I do use FR in some of my classes - or rather, material gathered from it. But I’m always careful because I don’t want to be one of those teachers who tries to get their students to follow a particular political line. There’s far too many teachers on the left doing that. I won’t be part of that.
It’s my job to teach kids how to think - not what to think. That doesn’t mean steering clear of politics, far from it, but it does mean being careful.
With my oldest students (17 year olds typically) I’m a lot more open about what I think about issues, but that’s only because by that stage, I have done my best to make sure they will argue with me if they disagree and that they are equipped to do so. But I don’t have any of those in detention today - mostly 14 and 15 year olds and a couple of 16 year olds.
You are a good man.