I remember, I had a lib teacher who had no problem not keeping his ideas from the class. But one thing he did.
He made us memorize the names of all the president’s cabinet (we had a test on it), and bring in articles about them where we discussed their jobs. It made me aware for the first time of how the executive branch really worked, and that it was a living lesson, as opposed to history.
Does this mean that the teacher empowered you to make your own decisions, even as he made no attempt to disguise his own.
My most instructive college courses were with guys *just like that.* Every teacher has biases; good for them for being upfront about them. It makes it so much easier to refute them! ]
The fact that they are teaching *facts,* like the way the Executive Branch works, means that they are really *teaching,* instead of preaching. It’s even better when they give you the tools and tell you, ‘Go see what you can dig up out of history, then come back and be prepared to defend your approach!”
That led to long, happy hours in the archi9ves, reading about the Sherman Anti-Trust Act in long-out-of-print newspapers.