Inappriopriate Impositions

Politics have been a main focus in our nation in the last couple of years as we were preparing for the most recent election. So what better time for teachers to get their students educated on the matter than right now? Going over both the promises and arguments of each political parties' candidates and the changes that they could each potentially bring is essential to the learning process. But what is most unnacceptaple is the imposition of the teacher's personal opinions being put on the students. As most students are not yet educated enough on politics to form their own concrete views, it seems rediculous that a teacher, someone that students look up to, would express their favor for one political party over the other. (Luckily, my American Studies teachers are so amazing and would never do anything of the sort!) The line has most certainly been crossed when a teacher goes as far as to ridicule a student for their opinions that are opposite of those of the teachers. It is one thing when politics is being discussed in an english or history class but when it is being discussed in a second language class and not even in the language that is being learned , then there is a stretch. Becuase as students, we are like sponges, it is in our best interest to not be surrounded with the opinons of older, wiser and more educated adults who find it necessary to push their strong views on us. It is the job of the teachers to teach students how to form opinons not to be forced into taking-on other opinons.