They just adopted new textbooks for the English program in our high school district. My daughter is in AP English/Literature this year, which is her junior year.
One of the three texts they use in her class is a book called “Everything Is An Argument”. After she received her new books this summer, we both read it together, and it is a vile, America-is-always-wrong, Capitalism-sucks book. She is very disappointed, as she hoped she would be introduced to more advanced works of literature, not a psuedo-debate class. She is supposed to be preparing for college, but all this is teaching her is to prepare for radicalism. She is unhappy with the text, and we have a meeting scheduled with the teacher, as I want to see how she intends to present this text. I will be watching, and my daughter, who is a wonderful up-and-coming conservative, will be filling me in at every stop.
“She is supposed to be preparing for college, but all this is teaching her is to prepare for radicalism. “
That IS preparation for college today. Sadly even “conservative” schools celebrate queerdom and radicalism.
Teachers prefer to style themselves as ''professionals'', notwithstanding that they most of them belong to one or another union, willy-nilly. The point here is that they've had it both ways for far too long.
Only professionals (in most states) can be sued for malpractice. The malpractice here you are well acquainted with...you've cited it. If you have a friend who is a tort attorney, I should strongly recommend that he or she accompany you to this meeting. If your attorney friend is a man, introduce him as your brother; if a woman, introduce him as your sister -- the ''teacher'' will never know the difference. Tape recorder of course.
You may not wish to fight this fight, and that's OK. However, sooner or later, someone simply MUST. (I would, personally, but I haven't any children).
Best wishes and good luck to you and your daughter!