Comments on: People in the margins http://snowedin.net/blog/2007/04/13/people-in-the-margins/ Fri, 30 Jul 2010 19:05:58 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: mel http://snowedin.net/blog/2007/04/13/people-in-the-margins/comment-page-1/#comment-614 mel Mon, 16 Apr 2007 21:04:24 +0000 http://snowedin.net/blog/index.php/2007/04/13/people-in-the-margins/#comment-614 I wonder if that became a political statement at the same time that acknowledging our fault in global warming became an admission of one's own leftist politics. I wonder if that became a political statement at the same time that acknowledging our fault in global warming became an admission of one’s own leftist politics.

]]> By: erik http://snowedin.net/blog/2007/04/13/people-in-the-margins/comment-page-1/#comment-612 erik Sat, 14 Apr 2007 22:28:32 +0000 http://snowedin.net/blog/index.php/2007/04/13/people-in-the-margins/#comment-612 Hey Mel! It's something I've thought about, and I think it'd be a pretty fulfilling job for me. You're probably right that a lot of schools want people to be apolitical. But I'd want to work for a school that felt that racism and sexism were intolerable and wanted to have a curriculum that taught kids to fight against them. So I guess that means finding a school that shares my politics? Still, I kind of feel like saying things like "all races deserve representation in history" shouldn't be considered a political statement, but rather just good old fashioned decency. Hey Mel!

It’s something I’ve thought about, and I think it’d be a pretty fulfilling job for me. You’re probably right that a lot of schools want people to be apolitical. But I’d want to work for a school that felt that racism and sexism were intolerable and wanted to have a curriculum that taught kids to fight against them.

So I guess that means finding a school that shares my politics?

Still, I kind of feel like saying things like “all races deserve representation in history” shouldn’t be considered a political statement, but rather just good old fashioned decency.

]]> By: Mel http://snowedin.net/blog/2007/04/13/people-in-the-margins/comment-page-1/#comment-613 Mel Sat, 14 Apr 2007 17:18:38 +0000 http://snowedin.net/blog/index.php/2007/04/13/people-in-the-margins/#comment-613 You're going to be a high school teacher?? I think your comment was tongue-in-cheek, but I just wanted to respond anyway. Many teachers in general these days are strongly urged to be apolitical. This comes from the crazy rumor that those leftist, liberal teachers are indoctrinating good right-wing kids from kindergarten onwards. Thus the policing at UMD to make sure we were all teaching rhetoric without ever stating our own political beliefs. You’re going to be a high school teacher?? I think your comment was tongue-in-cheek, but I just wanted to respond anyway. Many teachers in general these days are strongly urged to be apolitical. This comes from the crazy rumor that those leftist, liberal teachers are indoctrinating good right-wing kids from kindergarten onwards. Thus the policing at UMD to make sure we were all teaching rhetoric without ever stating our own political beliefs.

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