Should teachers make their social or political views known to students in the classroom?
As is known to all, teachers can exert a great influence on students' mentalities. So there is some dissent in whether teachers ought to make their social or political views known to students in the class. Some people contend that it is teachers' responsibility to instill their students with their social and political perspectives since they are more knowledgeable than the average, whereas I believe that teachers should not put their own opinions to the students' heads for the following reasons.
Firstly, teachers' attitudes may distort students' values. As a matter of fact, students usually spend most of their time on the campus, lacking in social experience. They are too naive to have definite social or political standpoints. Therefore, they are susceptible to teachers' biases, which weakens their ability to think independently. For example, my physics teacher in junior high school told us that the development of the computer would encounter the bottleneck soon and was not promising. However, he was a physics teacher and actually had limited knowledge of the computer. Now we learn such words are wrong but his idea may really affect some students.
In addition, expressing their social or political opinions in the class can reduce students' study efficiencies. In the class, not just students but also the teacher is supposed to focus on the lecture and the related knowledge. Teachers can discuss with students about researching or working experience, or organize a meeting sharing top students' knacks, which is more practical and helpful for students' study than the political or social views. In a world, Expressing the social or political views in the class may waste students' time to study and lower their efficiencies. If it is really necessary, they can talk about these topics after class.
In conclusion, as far as I am concerned, it is improper for teachers to express their own social or political views to the students in the class because it interferes with the individual thinking, weakening students' discrimination, and may reduce the study efficiency in the class.
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Should teachers make their social or political views known to students in the classroom?
As is well known, teachers can exert a great influence on students' mentalities. So there is some dissent as to whether or not teachers ought to make their social or political views known to students in class. Some people contend that it is the teacher’s responsibility to instill in their students their social and political perspectives since they are more knowledgeable than the average, whereas I believe that teachers should not fill their students’ heads with their own opinions for the following reasons:
Firstly, teachers' attitudes may distort students' values. Students usually spend most of their time on campus, thus they are often lacking in social experience. They are too naive to have definite social or political standpoints. Therefore, they are susceptible to teachers' biases, which weakens their ability to think independently. For example, my physics teacher in junior high school told us that the development of the personal computer would soon encounter bottlenecks and was not promising. However, he was a physics teacher and actually had limited knowledge of computers. We now understand such thinking was wrong but his ideas may have really affected some students.
In addition, teachers expressing their social or political opinions in class can reduce students' ability to study efficiently. In the classroom, students and teachers are supposed to focus on the lecture and the related material. Teachers can discuss with students about research or work experience, or organize a meeting sharing top students' knacks (what does this mean?), which is more practical and helpful for students than sharing their political or social views. Expressing social or political views in class may waste students' study time. If it is really necessary, they can talk about these topics after class.
In conclusion, as far as I am concerned, it is improper for teachers to express their own social or political views to students in class because it interferes with individual thinking, weakening students' discrimination, and may reduce study efficiency in class.
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哇，好多没见过的词汇0.0 厉害。。。
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Dear Mónica, that's exactly what I would like to express! I believe your students would benefit a lot from you.
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Dear ShangKun, your point of view is very interesting. The role of a teacher is to teach students to think on their own. We try to give students the tools so that they can create their own ideas, yet sometimes it is difficult to be impartial. I try to let students speak and hear what they have to say.
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