As a public school teacher, I have a responsibility not to bully my students into believing as I do.
In fact, I go out of my way to respect their right to form their own opinions – to think, not just to accept what they’re told.
The US Supreme Court apparently has no idea how this works.
The six Republican members (I refuse to call them justices) paved the way for organized prayer in public schools by ruling this week in support of a high school football coach who lead his team in prayer on the field.
Anyone who has ever been in the minority knows that when an authority figure leads students in an activity, it is not optional – no matter what they say.
I know this from personal experience.
When I was in elementary school, I was one of a handful of Jewish kids in a building…
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