, our children should not be made to feel they cannot politely and respectfully offer their views or ask questions on a topic in the classroom.[/quote]

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