[ItisaReligionofPeace]

Reading the Crucible is a good idea, whether or not McCarthy ended up being correct in some of his accusations.

Tell your English teacher to teach English and to leave his personal viewpoints for another time and place.

[mg39]

Agreed, "The Crucible" is important reading.

Your teacher is wrong to foist his views on you, but this is not a capital offense. Your parents should speak with him and if that fails, the principal should be involved. Were this social studies, your teacher would be on more solid ground (especially if he let students ponder both sides of the issue) but what he's doing here is wrong.

By the way, Arthur Miller is one of our great writers. Enjoy his prose and consider the important issues he raises.

[nicmarlo]

In high school, students must read literature, i.e., novels, poetry, etc., not just learn grammer and sentence structure. This is necessary and an important part of learning how to write is by reading well-written materials.

[mvpel]

I know for a fact that McCarthy was correct in at least one of his accusations - my wife's grandmother resigned from her teaching post in the New York schools rather than testify, and she was an avowed Communist to the end of her days.

[Station 51]

Tell your English teacher to teach English and to leave his personal viewpoints for another time and place.

My wife teaches high school economics and is very conservative. Should she also be silenced about her personal views?

[Publius6961]

Tell your English teacher to teach English and to leave his personal viewpoints for another time and place.

You must admire the cleverness of having students read propaganda to analyze non-fiction.

Although I would have characterized the examples as fiction masquerading as non-fiction.