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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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Saltyminer11 1 point ago +1 / -0

When our schools didt go back in due to covid i put them in a private Christian school. I have discovered more and more about the ridiculous curriculum and have made the commitment that they will never see the inside of a public school. Private school will cost me a mint, but I feel I have no choice if I want to keep working and I have to. Quality private education is the best option for me. Its worth it if it inoculated them from the idiocy coming out of our schools.