silent protest

today while we spent our time in the classroom waiting for you to come to class we organized this kind  of. it first started off as just a joke but as we went on I realized it could actually stand for something. We are sitting here silently to protest against what you taught us last class which was to question the things that people say and everything that you hear. Why should we sit and listen to a teach and take everything that they say if you taught us just to question it? Also, what if the point in even saying anything if you are just going to question what we say. Questioning is not having trust in what is said or done or the person so along with saying we should question the things that are said you basically said we shouldn't trust all the things that you say or someone says so what is the point of you getting up and teaching.

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  1. Mr. SchickFebruary 11, 2018 at 7:36 AM

    "today while we spent our time in the classroom waiting for you to come to class we organized this kind of."

    This kind of... what?

    "it first started off as just a joke but as we went on I realized it could actually stand for something. We are sitting here silently to protest against what you taught us last class which was to question the things that people say and everything that you hear. Why should we sit and listen to a teach and take everything that they say if you taught us just to question it?"

    Because you are intelligent human beings capable of independent thought.

    "Also, what if the point in even saying anything if you are just going to question what we say."

    Because if it's good enough for Socrates, it's good enough for me.

    "Questioning is not having trust in what is said or done or the person so along with saying we should question the things that are said you basically said we shouldn't trust all the things that you say or someone says so what is the point of you getting up and teaching."

    I disagree with your premise that "questioning is not having trust." I have trust in you and your class, that you will honestly ask questions or express doubt or vehemently disagree with what you are being taught. I hope that you have trust in me, that I will honestly and respectfully respond to your questions, doubts, and dissents to the best of my ability. I am sure I fall short at times, but I think you are worth taking this approach to teaching, learning, and thinking, especially when it comes to taking things we learn about ancient Greece and applying them to our twenty-first century American lives.

    If I have ever had a class who deserved to have "We Are the Champions" as their theme song, it's yours.

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