Teacher reinstated after doing nothing wrong....

[Good Doctor HST]

It's about how this teacher was teaching his students his personal beliefs and politics instead of the course at hand. He was indoctrinating them.

What I'd like to know is: what was the course at hand? How did the topic of conversation steer towards the disputed discussion? Did a student ask a question related to the actions of the president? Did the teacher knowingly go off on a rant to shed light on how the U.S. operates under the guise of "democracy" and "peace"? I just wonder how it built up.

"He was indoctrinating them." Are you kidding? He wasn't exercising hypnopaedia (sleep teaching) or drilling anti-American slogans into the students' heads. He spoke for about 3-4 minutes on a view of a topic the students would never hear or read in popular press.

[Partridge]

Influence, does not mean militarily influence.

What a truly ahistorical thing to say. But in way you're right, it might mean economic 'pressure', or CIA covert ops, or proxy-wars/insurgencies - but it all boils down to the same thing - domination of other countries by whatever means the US government deems necessary - 'shaping the world'.

what was the course at hand? How did the topic of conversation steer towards the disputed discussion?

It was geography class, and a discussion of this nature falls well within the remit of such a class - geography isn't just about identifying countries on a map. The class took place the morning after the SotU address.

He spoke for about 3-4 minutes on a view of a topic the students would never hear or read in popular press.

Actually he spoke for at least 21 minutes (that's all that was recorded). The bits I transcribed were the bits where he talked about the Bush administration. He also talked about the US terrorist war against Cuba, 9/11 and the 'war on terror', Israel/Palestine, 'collateral damage' and other topics.

[jetsetlemming]

"He was indoctrinating them." Are you kidding? He wasn't exercising hypnopaedia (sleep teaching)

Wow, it's been a long time since you've been in school. :P Students for the most part don't really pay much attention, and just accept anything the teacher says because they can't be bothered to think about school. Thinking about girls and when class is over and how not to get grounded is more important, so the lesson is just dropped right inot the brain without mulling it over. I've heard some people on tv defending this teacher by saying the kid that taped him "led him on", though these are typically the same people that question that he only taped the teacher's lecture and not the kids doing assigned work and chatting while the teacher graded papers at his desk.

[PhilosophyGenius]

Check out this theory:

The govnt pulled some strings to have teachers like Churchill and Bennish blasted in the media to discourage teachers all across the U.S. making students think for themselves.

[Good Doctor HST]

Thinking about girls and when class is over and how not to get grounded is more important, so the lesson is just dropped right inot the brain without mulling it over.

If it's true that information gets dropped into your brain when you're not paying attention in school, then I should have been valedictorian!

[AuGmENTor]

Sure, its good to have a discussion on current events. This techer was ranting on public events with a speech drastically slanted to his politics aimed at converting other to his point of view. Teachers aren't supposed to be teaching their views, they are supposed to be teaching facts. Public eduaction is for establishing a minimum amount of knowledge in the public at large. It's been stolen and used for indoctrination.

The facts according to WHO, sir? The history books? BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA. Some people not coming around so much is a GOOD thing.