- less than a month after 9/11, the algebra teacher asked the only muslim kid in school if he “believed in the terrorists”
- sociology teacher told us being gay was a sin and torture was justified even if it didn’t work
- i got docked a letter grade in horticulture for not saying the pledge of allegiance
- abstinence-only sex ed, randroid econ curriculum, blah blah blah background noise rightwing indoctrination that didn’t even rate as notable back then
public school
btw
If high school “wasn’t political” for you, either while you were in it or in a “in hindsight that was kind of fucked up” capacity, then you were either
1.) Too distracted trying to survive the hell of a grossly abusive and dysfunctional family you were trapped under as a minor to notice or frankly care about the politics of your teachers or curriculum.
2.) In a place of privilege that to this day as a 30+ year old adult you still think “being into politics” is a just hobby with no greater wider societal stakes than that of wood carving on a leisurely Saturday afternoon.
ALT