A few changes have been made to my earlier post about this subject to fine tune the message:
Teachers are paid by the 'public' or by parents through tuition, books, and boarding costs, OR by government loans (taxpayer money) and grants (taxpayer money). Plus, name me a college or university that gets NO government assistance (which is through taxes) for research, professorship studies, campus improvements, etc etc. Colleges and universities don't print their own money. They get their money by 'charging' for services. And, whoever pays for those services, are the people teachers work for. Just like me, paychecks are paid by somebody else with the money to put into them. WHOEVER puts money in the bank so your paycheck won't bounce, is who you FRIGGIN' WORK FOR. Even though I answer to my supervisor and to his supervisor and that person's supervisor, all the way up to the CEO, none of them put the money in the bank to cover my paycheck. So, when it comes to 'teachers', on ANY level, in some form or fashion, their paycheck comes from 'we the people'. Everybody has a boss but God. Now, these 'funds' come from a broad spectrum of people. White people, black people, latino people, asian people...they all pay into the kitty. We come from different backgrounds, have different beliefs, different cultural habits, different political stances, etc. We are Christian, Buddhist, Taoist, Hindu, Muslim, atheist, agnostic et al. We are straight and gay. We are married or single. Many of us have children, and some don't. We are blue collar, white collar and then there are those who just suck off the system. Nevertheless, the point I'm making is that you can't cookie-cut and say this is what the American 'fund provider' looks like, acts like, and believes like. The varieties of 'fund' providers that are out there are limitless.
So, for some odd, inexplainable reason...there are teachers out there who feel like it is their duty to bring their own personal political, religious and cultural views into the classroom to exploit their position and power over students to indoctrinate them to their views. Or, they intentionally warp the syllabus to meet their own agenda and stop becoming a teacher; transforming themselves into some kind of saviour of truth. These are teachers we don't need as a society. They should be shown the door. Permanently.
For example, I can't walk into a meeting concerning a highly technological subsea device and say, "Today, we will not pay any attention to API Standards, ISO Standards or any recommended practices by the industry at large. Today, we make our equipment out of tongue depressors." No, I have to abide by the rules and regulations of my industry and can't bring my OWN personal belief system into the equation. Lives are stake. And no less so are lives at stake in a classroom. It isn't life and death, but it is the shaping of a life's mind that is, and it is no less important. But, teachers don't have the right to shape that mind according to their own personal beliefs or political persuasion. Like me, they should have to stick with the program, whether they think it's good or bad. Otherwise, they should go to work for a fast food joint and keep their mouths shut. There are many teachers out there who think they aren't answerable to anyone.
The Florida Atlantic University instructor who asked students to step on the word “Jesus” has been placed on administrative leave on the same day that the high school teacher in South Carolina who stomped on an American flag in front of his students way back in December finally resigned. Why is that? Because these two conveniently forgot about all the differences that exist within the 'fund' provider base that pays their salary. As a lot of teachers these days, they mounted their white horses of 'I'm Better Than You' and 'I Know More Than You' and charged where even angels may fear to tread. There isn't enough room on this blog to mention how many other errant teachers are out there that have made the news lately. One was teaching that 9/11 was our fault. Another was teaching that terrorists are freedom fighters. It goes on and on.
There are many 'fund' providers out there who are Christian. They don't pay for their children to be told they have to stomp on the name of their deity. They pay for their children to be educated apart from that teacher's slanted view on things religious. There are many 'fund' providers out there who are patriotic and who love this country and everything it stands for...right or wrong. They pay for their children to be educated apart from that teacher's slanted view on things national.
I can't help but chuckle to myself when I read about 'educators' going off on some kind of anti-Christian or anti-Jesus rant like this person at FAU. They aren't so tough. If they were, then at times they might demand their students write the name of Muhammed on a piece of paper and stomp on that. How do you think that would go over? No, I don't think anybody...no matter how insane...would want nearly a billion muslims reading the latest fatwa about it being their duty to kill you the first chance they got. My advice to this 'teacher' at FAU is next time tell your students to write the name of every prophet, every god and every religion on a piece of paper and stomp on THAT. If you're going to insult somebody...go all the way, you gutless worm.
My message to teachers would be this. Teach your reading, writing and arithmetic. In civics, teach how our government is run. In history, don't re-write it to your personal pleasure....just teach it. But, leave your personal, liberal, god-hatin', religious hatin', country hatin', capitalist hatin' crap at the house. We, the 'fund' providers, don't want you teaching your values (or lack thereof) to our children. That's a parent's job. And if you don't think the parents are doing a good job? Keep quiet about it in the classroom...because that's not any of your business.
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