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I would like to sport a "Defeat Bush" type bumper sticker on my truck (I'm not quite ready for a pro-Kerry message, but I'm ABB and that doesn't include Ralphie).
As it happens, my classroom, a portable, is on the South forty of our school's grounds, and I can park my truck about ten feet away from the portable's front door, off an alley which is used by my students' parents for pick up and drop off. The truck is bright yellow and easy to spot, and, because I drive on our many field trips, the kids will know the truck is mine.
So, if I put the bumper sticker on the truck, the kids and their parents will know my political leanings. I pride myself on putting up an impartial front in the classroom as we learn about this country and think it's especially important to appear impartial this election year. I teach fifth grade - I don't think my impartiality would matter as much if I taught less impressionable, more independent older students.
What would you do in my situation? Bumper sticker or not?
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