I'll just throw it out there and say that any teacher who is genuinely worried or apprehensive about parents listening, or participating, in their child's education is a teacher who is up to no good and can't be trusted.
There's absolutely no reason whatsoever that parents should be removed from the equation when it comes to their children's education. It's not even debatable either. Parents should always be included and encouraged to participate because they're a critical part of the process.
This guy simply doesn't want to get caught pushing his ideals on the children, and is upset that any child would get their ideals from home.
I wonder, do such teachers think that they are somehow saving these children form their parents?
Such an attitude (and I can't think what other attitude would be necessary to induce this behaviour) lays bare the proprietary attitude they have to the children under their "care".
Tessa, a 29-year-old in the Midwest who teaches 14- to 18-year-olds at a private school for students with learning impairments, says that while many of her students “simply take on the talking points and politics of their conservative parents,” this can make them especially ripe targets for full-blown radicalization and infatuation with far-right figures. “A few started listening to Joe Rogan’s podcast, which led to them reading Jordan Peterson’s books,” she says. “I think that Joe Rogan’s ideology is the biggest threat to critical thinking in the last decade.”
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Here, the problem of students radicalizing online is often compounded at a social and institutional level, with far-right views being encouraged by parents and even other teachers.
Holy shit imagine the positive impact reading JP's book would have on a teenager? Lucky little shits. Hope that lady didn't figure out how to reverse it.
I'll just throw it out there and say that any teacher who is genuinely worried or apprehensive about parents listening, or participating, in their child's education is a teacher who is up to no good and can't be trusted.
There's absolutely no reason whatsoever that parents should be removed from the equation when it comes to their children's education. It's not even debatable either. Parents should always be included and encouraged to participate because they're a critical part of the process.
This guy simply doesn't want to get caught pushing his ideals on the children, and is upset that any child would get their ideals from home.
I wonder, do such teachers think that they are somehow saving these children form their parents?
Such an attitude (and I can't think what other attitude would be necessary to induce this behaviour) lays bare the proprietary attitude they have to the children under their "care".
Yes:
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Holy shit imagine the positive impact reading JP's book would have on a teenager? Lucky little shits. Hope that lady didn't figure out how to reverse it.