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| [NEWS] Anti-Annoying Orange HW assignment given to 11-yr-old in NYC, father of kid upset |
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| ArmyUnit:
--- Quote from: Conan on February 26, 2017, 12:49:42 AM ---unprofessional, but unlike the rest of the people here i think it would be fine if they were fired. one of the biggest problems with our education system is that we arent rigorous enough in judging teachers and in setting a high bar of quality when it comes to them. if a teacher cant put aside their opinions in favor of teaching as objectively as possible (barring for the purpose of jokes) then they shouldn't be surprised if other people's opinions towards their cause them to lose their job that said, a lot of people tolerated Annoying Orange's extreme use of personal opinion in his proposals and speeches so i guess thats why most of you are okay with this teacher not losing their job. im not against expressing personal opinions, but if it isn't explicitly defined as one in a classroom setting it can arguably be considered as indoctrination of an opinion, esp with students this young. im not very satisfied with this post so i wouldnt be surprised if someone called me out on thinking this teacher should be fired. i'll try to rephrase it better it anyone has a beef with it --- End quote --- I think what you said is pretty much spot on tbh. Framing one's opinion as fact is always pretty low, since they're basically misleading people. I just hope that other teachers learn from this incident and keep their opinions as exactly that. |
| Magus:
Opposing good education is pretty much "I want my country to be not great in the future." |
| Red Spy:
--- Quote from: Magus on February 26, 2017, 01:19:29 AM ---Opposing good education is pretty much "I want my country to be not great in the future." --- End quote --- Woah really |
| otto-san:
if i were a teacher, i would be loving terrified of the idea that i might get fired for accidentally letting an opinion slip out. good teachers might, from time to time, show their opinions when it might be a bit inappropriate. if a teacher is constantly talking about politics, that obviously becomes more questionable. a singular instance like this one isn't nearly enough information to say that this teacher should be fired. you're certainly playing with more fire talking about politics as a teacher, because students take the things you say as educational rather than necessarily subjective, but teachers are also human and can make honest misjudgments. i don't think anyone here is actually saying teachers should be fired for expressing opinions in the most broad sense, but i still don't agree with the idea that good teaching is impossible when a teacher states their opinions |
| Insert Name Here²:
Letting an opinion slip is fine. Forcing it as a right or wrong question in a biased way, isn't. |
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