RE: Got Them Misleading News Blues
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That's why the whole pretense of objectivity gets me so riled up. Judging by the article, they were looking for something to tie in with the protests occurring elsewhere. Conflating opposition with protest just seems a recipe for nothing good.
Wish we'd had more teachers doing demonstrations like that, didn't have anything like it when I was in school. Then again it'd be hard to do there, the county only had a couple weekly papers. Think it was my first trip to DC that I got to see it for myself, wasn't sure what the difference was between the Washington Post and the Washington Times until my parents made me look at little closer.
The most valuable tool we all have as consumers of information and as citizens, is skepticism.
Amen to the skepticism. 'Consumers of information' just speaks to how warped our relationship to knowledge has become, but that's another rant.
I was a bit eccentric. Didn't train to be a teacher (although I did get certification), so I had unorthodox methods. The kids loved my approach...the other teachers and administration scratched their heads. But my approach worked really well. Noisy, lively classroom with engaged students who learned. Very short career (exhausting) but memorable.