As a teacher of elementary students, I have learned it is best to keep politics out of the classroom. I do not share my viewpoints with my students, nor do I ask them their viewpoints. On the Monday before election day, we had many teachers that had their students complete a mock election. I felt like with the competitive nature of this election, this could turn out to be very dangerous.
Since the election, we have had very real talks with some of our students. We had one student come in and say they were a good Muslim, not the bad kind. Of course we know that she is good and we love her just the way she is, but there are very fine lines about what we can say. We have had students asked about the wall. As a teacher, we have to find a balance to keep our own thoughts to ourselves about what the president is doing, but we have to make sure our students feel safe and loved.
How do you find that balance?
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