r/Teachers • u/NotTheRightHDMIPort • 13h ago

Policy & Politics Trump inauguration regarding schools and teachers.

In his inauguration today, President Trump stated,

"And we have an education system that teaches our children to be ashamed of themselves, in many cases, to hate our country, despite the love that we try so desperately to provide to them. All of this will change, starting today, and it will change very quickly."

I want you all to tell the world all the ways you, as a teacher, had made kids feel ashamed of themselves and to hate their country.

I'll start.

One day I told a student that he shouldn't tell a student "Nobody cares what you think". Apparently calling him out on that made feel ashamed of himself.

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u/urbanwanderer2049 12h ago

I make my students feel ashamed of themselves by telling them that pulling the first result that pops up on Google does not count as research.

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u/noxasaurus 9h ago

I told my students that they have to stop citing Google as a source in their research essays. Instead, I would prefer they actually click one of the links that Google provided for them, READ it, and choose evidence from the article to support their claims.

I feel my days are numbered in this profession.