Posted on 11/07/2014 3:06:33 PM PST by CharlotteVRWC
Freeper help needed. My daughter is a Freshman in a Catholic High School. World History teacher is obviously a Democrat by her statements in class promoting Obamacare, and the fact that the economy has 'greatly improved' under this administration.
My daughter is becoming 'ill at ease' and in her words is tuning out some of the bias statements being made
I plan to email the principal this weekend, and could use some Freeper input in help with wording for my letter inquiring about their 'policies', and my concern about bias in the classroom (without making my daughter a 'target').
Thanks for any help in this.
If she becomes a target ... pull her out, quit your job and home school her.
can the class be taped? Having voice evidence is good cause the teacher may deny it.
For example, you might start by saying “My daughter very much values the education she is receiving at -— High School. However, she has a concern with her History class.”
Then try to make a case against the course material, not against the teacher personally.
Which economy was that again....thats improved so greatly?
My advice tell your child not to OPENLY make fun of this moron...
all he has is his or her pride...
Totally agree. Calling the teacher a moronic Obamabot won’t get you too far.
I did tell my daughter to try to tape anything if she could.
I really can’t quit work and homeschool at this time. I have to avoid the public schools because they are terrible in this area.
I found the principal at my daughter’s Catholic school to be very responsive to concerns I had with a teacher, and it turned out I wasn’t the first in his office that week about it.
Since it is a Catholic school, I would bring up the Church’s position on Obamacare.
Right up front, tell him that you realize your daughter might become a target, and if that happens you will take corrective measures. To a lib that sounds like a beatdown coming...
Thanks for your input,,,sounds like a good way to start my letter.
Thanks for your input,,,sounds like a good way to start my letter.
If the teacher thinks the economy has greatly improved, she’s beyond help.
As a public school teacher, I would say little will get done and you might even get minor backlash - if it is simply a difference of opinion. If, however, the teacher is belittling or mocking the opinions of your student, action may be taken.
With a private school, however, I suspect you won’t get much traction unless there is a consensus amongst the parents that the instructor’s opinion is negative to the student body.
I am, and have always been, the “conservative” teacher on my campus, and students actively search me out to talk about politics and history in a conservative light. There are always going to be liberals as well, and many of them are history teachers.
World history is a tough course to teach because there is so much material to cover. If the teacher is diverting time to talk about current events, she will fall behind and not cover her curriculum.
Is it an independant Catholic school or Archdiocene?
...you might start by saying “My daughter very much values the education she is receiving at -— High School. However, I have a concern with her History class.”
By the way, are there other parents that feel as you do? There is certainly strength in numbers.
Is your daughter up to the task of gently taking the teacher on, with subtle questions asked at regular intervals throughout the week that question the teachers assertions in a non-confrontational but nevertheless meaningful way?
It’s a big task, I know. But if she’s up to it, it might end up being one of the best educational experiences of her young life.
Housing bubble was caused by years of democrats insisting the poor (and in many cases ineligible for loans) be given loans. (See Community Reinvestment Act, which each president added too, resulting in banks being forced to make bad loans) Dems want to blame banks and savings and loans for making bad loans, but the government (since Carter) caused this. It happened to crash at the end of Bush years, but was not his fault anymore than the tighter loan climate was obamas. The banks had to for their own well being.
Economy in the tank so ANY uptick is claimed as obamas great economy. When you get knocked down, getting onto your knees is better than being flat, but still not where you started.
The unemployment numbers the dems keep waving around look good, until you consider what they were before the crash. 4.4% with many manufacturing and full time jobs that are now gone..... many quit looking for a job or took two part time jobs - so the current numbers aren't reflective of real story. I understand it is dicey - hoping not to upset a teacher and have her retaliate on your child, but if she responds rudely to your daughter it is worth a meeting with her in the principals office to make sure she assures you that her personal feelings will not reflect on your daughters grade or how she is treated in class. The teacher having to agree to that in front of her boss will keep her in line.
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