As I’ve done for years, teaching Frederick Douglass, Wong Kim Ark, & birthright citizenship next week in my Asian American lit. class. Feeling anxious about discussing the history given what’s going on. Any advice from fellow academics/teachers on how to approach it without derailing the lesson?
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This lets me to teach the lesson in its entirety without disruption and gives me an opportunity to expand it to include current context afterwards.
The truth these days is an alternative!
Please keep your J.O.B.☮️🙏🏽😊🖖🏽
If they push you can say it’s unprecedented and leave it at that.
"Damn the torpedoes! Full steam ahead"
Otherwise good luck.
Speaking out will give you praise, but it also may find you unemployed.
You are teaching for the other students, and maybe the partisan students’ future selves if lucky.
Nothing is perfect and now we are going through a phase of change, which is sometimes necessary and not always right.
Hopefully we will bring those things to light to evolve.
I try not to insult people but do say this isn't normal. But my job is pretty bullet proof.