Schools in America are supposed to teach our children information that can be useful to them as adults. Teachers are supposed to have proper judgment in making assignments and not put their own personal feelings into play. That hasn’t been the case for a long time (if it ever really was at all) as can be seen by the liberal leaning of most educators, but sometimes they take it too far.
Such is the case in upstate New York where a students were asked to enhance their “persuasive writing” skills by putting themselves into the mindset of a someone loyal to Nazi Germany to write a letter that proved that Jews were evil and the source of the government’s problems.
Let’s call it what it is. There is absolutely no way that anyone in their right mind would innocently make such an assignment. Teachers, particularly “veteran” ones as this unidentified teacher has been described, realize that their assignments have effects on their students that go beyond the purpose of the assignment. Agendas are often put into play. The ability to craft the mindsets of their students gives teachers such a powerful influence over the future of the community, the country, and the world. It is during the school years that much of what a person will believe for their whole lives is set. It is then that the foundations for complex opinions are formed.
The most hopeful scenario is that the teacher was simply an absolute moron with the type of poor judgment that should never allow them to find their way into any school system. The more likely scenario is that this is a person that is trying to craft the minds of the youth to promote antisemitism. One does not ask young people to pretend that they hate Jews and then find evidence to be able to draft a letter supporting their premise without an evil agenda of their own. Even with the slim chance that this was just an innocent attempt to stretch the minds of children, one would hope that a teacher, particularly an English teacher, would have the creativity necessary to come up with an assignment that would not be as destructive.
The minds of students can be molded very easily. Taking them down a path where they must formulate reasons to hate any group of people can have the effect of making their assignment turn into a reality. If the teacher didn’t know this, they need to work the drive-thru somewhere instead of trying to teach children English. If the teacher did know this, then he/she is a danger to society because it demonstrates a desire to spread hate. With the desire to spread hate comes the potential for deadly actions.
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