Anonymous
Post 01/28/2025 14:18     Subject: DCPS teacher sharing conspiracy theories with students
Oh my. Definitely talk to the Principal. It's not appropriate for the teacher to talk about this in class.
Anonymous
Post 01/28/2025 14:11     Subject: DCPS teacher sharing conspiracy theories with students
Anonymous wrote:I would teach my kid that all humans have opinions and that teachers are humans.


Do you extend this to teaching your kids that bigotry is ok because all people have opinions?
Anonymous
Post 01/28/2025 14:08     Subject: DCPS teacher sharing conspiracy theories with students
Anonymous wrote:Your kid is a chatterbox. I wouldn't know what mine does at school unless they are in trouble.
Wouldn't bother me one bit as it is an opinion.


Just because you're a highly uninvolved parent doesn't mean it's good or that everyone is.

My child trusts his teachers and I would have a problem with any teacher spreading this kind of nonsense. It goes beyond "an opinion."

Anonymous
Post 01/28/2025 14:05     Subject: DCPS teacher sharing conspiracy theories with students
Anonymous wrote:Please do something besides post on a public forum - clarify with the teacher, maybe your kid heard wrong and if not please report to the principal.


Agree, perhaps the teacher was referencing the headline from the other day that the virus likely originated from a Chinese lab.
https://apnews.com/article/covid-cia-trump-china-pandemic-lab-leak-9ab7e84c626fed68ca13c8d2e453dde1
Anonymous
Post 01/28/2025 13:35     Subject: DCPS teacher sharing conspiracy theories with students
Please do something besides post on a public forum - clarify with the teacher, maybe your kid heard wrong and if not please report to the principal.
Anonymous
Post 01/28/2025 13:19     Subject: DCPS teacher sharing conspiracy theories with students
Anonymous wrote:My DS told me some of the things his teacher has said to the class that is really appalling, like Covid was a hoax. I'm really considering talking to the prinicpal about this. Has anyone on this forum encountered anything like this and what did you do?


Yes, A PE teacher at our HS.
Anonymous
Post 01/28/2025 13:13     Subject: DCPS teacher sharing conspiracy theories with students
Anonymous wrote:My DS told me some of the things his teacher has said to the class that is really appalling, like Covid was a hoax. I'm really considering talking to the prinicpal about this. Has anyone on this forum encountered anything like this and what did you do?


Interesting, our school also had a (2nd grade) teacher who tells the kids a lot of questionable things (and they often just take it all in, because they are kids). She's young and I feel is someone who is mainlining social media apps.
Anonymous
Post 01/28/2025 13:04     Subject: DCPS teacher sharing conspiracy theories with students
Your kid is a chatterbox. I wouldn't know what mine does at school unless they are in trouble.
Wouldn't bother me one bit as it is an opinion.
Anonymous
Post 01/28/2025 11:56     Subject: DCPS teacher sharing conspiracy theories with students
I would speak with the teacher first, to confirm that they said what your child is reporting and register your concern. See what response you get. If not satisfactory, go to the principal.
Anonymous
Post 01/28/2025 11:45     Subject: DCPS teacher sharing conspiracy theories with students
Almost as bad as sharing rumors anonymously on a site filled with of splenetic parents.
Anonymous
Post 01/28/2025 11:40     Subject: DCPS teacher sharing conspiracy theories with students
Anonymous wrote:I would teach my kid that all humans have opinions and that teachers are humans.


That is good advice for a different situation where opinions are being shared. This is a teacher teaching a class of students misinformation.
Anonymous
Post 01/28/2025 11:35     Subject: DCPS teacher sharing conspiracy theories with students
Anonymous wrote:I would teach my kid that all humans have opinions and that teachers are humans.


An opinion is "I like orange more than yellow."

facts are facts.
Anonymous
Post 01/28/2025 11:17     Subject: DCPS teacher sharing conspiracy theories with students
I would teach my kid that all humans have opinions and that teachers are humans.
Anonymous
Post 01/28/2025 11:02     Subject: DCPS teacher sharing conspiracy theories with students
Anonymous wrote:My DS told me some of the things his teacher has said to the class that is really appalling, like Covid was a hoax. I'm really considering talking to the prinicpal about this. Has anyone on this forum encountered anything like this and what did you do?


I don't have experience but if your kids teacher is calling COVID a hoax you definitely should bring it up with the principal.
Anonymous
Post 01/28/2025 10:47     Subject: DCPS teacher sharing conspiracy theories with students
My DS told me some of the things his teacher has said to the class that is really appalling, like Covid was a hoax. I'm really considering talking to the prinicpal about this. Has anyone on this forum encountered anything like this and what did you do?