pShould kids be taught about contemporary politics at school?

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Yes, they should

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No, they shouldn't

@Nov '12 V 326 votes c 147 comments

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326 Votes

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Jen13411 endorsed Zazziness

v Yes, they should
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Jun 15
shareen12 endorsed Zazziness

v Yes, they should
Jun 14

Bluephoenix

v No, they shouldn't

The way teaching is in our country, this would give just another opportunity for the liberal preachers, I mean teachers, to spout their viewpoints.

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Jun 14
east2west voted

v Yes, they should
Jun 13
dethkat666 endorsed Bobolinsky

v Yes, they should
Jun 12
usmom3 voted

v Yes, they should
Jun 10
dfaustin voted

v No, they shouldn't
Jun 8

ccchhhrrriiiss

v Yes, they should

YES! However, they shouldn't be influenced by their teachers' own political persuasions.

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Jun 8
rba420 voted

v Yes, they should
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Jun 8
hancel voted

v Yes, they should
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Jun 7
Frankie108 voted

v Yes, they should
Jun 7
JenniferLoni voted

v Yes, they should
Jun 7
griz64blue endorsed HughAkston

v No, they shouldn't
Jun 7
catiz voted

v Yes, they should
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Jun 6
USN-22 voted

v No, they shouldn't
Jun 6
stevesampson voted

v Yes, they should
Jun 6
jimsnoek voted

v Yes, they should
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Jun 6
bajo voted

v No, they shouldn't
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Jun 5
DaQuietOne endorsed HughAkston

v No, they shouldn't
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Jun 4
DIAMONDG81 voted

v Yes, they should
Jun 4
falco_alba voted

v Yes, they should
Jun 4
JenaS62 voted

v Yes, they should
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Jun 4
Linebacker66 voted

v Yes, they should
Jun 3
anotherperson voted

v Yes, they should
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Jun 3
DotsonB voted

v Yes, they should
Jun 3
Tbplummer1951 voted

v Yes, they should
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Jun 2
Knoll37 voted

v No, they shouldn't
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Jun 2
aledar voted

v Yes, they should
Jun 2
7777777GGG voted

v Yes, they should
Jun 1
rtoberl voted

v Yes, they should
Jun 1
H311RA151N voted

v Yes, they should
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Jun 1
kosmik endorsed Zazziness

v Yes, they should
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May 31
sspphoto voted

v Yes, they should
May 31
Greatkaven voted

v Yes, they should
May 31

RedFloppyShoes

v Yes, they should

BUT...it would have to depend on the grade level and that it is framed in an age appropriate manner. (Since the public schools are run by unions, I think it would end up being one sided)

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May 30
StanH voted

v No, they shouldn't
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May 30
Theocrat voted

v Yes, they should
May 30
reneecollins07 voted

v Yes, they should
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May 30
Texasbuzz voted

v Yes, they should
May 29
InquisitiveMe endorsed Tolpuddle

v Yes, they should
May 29
rojopa voted

v No, they shouldn't
May 28

N0rthman

v Yes, they should

I think kids should be taught to objectively look at the different issues from different perspectives and not from any politicians opinion. Choices and opinions should be respected and tolerated.

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May 28
Laz voted

v Yes, they should
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May 27
Bob_in_Rico voted

v No, they shouldn't
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May 26

Libertyboy

v Yes, they should

In a completely unbiased and fair manner.

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May 26
BostonRob endorsed Zazziness

v Yes, they should
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May 26
RealTexan voted

v Yes, they should
May 26
Koma voted

v Yes, they should
May 25

Prime_Meridian

v No, they shouldn't

I'm very cynical. With the prevalence of Left-leaning teachers in our educational system, schools would become even greater high-efficiency political lemming manufacturers. There's a difference between Social Studies/Current Events being taught and politics being taught. I'm not against social studies or current events being taught, hell, we had a TREMENDOUSLY INTERESTING class in our high school called "Contemporary Problems", patterned after the US Senate/US House of Representatives, where each one of us were responsible for introducing at least 3 Bills during the semester, and debating/supporting for their enactment. "Teaching Politics" has a high poten...

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May 25
sml11 endorsed Bobolinsky

v Yes, they should

Jun 14

Bluephoenix

v No, they shouldn't

The way teaching is in our country, this would give just another opportunity for the liberal preachers, I mean teachers, to spout their viewpoints.

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Jun 8

ccchhhrrriiiss

v Yes, they should

YES! However, they shouldn't be influenced by their teachers' own political persuasions.

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May 31

RedFloppyShoes

v Yes, they should

BUT...it would have to depend on the grade level and that it is framed in an age appropriate manner. (Since the public schools are run by unions, I think it would end up being one sided)

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May 28

N0rthman

v Yes, they should

I think kids should be taught to objectively look at the different issues from different perspectives and not from any politicians opinion. Choices and opinions should be respected and tolerated.

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May 26

Libertyboy

v Yes, they should

In a completely unbiased and fair manner.

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May 25

Prime_Meridian

v No, they shouldn't

I'm very cynical. With the prevalence of Left-leaning teachers in our educational system, schools would become even greater high-efficiency political lemming manufacturers. There's a difference between Social Studies/Current Events being taught and politics being taught. I'm not against social studies or current events being taught, hell, we had a TREMENDOUSLY INTERESTING class in our high school called "Contemporary Problems", patterned after the US Senate/US House of Representatives, where each one of us were responsible for introducing at least 3 Bills during the semester, and debating/supporting for their enactment. "Teaching Politics" has a high poten...

