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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsI am conflicted. I usually offer my students extra credit for watching the SOTU address
but I really don't want them to watch all the lies that dotard will be spewing tomorrow night.
Maybe I will ask them to list pros and cons and their feelings of them?
I don't know...
any advice?
Pantagruel
(2,580 posts)should keep them busy for days
Cha
(297,317 posts)ehrnst
(32,640 posts)Kajun Gal
(1,907 posts)LenaBaby61
(6,974 posts)My next door neighbor whose a school teacher told me that his class of 38 8th graders told him last Monday that to a person that they weren't going to be watching the State of the Union Address because they said that the president is a liar, racist and doesn't care about our country (They're mostly African-American & Hispanic students).
Today he told me that ALL 38 8th grade students told him AGAIN that the president is a liar, racist and that he doesn't care about our country. He said he's not going to force them to watch.
Good on him
lunasun
(21,646 posts)BigmanPigman
(51,610 posts)Takket
(21,577 posts)make sure they watch the democratic response as well. Have them pick out one statement made by both men and make it a project to do their own fact checking to verify or prove false a claim for each side.
We all know how that is going to turn out...........
MadDAsHell
(2,067 posts)Youre enforcing the snowflake myth if you attempt to protect grown adults from hearing bad ideas.
TheMastersNemesis
(10,602 posts)Probably would not encourage or discourage it. It is a no win situation in today's charged political environment. I do not envy you.
rickford66
(5,524 posts)They won't remember the lies on Wednesday.
IluvPitties
(3,181 posts)They need to be engaged in the political process... at least if there is going to be any hope for the future.
demtenjeep
(31,997 posts)I like the fact check piece.
Maybe I will just have them write down questions they want clarified and then on wed we can look up the true facts
mascarax
(1,528 posts)Then pick a topic to contrast? (No doubt theyll be many to pick from!)
demtenjeep
(31,997 posts)I think this is the route I will go
Ms. Toad
(34,075 posts)moriah
(8,311 posts)I don't know if you'd feel this was beyond the non-GT kids who need the extra credit, but perhaps just for "evidence they watched" have them name 2-3 issues each speaker focused on, and one issue both addressed with each speaker's stance on the issue summarized?
It'd at least be "balanced" insofar as having your students watch both speakers, and I don't think parents could be offended by strict analysis of what was said and the credit being awarded no matter what was said (edit to clarify, which issues they chose to mention, as parents may help on this) as long as it was clear they watched.
underthematrix
(5,811 posts)Kirk Lover
(3,608 posts)democratisphere
(17,235 posts)briv1016
(1,570 posts)Checking 50+ lies should keep them busy.
pnwmom
(108,980 posts)They have to watch all 3 to get credit.
Hekate
(90,714 posts)...and truths (if any) that are in it. Compare with Dem responses (Kennedy and Waters).
Even in the 8th grade there should be rich fodder these days for teaching critical thinking to them.
benld74
(9,904 posts)Make it a reading assignment
Easier on the ears
JI7
(89,252 posts)maybe give some other extra credit assignment . maybe something involving separation of powers and checks and balances. since this is just 8th grade nothing too complicated.
GulfCoast66
(11,949 posts)Do what you have always done.
Doing otherwise just give more fodder to the RWNJs.
edbermac
(15,941 posts)rownesheck
(2,343 posts)don't offer anything for them watching. Offer them extra credit for a 1500 word essay which outlines the parallels between the rise of Hitler and the rise of Trump. It should scare the hell out of them, but you could become the subject of a rwnj parent's facebook rant which may get you in some trouble.
dewsgirl
(14,961 posts)Although I know the teacher leans left, he appears terrified of touching this mess. I can't really blame him, with everything so politicized right now.
Sanity Claws
(21,849 posts)Maybe you could give them credit for not throwing something at the television while watching. That shows Ninja-grade self-control.
But, really, don't do it. You don't want their minds poisoned.
Trueblue Texan
(2,430 posts)...watching the Stormy Daniels and Jimmy Kimmel interview!
Vinca
(50,278 posts)Trump's "message" cannot be left to stand alone. (I hope you realize watching Trump read a speech might be construed as cruel and unusual punishment. LOL.)
WhiteTara
(29,718 posts)Proud Liberal Dem
(24,414 posts)just for being able to watch the entire thing.
dsc
(52,162 posts)lunasun
(21,646 posts)Also if you offer extra credit for the dem response and they come back and tell you there was none on TV , you know what channels they had on at the home
demtenjeep
(31,997 posts)more extra credit for writing what they feel
and more extra credit for watching either Maxine Waters or Joe Kennedy III
I told them anything was fair game but no bullshit because I will be watching too
They can even criticize the way he comports himself because they are in public speaking