Milpitas teacher screens anti-abortion clips in 8th-grade class
A Milpitas science teacher has been placed on leave after showing parts of the graphic anti-abortion film "The Silent Scream" to five eighth-grade classes.
On Jan. 23, after students at Russell Middle School finished a chemistry test on acids and bases, first-year teacher Randy Yang showed clips from the controversial film, which depicts an 11-week-old fetus being dismembered during an abortion.
Some students did not like what they saw. "They're like, 'Ewww, that's gross, why do we have to see that?' " said eighth-grader Xhynah Cabugao. "Everybody was kind of disgusted."
When some students asked why they had to watch, Xhynah said, the teacher told them to avert their eyes if they didn't want to see it.
Regardless of your point of view on the topic of abortion, I think most of us could agree that the purpose of science class is not political indoctrination. This type of thing shows disrespect for the role of the parents. The teacher exploited a captive audience.
Students in the United States have an appalling lack of true scientific mastery for just this reason. Too much propaganda and not enough "science" is happening in the classroom.
However, in many ways it is hypocritical for the school to penalize the teacher when similarly egregious incidents are ignored because they cater to a politically correct viewpoint.
As a parent, you've got to ask yourself if a "free" government education is worth it.
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3 comments:
"As a parent, you've got to ask yourself if a "free" government education is worth it."
Well said.
Very balanced post. I do see the other side of the political spectrum able to indoctrinate with impunity. Doesn't make showing a graphic movie to kids w/o parental permission right, though.
>I do see the other side of the political spectrum able to indoctrinate with impunity.
It is rather irritating.
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