▶ Your Answer :
There are some people who believe that
teachers' opinions on social and political issues should not be exposed to
students in class. However, I personally believe that students should exposed
to those leaned opinions about the issues for two subsequent reasons. First,
youngsters are clumsy to form their own opinions. Second, even teachers have
different opinions on the issues among them. To begin with, young students are too young
to make their opinions. To be specific, they are inclined to think irrationally
and assert their opinion on the issues without any supporting ideas because
they do not understand the whole political and social system correctly. For
example, when I was in high school, I was opposed to an issue that government
should reduce corporate tax just because companies are rich. However, my
teacher at the time taught me how the economic system works and told me how he
thinks about the issue. He said that the reduced tax will stimulate the company
to employ more workers and use the money at promising investment opportunity.
His opinion enlightened me that I should think about other aspects of the
society. Thus, teachers' opinion help students think about the issue in broader
perspectives. On top of that, teachers' one-sided
opinions on social and political issues do not necessarily influence students.
This is because as students meet many different teachers throughout the
coursework from elementary to high school. They are more likely to meet diverse
teachers whose opinions differ among them. According to the research done by
the department of political science in Korea university, teachers have diverse
preferences for specific parties such as democratic and republic. This
statistically significant is explained by the professor in the department. He asserts
that this difference shows that teachers have many different views on social
and political issues. Therefore, students face varying opinions and hence they develop
and reference other thoughts so that they think rationally and most desirably.
To sum up, youngsters are too young to
think correctly and teachers have so different opinions that students can
choose among them and develop their own ideas. In this regard, I believe that
young students should be exposed to various opinions on social and political issues. |