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Ok, it was 30 years ago, but my geography class was GEOGRAPHY. We did have certain classes that dealt with issues of the day among other things. What I remember is our teachers in those classes did not stand at the front of the class and indoctrinate us. We were presented with a topic or idea, and in discussion, we were all encouraged to speak our minds and LISTEN to each other. We weren't taught WHAT to think, so much as HOW to think....for ourselves. Ah, the good ol' days.

We weren't taught WHAT to think, so much as HOW to think....for ourselves. Ah, the good ol' days.

It is up to every parent to right the wrongs our kids pick up at school.

I made a point of asking my son about his teachers and what he was hearing in class.

Only a few times did I need to reeducate him.

When he reached 18, he registered as a Republican and I now have no worries.

I first registered as an independent and actually voted for Carter in 1976.

My son is smarter than me.......

He had a good teacher........at home.

My geography class was pretty cool. It was taught by a former Marine DI, who had lived in pretty much every continent (except Antartica)...

His primary tool for teach geography was using historical battle grounds, and why the terrain played a strategic/tactical point in the battles.

Fun and fascinating.

After listening to the whole tape....this was more of a "nation studies" class that you'd take in college. I was rather surprised that you'd be bringing this into a high school environment...and especially with 10th graders. In fact...if this is the norm...then why bother with the last two years of college? I'd say that they were already preping them and four years of university is totally unecessary.

The amusing thing to this...is that this guy actually writes that views of other students must be respected...in order to be in the class...and by his own chit-chat...he violates those rules. If I were the director of the school...I'll be scrathing my head...this guy has to go but how do I terminate him? I'm betting that this fool wants to stick it out and the union stands by the teacher...and the whole district probably will be asking if peer review of teachers might have to be brought in to termiante teachers in the future.

I'm sure if the dimwit was dropped off in Cuba for four weeks...he'd proabably be begging to leave at the conclusion of the "trip"...and keep his mouth shut over liberal stuff. Once you go to foreign country's and see how things run...you really come to appreciate what the US offers. I doubt if this fool has ever been anywhere much.