Gloucester Student Said Teacher Criticized Him For Supporting President Trump

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GLOUCESTER (CBS) – Jackson Cody of Gloucester is in many ways a typical 12-year-old; he loves sports and is also passionate about politics.

“I just feel like our country wasn’t in a great place. I just wanted to learn more about Donald Trump because it seemed like he was making our country rise again and become America again,” the 7th grader said.

He voiced that support for the president during a recent classroom discussion of the debate.

“I raised my hand fully and a few kids were going to raise their hands but then they heard the teacher say to me, ‘Oh Mr. Jackson I thought I liked you.’ She proceeded to ask why I support a racist and a pedophile,” Jackson recalled.

 

[ThinkingSapien]

In general I don’t like the exercise of having kids discuss contentious politics in class.

I have a friend whose daughter was assigned to watch the debate with family and be prepared to discuss it in class. The friend and her daughter are black. Being the only person of color in her class she suspected that some issues might come up that would make her daughter stand out more and not in a good way. She had a discussion with the teacher about her concerns to better ensure this did not happen.

 

[Balto1]

Teachers are supposed to educate children, of course they’re going to criticize kids for supporting fascists.