I had an 8th grade teacher who, I realize in very long hindsight, was probably some kind of John Bircher. Not perhaps what the adults around would have wanted (maybe?). But from her careful reading of the US Constitution, I learned a lot about how to think about the implications of a distant document. Fortunately, students mostly learn what they and their peers are interested in. Larger social forces led me in a very different direction and I am sure I'm not the only one who got a lot out a ideologically horrible teaching.
I had an 8th grade teacher who, I realize in very long hindsight, was probably some kind of John Bircher. Not perhaps what the adults around would have wanted (maybe?). But from her careful reading of the US Constitution, I learned a lot about how to think about the implications of a distant document. Fortunately, students mostly learn what they and their peers are interested in. Larger social forces led me in a very different direction and I am sure I'm not the only one who got a lot out a ideologically horrible teaching.