the assignment was an essay. express whether you believe the holocaust occurred and support your answer.
i blame the teacher for setting up the false argument of the holocaust’s actuality.
the students were taking a side in a debate, sometimes one takes a side one doesn’t agree with. content is subjective, format and technique can be graded.
just like writing an essay about the legitimacy of the second amendment... they will be wrong, but they have a right to be wrong... they just don’t have a right to make everyone else believe it.
teeman
it saddens me how so many on freerepublic can be so inconsistent with freedom of speech and thought.
historically the students are wrong... in an essay assignment, content shouldn’t matter.
flame away
Agreed. An essay should be graded on format, not whether its argument is true in an absolute sense.