Reply #23: Clarrification (retort) [View All]

[strykerzero]

I have no opposition to anything you said in your first paragrapgh.

HOWEVER. Being a teacher is a position of honor and influence. Using the classroom as a pulpit is IMO an abuse of your influence. The minute they call another student "wrong" or insults them due to their poltical views thwey have stepped over the line.

Ex.
My history teacher called me a "stupid religious nutjob" because I used my faith to explain my view on an issue.

If I were to respond to that insult in kind, how can i be sure my "academically free" teacher wont use his freedom and lower my grade in the class?

Yes, A good teacher moderates. But they need to tread carefully so that they cannnot be viewed as intimadating their students.

@ the "depends on the grade comment"
its easy to fall back on that line. but where do you draw it? Science has shown that people develop mentally at different rates.