"...By expressing my views to my college professors and my fellow, (almost teacher) students"
I applaud your bravery...it can be a lonely and frustrating task having been through it.
Remember however, that teachers are not the sole guardians of society's morality or knowledge. Every member of society is protected by our constitutional rights and that includes the bus driver who simply announced her views and told the kids to relay the info to their parents. Most teachers in their arrogance would never think to tell the kids to do that. They are protected by tenure, by left wing unions, and by the misplaced respect that generations have had for teachers.
I truly hope you can survive the political correctness of public education once you do your practice teaching. If you manage to survive that by hook and by crook, you may have chance to infiltrate academia.
I did, and have been undermining left wing propaganda to thousands of college students over the last 20+ years.
Great, now you sound like Hillary Clinton in It Takes a Village to Raise a Child
Will you be getting a cut of the proceeds from Hillary's book?
I don't think embryonic stem cell research is an appropriate topic to discuss with elementary school students. I'd have no problem if they were high schoolers, however.
IMO, this isn't a freedom of speech issue, it's a judgement issue.
You must have had a really bad experience in academia if you are sure that most teachers are arrogant and not deserving of any respect.
Why are you lecturing me about teachers? I am an adult person with children who have been in schools for years. Certainly, I know that teachers do not hold all the knowledge in the universe. Luckily, I also recognize that posters to message boards don't either. Neither does Mel Gibson.
The bus driver does NOT have the Constitutional right to say anything she wishes to other people's children. No matter how fervently held her belief, she cannot do it without risking her job.