A lesson in Freedom

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Q: "How do you earn your desks?"

A: "We don't. The school buys them from a sweatshop somewhere in SE Asia that uses child labor to make them."
 
Originally Posted By: MinamiKotaro
Q: "How do you earn your desks?"

A: "We don't. The school buys them from a sweatshop somewhere in SE Asia that uses child labor to make them."



Closer to the truth.

Economics is a complex subject, you can only dumb it down so far before any relevance is lost.

I think the teacher should get a fail grade in that attempt.
 
Originally Posted By: MinamiKotaro
Q: "How do you earn your desks?"

A: "We don't. The school buys them from a sweatshop somewhere in SE Asia that uses child labor to make them."



Pretty much. The school buys them with the property tax proceeds paid by the home owners in the district.
 
Originally Posted By: Alfred_B
Originally Posted By: MinamiKotaro
Q: "How do you earn your desks?"

A: "We don't. The school buys them from a sweatshop somewhere in SE Asia that uses child labor to make them."



Pretty much. The school buys them with the property tax proceeds paid by the home owners in the district.

Is the correct answer to the question asked.

Clearly, not enough people appreciate how fortunate they are to be born in the time and country.
If you want them to appreciate freedom, service or veterans, the teacher should have asked a different question instead of taking away material purchase via school district taxation.
 
A good teacher can teach the lessons where an appreciation of the sacrifices of others would develop naturally instead of compelling them to think one way.

Telling people to think one way with no supporting case is 'indoctrination'

It appears a valiant effort was made.

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I talked to Martha Cothren about that day and also about her military history class. This daughter of a World War II POW regularly has veterans visit her classroom — it’s one of the ways she teaches her course on the history of World
it’s one of the ways she teaches her course on the history of World War II and the Vietnam War. Her class didn’t yet have a textbook (she was busy writing one), so she used less typical methods of imparting knowledge about those events to her students. Part and parcel of what she teaches is an appreciation for members of the armed forces.


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not enough people appreciate how fortunate they are to be born in the time and country.


QFT
 
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