Should a language arts and literature teacher disable kids from writing about hunting?
by admin on Wednesday, November 23rd, 2011 | 4 Comments
So my class got a new teacher and she asked us to not write about hunting and violence related to that because it makes her sad for the poor animals out there. Do you think it is OK for her to say those views she has????
No, her job is to teach you not to reflect her views on things. We all have things we don’t like, but as teacher she needs to respect others views and look at the work from a literature point of view. It is one thing to say her view, it is another to force them upon you and stop you writing about them (and possibly reading as well)
There are many books out there which are studied in schools and colleges. She can’t avoid them because of her views as you need to learn about them
i think it’s okay for her to say any views she has. It’s also okay for you to as well.
Besides a very few select topics, teachers need to be totally neutral about things that are considered controversy. For this exact reason.
As a black person I find the slavery and the civil war very painful eras in American History, but as a history teacher I can’t say “we are going to skip slavery and the Civil War because it makes me sad.”
No. Her job is to teach you how to write and how to understand literature. Her job is NOT to limit the type of stories you read or the type of stories you write. Someone needs to talk to your teacher, because she doesn’t have a very clear idea of what her role is. It’s OK for her to speak her views, but not to impose them on you. This is a free country……