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May 25

scotta

v Yes, they should

I think it would give them a leg up on the real world and get them ready to vote.

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May 24

dontmatter

v No, they shouldn't

too many, at least 85% of the teachers are left leaning union thugs, so clearly there is bias here and should not be allowed!

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May 24

Nurse8493

v Yes, they should

Jesus, my savior, even preached against the politics of Cesar.

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May 23

HMB1114

v No, they shouldn't

As if there isn't enough indoctrination going on in the classroom.

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May 21

Dan_Tien

v No, they shouldn't

Leave them out of the partisan hyper-drama called contemporary politics until they are ready to vote. Let them believe in Santa Claus and mature adults until they grow up and learn the truth for themselves.

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May 21

Smoothbeartoo

v No, they shouldn't

NO! Because most teachers are biased way leftwing. Leftwing politics is like a religion to the left. If we leave Christianity out of the classroom, then ALL religion, including liberal progressive socialist democrat party religion, has also to be left off.

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May 20

robbob280

v No, they shouldn't

keep to teaching school work not politics

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May 19

marine1

v No, they shouldn't

It is most likely safe to say that a third of todays teachers are not doing a good job with just basice education. I shutter to think about them molding political opinion in the minds of our teenagers.

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May 19

seedtick

v Yes, they should

Yes, but it should be a high school senior year elective. And, there must be definite rules about how the subject is presented. Statements made by teachers to eighteen year olds can be very persuasive.

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May '13

armed_liberal

v No, they shouldn't

I don't want our teachers influencing which party to vote for at a young, impressionable age.

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May '13

AndrewMC

v Yes, they should

Of course. Most of the questions students will have will come from issues in contemporary politics. But like religion, dwelling on the activities, philosophies and viewpoints of contemporary politicians would be unnecessarily divisive.

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May '13

AlexNWA

v Yes, they should

Couldn't this be seen as teaching obscenities? As citizens, they're going to participate in the voting process very soon and need as much information as possible on how to spot propaganda.

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May '13

n1wp

v Yes, they should

Reading is a good thing! If they can read, the little idiots should!

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May '13

acg

v No, they shouldn't

If politics is taught at school then other people's views will be pressed on the students. Students should be taught history and then get to make their own decisions.

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Zazziness

v Yes, they should

Why wouldn't they be taught politics? As citizens, they're going to participate in the voting process very soon.

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Nov '12

Bobolinsky

v Yes, they should

I'm fine with it... so long as there are prerequisites... In addition to three years of American History, I'd also require a class on the Constitution... Otherwise it would devolve into nothing more than a teacher's union-influenced schoolhouse version of MSNBC.

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Nov '12

HughAkston

v No, they shouldn't

I have a better idea. Why not teach kids how to read, write, and perform simple arithmetic. One of our biggest problems is that we have been churning out generations of semi-literate young people despite the billions of dollars spent on education annually. Has anybody seen graduation rates from public schools in any major city? Has anybody compared how well our students perform compared to students from other nations? You can't have a modern society without literate people folks! Stop using valuable classroom time for nonsense. There's enough time for political indoctrination if and when these young people go to University. In the interim, let's start teaching kids to...

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Nov '12

FFX_VA

v No, they shouldn't

Teach them our history & how government works, leave kid politics to who gets to go across the monkey bars first. Don't burden them with contempt politics, let them enjoy being kids.

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Nov '12

Trshev

v Yes, they should

Yes, but the real challenge will be finding unbiased teachers who will give a fair and balanced perspective.

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Nov '12

Tolpuddle

v Yes, they should

Indeed they should. After countless "debates" with people this election cycle I was flabbergasted to respond to so many people who believed they understood how our Government works yet didn't and probably still don't, thus were stuck with "conspiracy theories" to decide their vote. If anyone at all choose to believe whomever our President is, is solely responsible for all things that happen, you yourself need to attend some of these classes. Especially the part that deals with Congress. I personally would like to also see classes that teach a person about cause and effect. To many it seemed only chose to look at the effect of whatever transpired but failed to see the e...

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Nov '12

Thunderchicken

v Yes, they should

Taught, no. Encouraged to be involved and discuss, yes. For our current events when I was in grade school, we were assigned a different news show weekly. We had to turn in a one page synopsis of the show and then participate in a discussion of last nights show. Kinda like we do here. IIRC we also had a media class where we learned about the different methods of reporting and advertising. FWIW in one of my kids classes this year, they had groups to run various people for president. Her group ran Hitler and lost to some rapper. Next the rapper goes against the teacher who's stumping for Elmo. It's exercises like this that interest the kids and let them learn.

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Nov '12

NO-BAMA

v Yes, they should

Why not? Teach them how the founding fathers of the country wanted the country to be. The Constitution, every vote counts, being INFORMED on the candidates and voting for the country as a whole. Which will be a difficult task due to the liberal indoctrination process that occurs in schools today, right up through the "higher education" institutions. A class on actual American history would be a good start also. Not the "wannabe" history that's pushed today. Immigrants that come to this country legally know more about this countries history than these kids that are being pumped through the public, (union ran) school systems. Take some of these recent graduates and se...

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May 21

Smoothbeartoo

v No, they shouldn't

NO! Because most teachers are biased way leftwing. Leftwing politics is like a religion to the left. If we leave Christianity out of the classroom, then ALL religion, including liberal progressive socialist democrat party religion, has also to be left off.

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Jan '13

Guns_and_Stars

v Yes, they should

If you want informed citizens then of course. We teach them politics in history so it stands to reason that current events are also important.

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