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Old Mar 7, 2007 | 08:45 AM
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Originally Posted by Tark
But It is up to the schools to teach the differences between both. Just beacause they are teaching sopmething different doesn't mean they are forcing a point of view upon the children...
I agree, much like teaching the difference between Creationism vs Evolution. However, as states in the article, they went past teaching the difference and applied value judgments:

These assumptions "mirrored those of a class-based, capitalist society -- a society that we teachers believe to be unjust and oppressive."

key words: "we teachers believe".


The first thing a teacher should know is that it doesn't matter what they believe. They're not instructed to teach what they believe...at least not in public primary school.