Brian offers a really positive way to do something about DOPA for those folks who only have a few minutes to spare. I’ve been delaying taking action here at home — and that’s pretty much inexcusable. I’m going to fire off some letters. I hope you will, too. In fact, I’m guessing that you already have — and that I’m the one who’s dragging his feet.
Here’s a controversial topic: As teachers we have a ready audience for making political statements. Not only can we write letters to politicians and policymakers, we can encourage our students to do the same. However, if we are going to educate and not simply politicize we must be ready to accept that our students will sometimes disagree with us and therefore support opposing positions.
Andrew Pass
http://www.Pass-Ed.com/blogger.html
I have a real problem with using the classroom as a “ready audience for making political statements.” We’ve got to be really careful with the messages that we send to and through our students. We’re entrusted to provide education to everybody, and oftentimes, that means leaving some politics at the schoolhouse gate.