'Obama socialism' homework angers students at Kell High School (Atlanta: house, college)

[Ant131531]

'Obama socialism' homework angers students at Kell High School - CBS Atlanta 46


And people wonder why the South and it's education systems gets blasted so much. Ridiculous.

[Columbus1984]

Originally Posted by Ant131531

'Obama socialism' homework angers students at Kell High School - CBS Atlanta 46


And people wonder why the South and it's education systems gets blasted so much. Ridiculous.

Or teachers aren't afraid to teach the truth...has nothing to do with "the South". Regardless of your political views, it's worth examining different styles of government rule.

[Ant131531]

Originally Posted by Columbus1984

Or teachers aren't afraid to teach the truth...has nothing to do with "the South".

Yes, just like the teacher directing the students to go to Fox News first, which of course, is very fair and balanced!

[Columbus1984]

Originally Posted by Ant131531

Yes, just like the teacher directing the students to go to Fox News first, which of course, is very fair and balanced!

So where would you have them go to?

[Ant131531]

Originally Posted by Columbus1984

So where would you have them go to?

Find actual published pieces of work that isn't a media source? If you're going to put down media sources, why did they exclude Yahoo and MSNBC? Because they have a liberal bias? Just sayin. The propaganda is too strong. I hate when teachers and college professor include their political beliefs into their discussions.

[jsvh]

The problem is that it is a loaded question / assignment. In the question, it assumes Obama is turning this into a socialist country and asks you to seek out evidence to support it. Asking students to analyze and then draw their own conclusions would make for a great assignment. Engaging students in current events can be effective. I would actually love to make the case that Obama has done a lot more than the GOP has to move us closer to a free market economy.

[ATLTJL]

I think it's fine.

The class was probably learning about Stalin/Lenin and in order to bring history closer to life, the teacher decided to draw a comparison to current events. It's not like he went out of his way to bring up Stalin/Lenin, I wouldn't think.

It's valuable to understand that "that could never happen now" is a dangerous thought to have. Fact is, you can probably draw a lot of comparisons. Even if you can't, a correct answer could be that there aren't many similarities so long as you can back your claim up.

I think it's good that stuents are being asked to think critically. I was in college before I was asked to do that. I had a great class that was all about power. That's it, it was just about power. We compared Jesus to Hitler and Martin Luther King to Machiavelli, pretty much anybody who had achieved a great deal of power. I don't see a problem with these types of lessons.

[erick295]

That sounds like a pretty stupid assignment considering the US isn't a socialist country, but then again I wouldn't put very much faith in a teacher that directs students to Fox News and CNN to research political philosophies (or much of anything else, for that matter).

[Ant131531]

Originally Posted by ATLTJL

I think it's fine.

The class was probably learning about Stalin/Lenin and in order to bring history closer to life, the teacher decided to draw a comparison to current events. It's not like he went out of his way to bring up Stalin/Lenin, I wouldn't think.

It's valuable to understand that "that could never happen now" is a dangerous thought to have. Fact is, you can probably draw a lot of comparisons. Even if you can't, a correct answer could be that there aren't many similarities so long as you can back your claim up.

I think it's good that stuents are being asked to think critically. I was in college before I was asked to do that. I had a great class that was all about power. That's it, it was just about power. We compared Jesus to Hitler and Martin Luther King to Machiavelli, pretty much anybody who had achieved a great deal of power. I don't see a problem with these types of lessons.

Except the assignment isn't really getting the students to think critically at all. It's telling them to go to websites that have an incredible conservative bias that denotes that Obama is turning America into a socialist country, something that is looked down heavily upon in the states. As the poster above you said, it is assuming that Obama is a socialist and to make comparison and similarities to other well known socialists. It's the same idiotic conservative talking point that has been tired out for years now.

[Saintmarks]

Originally Posted by Ant131531

Except the assignment isn't really getting the students to think critically at all. It's telling them to go to websites that have an incredible conservative bias that denotes that Obama is turning America into a socialist country, something that is looked down heavily upon in the states. As the poster above you said, it is assuming that Obama is a socialist and to make comparison and similarities to other well known socialists. It's the same idiotic conservative talking point that has been tired out for years now.

Well, if it is an "idiotic talking point that is tired" then the student has the ability to disprove the assertion. Whether Fox is considered a worthy source or not, at least they are critical of the current president. In my 51 years in this country, I have never seen the pass that this current president gets from the press. A free press is paramount to the free society we have. It is like they have rolled over and given up their duty for critical analysis. Obama did not win either election by a landslide. The house is republican. A majority of states have republican governors. Yet the majority of the press are going out of their way to marginalize conservatives and pander like fawning teeny boppers at anything the man does.

Hooray for a teacher that is getting his students to think outside the box.