When looking at this topic the thing that first comes to my mind is politics. There is a lot of debate around teachers expressing political views to students. While learning about politics in grade 10, I remember our teacher asking us which party we think we would vote for if we were old enough but refused to tell us which party he would vote for. I understand his decision not to tell us this as politics can be a very touchy subject, maybe not for us as students, but for our parents. People are very sensitive about their political views (especially in our conservative dominated province) so it could’ve caused a bunch of issues if parents believed our teacher was influencing our political opinions. I think teachers must be careful to teach students what is wrong and what’s right without bringing politics into it. Many issues like the oil pipelines, sex ed, etc may be touchy subjects for students parents and have to be approached carefully.
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