Reply #135: What does this have to do with censorship? [View All]

[pnwmom]

The students aren't being censored. The student in the OP was uncomfortable at having to write the essay.

The teacher is being criticized for assigning the topic, without explaining to the parents, or even the students, what the purpose of the essay was. This took place in the first week of 9th grade! In a brand new school, with a brand new teacher (who doesn't know the students individually at all) a class of 14 year olds are asked to imagine themselves as terrorists and to write their terrorist plans.

This is not the way to begin 9th grade. This teacher showed extremely poor judgment. I'm against censorship, but I'm also against stupidity.