(September 17, 2014 at 11:49 pm)thatyoungteacherguy Wrote: Hi all,
I'm a teacher in central Nebraska and one of the classes I teach is Sociology. I try my best to be as unbiased as a good teacher can, but I'm afraid some of my colors have shown when discussing topics like religion and a few of my students may have an inkling as to where I stand with my beliefs. This doesn't really bother me, even though this area of the country is about as anti-secular as it gets. What does bother me, however, is the fact that some of my students have started to mention that they have beliefs similar to mine and are even asking for help/advice. Now don't get me wrong, I'm all for advocating the secular movement to the average adult joe/jane, but I hesitate to share such thoughts with my students. As far as I know, I'm the only educator in the district that thinks this way, so the kids don't have anyone else to talk to and I don't have anyone who can give me any advice other than "repent, idiot". Any thoughts, advice, etc are very much appreciated.
Thanks
First up, welcome.
Secondly it's difficult. If asked directly point them towards various secular groups without too much advocating on your part. There's enough trouble with Christian teachers pushing their beliefs on students, you don't want to be accused of doing the same.
Perhaps your non believing students could set up a Secular Students' Alliance group?
Playing Cluedo with my mum while I was at Uni:
"You did WHAT? With WHO? WHERE???"
