托福写作高分：教师是否应该把自己关于政治或社会的观点带入课堂

1. I don’t see why teachers shouldn’t give their own political or social opinion in class as long as they allow opposing voices to be heard. After all, the First Amendment ensures their freedom of speech. And keep in mind that the “Monkey Trial”defendant, John Scopes (Please refer to the list of examples in Chapter 6) was never really punished for teaching Darwinism in class. The court ruling against him was overturned afterwards.

2. Such subjectivity in teachers’lectures, even when it's flawed, can lend a human touch to their classes and help students better understand that teachers are not rally supermen or superwomen, but some people they can relate to, which will surely make them teachers more approachable to students.

3. On the other hand, I would say if a teacher uses his/her class as a platform to promote his/her own political or even religious pursuits, to impose his/her own social belief on the students, or to make the class a process of ideological indoctrination instead of just sharing his/her interesting thoughts about current events with students, then the school administrators and parents should remind him/her immediately that he/she should stick to the curriculum and stop brainwashing the kids.

4. We all agree that teachers are just humans. Their own views on politics or social issues and may be unconvincing or even

biased. But simply because of their special status ------ the authority figures who give lectures to the kids rather than individuals who are on an equal footing with the kids, their opinions may carry more weight with young and impressionable students than they actually deserve. So I strongly believe teachers should stay out of political discussions in a classroom setting.