...And on Hitler, no less! Over before it's begun. I posted about this on another thread, but for those of you that are uniformed, here is the synopsis. A teacher in Aurora, CO compared some of the propaganda terminlogy (my label, not his) used by Hitler and Bush in his social studies class. A student recorded it, took it to a local radio station, and now the teacher is on administrative leave until the school can determine if he violated a policy requiring that every point of view be balanced by an opposing one when presented to students.
Upon reading this, I became truly worried. The SO is studying to become a Social Studies teacher, and it is truly sobering to see that children can't be challenged to think critically about propaganda, jingoism, and other political mechanisms and machinery without it being considered an affront to the very democracy that affords us these rights.
Fixed to reflect a previously unknown Aurora.
Edited, Tue Mar 7 15:17:42 2006 by Atomicflea