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to cube321 " Good point. But, do educators necessarily act as "progaganda organs" for the capitalist system? I can think of a handful of teachers at my school -- particularly within the sociology and women's studies department -- who do not (and my school is one of the more conservative universities in Canada). " Of course educators do not necessarily act as propaganda organs even though most publicly funded schools do. Some are very open in this criticism - see for examples Lies My Teacher Told Me - author of which is an educator. He certainly speaks out against the standard story. Or Zinns History of the American People. Please recall the context of my original comment. Heather was taking Gorbachev to task for being supported by blood money (which to my knowledge he is not - his foundation being funded by his royalties and speech fees). My comment was that since she was on the staff of a public school I would not expect her to hold him to a higher standard than she set for herself. In fact I have no problem with teachers - some of my best friends are teachers (just couldn't resist). Richard ==^================================================================ This email was sent to: archive@jab.org EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?a84x2u.a9WB2D Or send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] T O P I C A -- Register now to manage your mail! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/register ==^================================================================
