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An ongoing debate exists on whether teachers should not tell their social and political opinions to students in the classroom. Regarding this controversial issue, I strongly support that teachers can teach students by giving their own views in the classroom. The reason behind this is that showing social issues and views to students is one of important parts of education. Additionally, it helps students to develop their own opinion.
To begin with, teachers should show their social and political views to students in the class since demonstrating own view to public is necessitate part of students' learning. Some people may argue that it will lead students to have biased view to the society especially controversial political and social issues. However, before this concern occurs, teachers are of greater help because they can show how to present their critical opinions by explaining step by step. In turn students learn how to deal with the argument in a logical way not just insisting their views. According to the study released by the Bain and Company, most surveyed respondents state that the key to their success to show their own opinions on the public stage with social issues is hands-on lessons in the classroom at school days. To specific, they were able to learn how to attract opponents' attentions and how to employ proper implements that support their social and political opinions. If had not been for their learning in the classroom, they would not have performed the address on their social opinion effectively.
Furthermore, if teachers make their social and political opinion in the classroom, students can encourage to make their own voices onto social and political issues. In the classroom students are given the chance to learn extensive views of social issues which are designed well to understand in the appropriate way. Students can make their own decision on the base of these evidences given by teachers, and can compare teachers' views on the certain issue with their standpoints. From my own experience, when I was in the middle school, one day my teacher took the social issue whether government should spend more money on expending zoo. As long as she explained both sides of argument, I decided my view with ease and was able to enhance my argument by comparing my teacher's view opposite my viewpoint. In this way, appealing teachers' view on social and political issue in the classroom is helpful to make students' own thinking process and results.
In a nutshell, I have no doubt that teachers are better telling their social and political opinion to students. This is because students are better able to learn how to present their views in public. What's more, they can easily make their own social and political opinion with teachers' view. |