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Interesting that Milk has been brought up. I actually taught sections about Milk in my history class. The information I conveyed to my students was his background as a gay activist and his rise to office due to the backing of the gay community. However, I pointed out that his murder was probably not motivated by his homosexuality since White targeted both Milk and Moscone. Moscone was not just "residual damage." He was specifically targeted by White and in fact upon entering the City Hall building he went directly to Moscone's office before even looking for Milk. Additionally, White was a harsh political opponent of Milk after Milk switched his vote on an issue regarding a mental health clinic. White and Milk had previously been allies on that issue and Milk withdrew his support at the final vote. It was a huge issue for White's district and after that they became political enemies.
White's decision to murder Moscone and Milk stemmed from Moscone refusing to reinstate White and Milk's political opposition. Homosexuality had nothing to do with it and in fact had Milk not changed his vote on the mental health clinic issue White probably would have further regarded him as a political ally.
And yes we discussed the Twinkie Defense.
Schools should teach facts not opinions and not the opinions of the teachers.
Main article: MosconeMilk assassinations
After his disagreement with Milk over the proposed rehab center, White frequently clashed with Milk as well as other members of the board. On November 10, 1978, White resigned his seat as supervisor.[5] The reasons he cited were his dissatisfaction with what he saw as the corrupt inner-workings of San Francisco city politics, as well as the difficulty in making a living without a police officer's or firefighter's salary, jobs he could not hold legally while serving as supervisor. White had opened a baked-potato stand at Pier 39, which failed to become profitable.[6] He reversed his resignation on November 14, 1978 after his supporters lobbied him to seek appointment from George Moscone.
Moscone initially agreed to White's request, but later refused the appointment at the urging of Milk and others. On November 27, 1978, White visited San Francisco City Hall with the later-declared intention of killing Moscone, Milk, and two other San Francisco politicians whom he also blamed for lobbying Moscone not to re-appointment him. He arrived that day by climbing through a first-floor window on the side of City Hall carrying a loaded gun and 10 rounds of ammunition. By entering the building through the window, White was able to circumvent the recently installed metal detectors. After entering Moscone's office, White pleaded to be re-instated as supervisor, but Moscone said no. White then killed Moscone by shooting him in the shoulder, chest, and twice in the head. He then walked to the other side of City Hall to Milk's office, reloaded his gun, and fatally shot Milk five times, the final two shots fired with the gun's barrel touching Milk's skull, according to the medical examiner. White then fled City Hall, turning himself in at the San Francisco's Northern Police Station where he had been a police officer. While being interviewed by investigators, White recorded a tearful confession, stating, "I just shot him."
Nothing about Milk being gay is there?
Honestly, I don't think this is appropriate.
Gay Rights or anything related to Gays should be in a politics/constitution class.
Because our constitution is made to let anyone be themselves regardless of religion, race, sex, orientation, etc.
We don't need a class to encourage people to be gay if they aren't gay.
You don't just choose your sexual orientation, you are born that way and/or more happier that way.
Of course it could be an optional class, but the wrong approach is being taken.
Schools should teach everyone to accept people for who they are, not have classes designated for groups. That will teach people to be biased.
Schools should teach facts not opinions and not the opinions of the teachers.
For the most part I would agree with you, but to some degree it depends on the subject. There are a few circumstances where opinion is actually vital. My general strategy in those situations is to present all sides of an argument and all available information and then encourage discussion / debate on the merits of each. In that way students are encouraged to reach their own opinions based upon available and reliable evidence. Unfortunately, in my experience, most teachers don't do that, especially in college where I teach. Most of them pound their angle and woe be to any student who dares challenge it.
Good professors do not indoctrinate, and simply follow, instead, critical thinking skills and present the material.
Schools should teach facts not opinions and not the opinions of the teachers.
For the most part I would agree with you, but to some degree it depends on the subject. There are a few circumstances where opinion is actually vital. My general strategy in those situations is to present all sides of an argument and all available information and then encourage discussion / debate on the merits of each. In that way students are encouraged to reach their own opinions based upon available and reliable evidence. Unfortunately, in my experience, most teachers don't do that, especially in college where I teach. Most of them pound their angle and woe be to any student who dares challenge it.
I also teach at the university level and have actually very rarely seen a professor that will even tell you their opinion on an issue of debate, let alone pound that opinion home.
Good professors do not indoctrinate, and simply follow, instead, critical thinking skills and present the material.
For the most part I would agree with you, but to some degree it depends on the subject. There are a few circumstances where opinion is actually vital. My general strategy in those situations is to present all sides of an argument and all available information and then encourage discussion / debate on the merits of each. In that way students are encouraged to reach their own opinions based upon available and reliable evidence. Unfortunately, in my experience, most teachers don't do that, especially in college where I teach. Most of them pound their angle and woe be to any student who dares challenge it.
I also teach at the university level and have actually very rarely seen a professor that will even tell you their opinion on an issue of debate, let alone pound that opinion home.
Well your experience and mine have been dramatically different. Hell I know one who tells his class right up front that arguing a conservative position will result in failure of the assignment. His point of view is that the students know his reputation and what his class is about and if they don't want to deal with it they shouldn't take his class. I will grant you that he is an extreme example but I know far more professors who bias their grading according to the degree to which the student's opinion matches their own than those who don't.
Good professors do not indoctrinate, and simply follow, instead, critical thinking skills and present the material.
That's pretty much what I did, but as the dean told me "We don't want them to think for themselves, we want them to think what we tell them to think." That's a direct quote...word for word
In addition, I'm sure that what will be taught is the fabricated PC version of gay history.
Anyone who sends their children to public school should be prosecuted for child neglect.
I have no doubt that deans at universities and directors of think tanks and executive vice-presidents at banks and so forth and so on, do indeed do that very thing.
The duty remains for us who are not ignorant to circumvent the would be masters and teach the would be subjects how to critically think....
They tell their kids "education is just a piece of paper".