Asklemmy

n many countries, including the United states, the core studies are taught through the end of Junior High School. And that's when mandatory education ends. So you should expect to see a lot more variety in high school.

As a teacher myself, I don't try to tell students what to believe, but I certainly don't run away from talking about political issues. If you're teaching English or science or social studies or foreign language, and you are working hard to avoid politics, you're doing your students a disservice.

For example, suppose you're teaching high school economics right now. Would you honestly not talk about the Trump tariffs? That would be the most ludicrous idea imaginable. Clearly the students want to know what's going on, they hear it on TV, they read it in the newspaper, and you're the expert so you should be telling them what's going on. Right? And if you're going to talk about them, you're probably going to be critical of them with good reason.

But anyway, I've heard people express views similar to yours over the years, and essentially many people with that view think that school could be or should be talked entirely by mindless robots. I don't think that's a great way to teach kids, I'm happy I didn't grow up in such a system, but if that's what you want then more power to you.