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6.15周二
老师是否应该表达自己的政治立场
Teachers should not make their social or political view known to students, do you agree or not, explain why.
Everyone has his or her particular preferences in almost every aspects of life, not only the common things which related to daily routines such as food, dressing, accommodation and transportation, but also some larger ideas about the world, such as the political, economical and social views, or even ideologies. Contrary to the opinion of many people holding the opinion above is my heartfelt disagreement to the idea that teachers should express their political tendencies to students. Why? I will illustrate my opinion in the following paragraphs.
First of all, what a teacher, especially the social science professor, should do is to show students how the conclusion or the opinion is approved or supported by the convincing facts and evidences. He or she should emphasize the facts, data, evidences and the reasoning process, not just merely the opinion or the view itself, because a teacher is neither a politician nor a merchant who, in many people’s eyes, is always eagerly to sell his/her goods, substantially or unsubstantially. If the evidence is persuasive enough and the argument is strong enough, students naturally agree with their teachers, and so the teachers will not try to make their views known but turn to show why it’s sound. That’s the scientific attitude.
Secondly, whether you agree or not is that students already have or will have their own ideas and views about the society, politics and the world. As for a teacher, what he or she should do is to help them to think independently and critically by themselves as the teacher was once one of them many years ago. Take my own academic supervisor- Professor Zhang -for example, she never shows her ideological tendencies or views to our fellow students but only to teach us how to find the answers using scientific methodologies and form our own opinion in the research process deriving from the solid and first-hand evidences by ourselves. If teachers put upon their views upon their students, they will face a tricky problem: how to deal with the different view comes from the group of students and its holders? Dissidents will always be there and the disagreements often exist.
Lastly, nobody can ensure his or her political or social view is absolutely correct because one cannot collect and combine all the information, data, knowledge and opinion of one issue or affair to form an ultimate truth. Consider that many of the ideas and claims we currently accept-democracy, voting rights for women, civil rights for vulnerable people-were once considered to be unpopular, wrong or even dangerous. This historical perspective helps us accept a tenet of critical thinking: What we seem outlandish or totally correct today may become widely accepted or objected a century, a decade, or even a year from now, especially these relating to the society and politics. Since in the realm of the society and politics there is no absolute correctness and rightness, teachers should not make their views upon their students who can also think by themselves.
In order to avoid ideology-driven misreading of some important social or political issues, I do argue that teachers, professors and some elders should not express their political view directly and intensively to the students or youngsters, even though they are out of goodwill and love. A great teacher never strives to explain his or her vision eagerly, S/he only invites you to stand beside him/her and see for yourself and prove for yourself, and the most importantly, s/he teaches you one point is all the social, economical or political views or ideas are arguable and debatable. |
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