And, of course, other teachers with an open or suspected political perspective you disagree with.
Since whenever I try and post threads concerning news stories, they fail, I'm going to try and start a discussion that, hopefully, hasn't been brought up as a major topic of discussion.
Teachers, professors, and the likes. We gain knowledge from them, (and our Internet overlords) we gain wisdom from them, guidance, and often a sense of respect.
But what happens when your teacher/professor(s) display political perspectives that you strongly oppose, or disagree with?
I haven't kept track of all of my teachers' political ideologies, quite frankly a good lot of them haven't even bothered to share it, thankfully, but from what I've experienced, my teachers are more than often Conservative, in some form or another. If I were to estimate, out of all of the teachers who I have gotten a decent sense of political perspective on, a good eight out of ten are some form of Conservative, or Conservative leaning, as far as politics goes.
From History to Science, Literature and music, I have had far more Conservative teachers opposed to more Liberal ones.
But, it's what you make of it, and I haven't been very effected by it at all. Although many are more right-wing than myself, I don't totally disagree with them all the time. And even when I find myself in disagreement, it rarely has an effect on my performance, concentration, or sense of respect for the teacher.
You might think growing up with a good 80% of your teachers having one limited political spectrum of thought would alter one's own perspective on politics, but it has done very little to even tap upon the questioning of my own political ideas--let alone tamper with them to the point of changing viewpoints.
But speaking of thinking, what do you think about this?
Have you yourself had teachers and/or professors who had political ideologies that you disagreed with? If so, how did you respond? Were you old enough to care? Did it change your level of respect for certain teachers?
Did/do they even bother to give you a hint as to what their political leanings were/are?
Should they be allowed to in the first place?
Does it ultimately change the cirriculum, how they teach, what they teach? Or is it virtually irrelevant?
Give me your thoughts, experiences, ideas, and concerns.
Because I'm hungry.
And fat.
