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Originally Posted by Red October1984
Yeah....I'm not a big fan. My previous one was one of my favorite people of all time. He would make sure you learned something no matter how far he had to go. We all pitched in and got him the Local News Channel "Best Teacher" award for the region when he retired. He kept class fun and it was always the highlight of my day.
The new lady teaches stuff that didn't happen and doesn't know what she's talking about half the time. I wish my old teacher came back. I could have a good discussion about the lesson with him. With Ms. Commie, I can tell her about something really cool and ask questions about it and she just looks at me and says "Gee. That's really cool." or "That's a really good question" and continues on teaching about Barack Obama's wonderful policy.
She won't let us talk about politics in History Class.
She won't do anything extra for the class
She teaches conspiracies
She idolizes Harry Truman and Barack Obama even though she won't admit it
Ready for the kicker?
We were talking before class about Chris Kyle's murder one day. We were talking about how Whitney Houston's drug OD was a bigger deal than an American hero's death. Houston did that to herself while Kyle was helping Veterans. The flags went half staff for Houston and everything. Obama made a statement about Houston....but not for Kyle. Kyle's death was nowhere near as big of a deal. We thought that this was ridiculous. I have more than a couple military family members. Uncles, Grandparents, Great-Grandparents, Dad was at one point, etc. This struck home.
The "Teacher" decided to jump into the conversation with, "Whitney Houston was actually important. Nobody cared about Chris Kyle. Nobody cares about soldiers like that."
I went ballistic. I told her that Houston was stupid enough to OD on drugs and Kyle was the man who went out and defended your life. He one of many that makes sure you get a safe place to live and sleep.
I could've just gotten up and left right there but I held back. I wanted to get up and smack her. Saying that nobody cares about the military and soldiers that die.
Now, very recently, she was absent and we had a substitute. When she came back, we asked her where she was. She had gone to a funeral for a friend of hers who had served several years in Iraq and had PTSD. He had committed suicide. I was >< that close to asking her if she cared about dead american heroes now. I held back on that too. Even though I have little respect for her and can't stand being in that class, I know that she's a human being and has rights, feelings, etc.
It didn't keep me from cracking a smile at the irony.
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What is so bad about Harry Truman? He got handed some of the most difficult decisions to be made in the 20th century with no previous knowledge.If you do not know what I am talking about maybe you do not know your history as well as you think you do.
Any "Commie" would idolize Franklin Delano Roosevelt over Harry Truman any day of the week.Maybe you misunderstand your teacher or perhaps she is trying to best engage her student body.If most of the kids care more about Whitney Houston she was likely talking about her to get them engaged so they would pay attention to less interesting things.If she attended the funereal of a veteran then her previous statement about know one caring about heroes was likely sarcastic dismal of the status quo (the media caring more about Houston).
You previously mentioned how you disliked her class about the Cuban Missile Crisis (though you seemed to expecting Submarine Warfare 101 not World history).It sounds to me like she has a more neutral standpoint on events while yours is from a pro American objective.There is nothing wrong with hearing more than one point of view.I cant say for sure but I have a feeling that if I sat in one of your teachers classes I would not have the same opinion that you have and trust me I am neither left nor right leaning.If she said that one Russian was very instrumental in the diplomatic resolution of the crisis that is true.I am also assuming that she may have the perspective of teaching the other sides point of view but the reason is not to say how the American view is wrong.The point of this is to show you how differing nations think and how misunderstandings and political situations in one nation can effect many.
Going ballistic is never a good reaction. You say that you want to join the military at some point you will find military life very challenging if you have abrasive relationships with people that you disagree with and you will not see eye to eye with everyone in the military or officers appointed over you but you must still respect their rank and orders.Generally speaking it is disrespectful to question a teachers instruction when they are in the middle of a lesson.Doing that is not going to help your situation.My advice assuming that all you say is true deal with it and do not say anything if you know that she is wrong and our are right what harm is being done to you it sounds like the other students do not care either way so why waste your time correcting anything?