STORY HERE: My student wore a DU shirt!

[GOPBasher]

Okay, this shit is funny. Earlier this year, a student of mine in my High School Physics class saw my computer and noticed the minimized window with DU on it. Ever since then, he and a few other students give my crap about it. They say things like, "You didn't grade our quizzes yet? Were you chatting on DU all night?" It's all in good fun. Anyway, today, a student in another class, Advanced Placement Physics, college level, came in and, without saying a word, sat down with a Democratic Underground t-shirt on. I'm assuing he talked to one of the students in the Regular level class, or something like that. We all got a kick out of it. Everyone knows my politics, so it was pretty funny.

Damn me! I can get fired for being too partisan in class, where we're supposed to be neutral. I can't help talking about my politics when I hear students talking about it, though. So they always know where I stand. And then I just had to have that window minimized, so I was "caught." Shit. Oh well. :evilgrin:

Come to think of it, there are right wing social studies teachers that spread their bullshit all day to their students. I guess I can do the same, then, can't I? It's not fascist nation quite yet.

[ClassWarrior]

1. Ask the kid with the t-shirt what his username is.

<LOL>

NGU.

[GOPBasher]

2. LOL I did. He said it's "freedomfighter1116," but there's no such thing.

He always could be, though. After the elections he referred to the 60,000,000 Bush voters as "retards."

[liberal N proud]

3. My daughter's Government class has 2 teacher

One repuke and one Democrat.
She says it get quite interesting some times when the two of them go at it.
I think it is an excellent education for these kids, if the teachers keep it civilized.

[GOPBasher]

4. That's true, but kids in my class only get my view.

:evilgrin:

But of course, they get the right wing shit from the SS department.

That's cool about your kid, though.

[Aristus]

5. I hope you don't get in trouble, but I'm thrilled for you.

I get plenty of right-wing patients who come in to spew their crap with my boss, who despite being a repuke, is actually kind, funny and a good employer.

So when I get a liberal or progressive patient, it just makes my day. I'm happy for you that you have liberal students. :-)

[GOPBasher]

7. Thanks! I'm happy too that some kids think for themselves. :-) n/t

[tsakshaug]

6. I used to

yell opposing viewpoints across the hallway into the right wing current events teacher's class

[GOPBasher]

8. LMAO! That's hilarious!

:rofl:

[tsakshaug]

16. gave my chem students

a change of pace.

[Misunderestimator]

9. That's where "auto-hide" comes in handy...

;)

[GOPBasher]

10. Do'h!!! Why didn't I think of that?

x( :shrug:

[Bouncy Ball]

11. Last year, my students kept asking me what party I belonged to,

who I favored in the election and I wouldn't tell them. These were middle school kids and I didn't want any kid who liked bush to feel they couldn't say anything in class.

So I kept it under wraps, but they are SMART. It was a literature class, so we would read all kinds of different short stories and novels and have discussions about the issues brought up in the literature and finally, around Christmas (this was LAST school year) one of my Pre-AP kids said "You're a Democrat." Just like that. The other students immediately asked him why he thought so and he whipped out a piece of paper he had been TAKING NOTES ON with my comments on different issues in the literature.

He read from it and pointed out that I believed in helping the poor, I believed people should have access to medical care, no matter what their income, he mentioned the fact that I "griped about fascism" (his words, which cracked me up) during our study of the Diary of Anne Frank, etc.

Once he read all these notes, I said "Would that you took such detailed notes on literary terms and devices, you'd have aced that last test." He laughed.

Anyway, the other kids started blurting out "YEP! She is!" Who says people don't know what Democrats stand for? A 13 year old nailed my party affiliation based on my comments about the poor, healthcare and my complete distaste for fascism (to make an understatement). There were other comments he listed, too, but I can't remember them now.

I didn't fess up to it, but I just smiled and went on. They were satisfied with feeling they knew and they told my other students. I never admitted or denied it. And I did issue a disclaimer that I didn't want any kid to feel uncomfortable expressing their point of view, whether or not I agreed.

[Bouncy Ball]

12. Oh I also meant to add,

this school year, my daughter and her classmates wanted to know who their GT teacher was voting for. They were having debates, speeches and a mock election, but she said "I'm not telling anyone until AFTER the election."

I thought that was smart. She didn't want to be an influence either way.

She revealed herself to be a Kerry voter shortly after the election and my daughter came home and said "I KNEW she was my smartest teacher!"

[GOPBasher]

13. That's awesome!

You do what you're supposed to do. I'm not supposed to let kids know my politics, but I just can't help it sometimes.

What a smart kid to guess your party affiliation based on some comments you made. It shows there's hope. :-)

[Bouncy Ball]

14. Well, his mother is a Democrat, too.

So I guess it WAS kind of easy for him. She's confined to a wheelchair and has no health insurance. :-(

[GOPBasher]

15. That's so sad.

45 million people in the country have no health insurance, and people keep voting Republican to "protect us from gays, hollywood liberals and homosexual hollywood liberals." :sigh: :banghead: