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Students reported her for a lesson on race. Then she taught it again.
(www.washingtonpost.com)
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A social studies teacher is not the right person to be analyzing and teaching modern persuasive writing styles. That material belongs in an English class and if you teach it in social studies you have philological fucked up.
And if the teacher said "This book is about persuasive writing style" we would not have this conversation. She specifically gave the book because it describes racism, she did not even mentioned the style (at least per article).
I want my child to learn about racism from the teacher who is trained to talk about this topic, who has specific class for that, and bring it as a part of complex social problems that exist, not from activist in literature class, who suppose to teach literature.
You're just wrong about what kinds of works a good AP Lang class should be teaching. You're wrong about what the class is, how it works, and what it intends. You're wrong about the science of education going into this. You're wrong about the cross-disciplinary nature of the lessons. You're wrong about the purpose of this book being assigned. And in that wrongness you are advocating for a world where education does a worse job teaching kinds how to navigate and be resilient in a world full of people that are going to constantly be trying to convince them to believe certain things and act certain ways.
OK, I admit, this changes my view. I read only what was posted - did not read the whole article. Well, it teaches me.
I'm shocked and impressed with your change of tone. As someone who took AP English all through highschool, I'm glad to hear you can have an open mind
When I am wrong, I am wrong. The information was missing in the original post, that created impression that she gave the book only because it is about racism, and that lead me to incorrect conclusion.