Current Events in High School?

I feel like I was at a disadvantage when I was in High School. We never discussed elections or current events because the teacher's weren't allowed to state personal opinions. Was this the same for everyone? If so, I think current events should be enforced in High Schools. I am just getting into the game of politics now at age 20 and I wish I learned about it earlier. High Schoolers (especially Seniors) should be better educated on what is going on in the world politics. After all, we are the Generation who will be here for another 80 years.

Current Events in High School?
Government is a graduation requirement for all seniors in my county. I am in AP Government and every day we read the headlines of the Washington Post together and discuss current events. I believe it's extremely important to know what's going around in the world because honestly, there are way too many ignorant people. The other day someone asked me what the Darfur issue was and it's just ridiculous how clueless people can be. We also have current event quizzes. As the election is coming up, we are more involved than ever. We have guest speakers come in and we recently registered to vote.





Teachers are not supposed to state their personal opinions. However, a GOOD teacher can find ways around that in order to help students learn. Some teachers ignore the rule and are pretty blatant about whether they're more liberal or conservative. I don't think it's that big of a deal if they share their opinions because A) Most of us are curious anyway and B) Seniors are mature enough/don't care enough to run to the admins and tell them that the teacher was giving us a piece of their mind.
Reply:I'm in 10th grade, and I agree with you. People our age should be way more informed of what's out there instead of trying to stay quiet about things and not learning at all. I've took it upon myself to learn more things about politics and our government, instead of depending upon my teachers, because I know they won't be much help, because of the personal opinions thing. Teachers should be able to express their opinions, because I think they would have a better link with the students, in my opinion. Only a couple of my teachers have ever expressed what they believed and it shouldn't be that way. the others kind of just brush it off to the side, and act as if everything's okay with what's going on, and it almost comes off as them being monotone. Monotone + teaching = nowhere =)





Anyways, as I said before, I agree with you, and what you said does go on in my school.
Reply:It is possible to discuss current events with disclosing one's opinions. Teachers do it all the time.
Reply:When I was in school (I'm 38) current events was a huge part of social studies classes. We were required to read newspapers, we wrote papers on current topics, etc. Teachers are clever enough to foster discussion without inserting their own agenda, I'm very disappointed to hear they don't discuss current events. That can't be the case everywhere is it?
Reply:I am a sophmore in high school and we deal alot with current events in English class. I agree with you that current events should be enforced in high school because it keeps you up-to-date with what is going on in the world. For example, if some law were passed in a foregin country and you just so happened to go to that foreign country and you break the rule, you could get in trouble. Especially if it was a recent law that was passed, but if you break a law, then you should be entitled to the punnishment....but that relates to you question about current events because if you had paid attention to what was going on and you knew about the law, then you would have been less likely to break it. I enjoy politics alot, probably one of the few of thousands at my school. I think it depends on the teacher and if they are comfortable about the topic.

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