Not "unprofessionalism" but "liberalism"

More likely this is a case of the Boston Globe's headline writing bias from an AP story: Teacher under investigation for alleged liberalism:

The school superintendent whose district includes Mount Anthony Union High School has labeled "inappropriate" and "irresponsible" an English teacher's use of liberal statements in a vocabulary quiz.

"I wish Bush would be (coherent, eschewed) for once during a speech, but there are theories that his everyday diction charms the below-average mind, hence insuring him Republican votes," said one question on a quiz written by English and social studies teacher Bret Chenkin.

The question referring to the president asked students to say whether coherent or eschewed was the proper word. The sentence would be more coherent if one eschewed eschewed.

Another example said, "It is frightening the way the extreme right has (balled, arrogated) aspects of the Constitution and warped them for their own agenda." Arrogated would be the proper word there.

Well, it doesn't surprise me that more and more ed schools these days are producing "activist-minded" instructors. It used to be however, that teachers were taught to keep their personal views mum so they wouldn't sway young minds. And this is the point: Chenkin is being investigated for his unprofessionalism, not his liberalism. Who cares what political views teachers hold, as long as they don't promulgate them in their classes?

By using "liberalism" in their headline, the Globe insinuates that Chenkin himself is the victim of politically-motivated attack -- that his classroom conduct wasn't the issue.

(h/t: Rhymes with Right.)
(Cross-posted at Oh, That Liberal Media.)

Posted by Hube at November 26, 2005 08:50 AM | TrackBack