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posted ago by REDMARAUDER ago by REDMARAUDER +1190 / -1

I'm one of the few teachers in a TEXAS school that would probably be labeled right wing even though my economic philosophy aligns with the French philosopher Proudhon and the American heterodox economist Henry George.

Nearly half my district moved to devote an entire week to teaching Black Lives Matter. I had to go to the district meeting and point out that their proposed curriculum violated civil rights law to get the idea scrapped & I suspect I only succeeded because the state recently put my superintendent on alert for telling people to vote for politicians who oppose school choice.

You need to make sure your child's English & Social Studies teachers know at the start of the semester you will go ham on them if they try to be partisan. I teach science - physics - so I'm mostly immune from ever having to deal with controversial topics but I've had students try to get me to talk about politics and I refuse. I want to say I'm not the exception to the rule but that's increasingly not the case.

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Inarus06 3 points ago +3 / -0

Fellow Texas teacher here. I teach music so I occasionally get to talk about the history of some of the pieces including the abject suppression of Christianity in communist Russia. Talking about the evils of socialism and communism when discussing those pieces is one of my joys. I also enjoy gently red pilling my students when they ask me about politics after school and lunch is also pretty fun. I enjoy using rhe socratic method, especially on economic and gun topics.