To: koan who wrote (201010 ) 9/11/2012 6:29:54 PM From: epicure Read Replies (2) | Respond to I teach English. I don't think of it as having a liberal or conservative philosophy, and it's not my job to impart that, imo. I am here to teach English- reading, writing, grammar, technology. While I have a personal philosophy, and while I am an example of that philosophy- by my habits, and actions, and work ethic, etc- I'm not hired to try to make conservatives in to liberals, nor would I sign up for that job. Ick! School should be a place where all parents feel safe to send their children to learn the core requirements, without fear that beliefs which are important to the parents are threatened. As you know, I think most beliefs are sheer lunacy, but it's still none of my business to disabuse the children of the lunatics. Lunatics have every right to raise other lunatics- and whether they want to worship Thor, or a Wiccan Priestess, Allah or Jehovah- I don't care, nor do I care whether they kneel at the alter of right or left. It would probably be more of an issue if I taught modern history, but I don't, and I would not want to. My subject can be fairly non-political.
