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Originally Posted by Mäntykruunu
Well, yes, but the Authorities can´t actually control a teacher in a classroom. I have been working as a history teacher for the last three years. Although my viewpoint is quite patriotic/nationalistic, I have never had any problems with the headmaster. And I can promise you that my pupils really learn real history of Finland and real history of the World - absolutely no politically correct fable.
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Very good. But how many history teachers like you are there? And how many children are there being taught precisely this politically correct version of our history? Having been in the wonderful world of education for quite some time now myself I must say that in my experience teachers do self-censor themselves in this case a lot for fear of repercussions. And also I think this depends a lot on the values of those in charge...
And of course, this is not just a question of history but of the all pervasive preordained " values " that ALL teachers, no matter what their subject, are supposed to implement in their teaching. As you obviously are aware of, the new national curriculum set by the Ministry of Education demands schools to write their own curriculums based on the national one. In every subject being taught in schools they must put down in writing how THEY are going to implement these "value concepts" in those subjects. Having been a part of this process I must say that it is quite stupefying...The religion/ethics teacher is supposed to teach the children that everybody is born equal and that all religions can and shall live hand in hand in a world all of which belongs to all of us...and in here I must quote Scoob in saying that good fences make good neighbours. The languages teacher is supposed to teach the children multiculturalism through listening of rap-music...I am not making this up, this is how they make the schoolbooks these days. The guidance counsellor is supposed to take the children to the refugee centers to ostensibly teach them to value multiculturalism...but really, what is that but transferring unnecessary collective guilt to yet another generation?
Everywhere they go our children are bombarded with images and messages that can eventually make them disregard their own heritage in favour of the ones they see depicted as desirable, right now that seems to be the rap/hiphop culture... Children spend a huge portion of their time in schools, so what better place than schools and what better position than a teacher has is there to raise the children to respect their OWN culture?