I'd walk out too, who needs parents like the ones teaching those kids ...
I spend $800 bucks a month for private school tuition to keep them away from people like that.
I'd walk out too, who needs parents like the ones teaching those kids
We teachers seem to get blamed for everything these days, but PARENTS have a much greater influence than anything. In fact, it is the objections of parents that results in certain things being removed; they can even be of different religiions (e.g. a Jewish parent had some songs removed from a choir performance here, a Mormon is protesting school prayer in Utah, some Protestants protested a school graduation prayer in Washington, etc.).
Also, we all have our freeagency to do as we choose. I appreciate the teacher for standing up for her beliefs, though I believe that most political discussion should be between parents and children, not in the classroom, unless presented as both sides, in an unbiased fashion.
I guess it's just me, because I get this ALL the time. I see it as a teaching opportunity (my profession, after all) and proceed to elucidate the truth. When they can't refute me, I'm usually left alone in a great hurry. But then I won't let them disengage. eventually, although they may continue to disagree, I earn some gruding respect. It's one reason I was the 2001 social studies Teacher of the Year at my ultra liberal inner city high school.