“Nonetheless, I sometimes felt like I was the only teacher in the world who wasn’t filling the kids brains with climate change propaganda.”
Years ago in 6th grade my daughter was arguing against the climate warming discussion. I guess it got a bit heated. The teacher brought us in and told us that he was worried that the other kids would tease her, and that she shouldn’t be so vocal about her views. He didn’t say that her views were wrong, he was just concerned about her. (He was a good guy and we helped out quite a bit in his class and field trips.)
I laughed. “Oh she can take of herself!”
A few weeks later for her science project she did a study and a couple of poster boards showing the climate warming farce for what it is!
The teacher gave her an A.
Great story! Teachers have to step carefully so I can see where he was coming from.