[etni] ETNI and politics
- From: Bari Nirenberg <bnirenberg@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: etni <etni@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 28 Aug 2005 22:31:19 +0200
I feel very uncomfortable about this list being used as a forum to
express political views and even more uncomfortable about the fact
that teachers plan to go into the classroom and talk about an issue
using words like "immoral" and "brutal", call the prime minister
"someone who doesn't keep his promises" (which is pretty much the same
as calling him a liar) and at the same time claim that they are not
expressing their own opinions. I don't think it's our responsibility
to open our students' eyes to the truth as we see it. Instead, we
should encourage them to think freely and develop their own ideas and
opinions. If you feel really strongly about a particular issue, then
it's almost impossible to do this and maybe it's better that you not
talk about it at all in the classroom.
And just in case someone wants to claim that those statements were
only made to the list and were not intended for the classroom, I'd
like to say that I don't think politics have anything to do with
English teaching (unless the issues themselves concern education and
teachers) and therefore, ETNI is not the place to discuss politics.
Bari
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