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terrypurple73Mr. Jackman-
I don t want to sound disrespectful, but I want you to know how offended I was with your course this semester.
I can t imagine having Jewish roots, and never hearing a word about concentration camps in a history class. I can t imagine how I would feel about how the Vietnam War was taught to us, with just a mention of it under "Cold War Conflicts," if my father was a Vietnam veteran. I can, however, imagine what it is like to be a future social worker and hear more about the "Problems of Social Welfare" than about its benefits. We simply got a listing of "Safety Net" programs.
I only missed on class all semester, Mr. Jackman, but I felt like walking out halfway through quite a few more. During one discussion in particular, you outright laughed when a student brought up environmental degradation as a negative aspect of industrialization. I felt as if my strong conviction to social justice was being mocked every time the words “economic freedom ” were used. I don t believe that breaking the cycle of poverty is something that comes directly from capitalism. And thirty percent of the earth living in starvation is not "progress" enough for me. Your adherence to capitalism was what shone most strongly in this course, not your passion for history. It was not a view that was beneficial to my studies, or to my mood three afternoons a week.
Please consider the bias you bring to your curriculum the next time you teach this course.
I don t want to sound disrespectful, but I want you to know how offended I was with your course this semester.
I can t imagine having Jewish roots, and never hearing a word about concentration camps in a history class. I can t imagine how I would feel about how the Vietnam War was taught to us, with just a mention of it under "Cold War Conflicts," if my father was a Vietnam veteran. I can, however, imagine what it is like to be a future social worker and hear more about the "Problems of Social Welfare" than about its benefits. We simply got a listing of "Safety Net" programs.
I only missed on class all semester, Mr. Jackman, but I felt like walking out halfway through quite a few more. During one discussion in particular, you outright laughed when a student brought up environmental degradation as a negative aspect of industrialization. I felt as if my strong conviction to social justice was being mocked every time the words “economic freedom ” were used. I don t believe that breaking the cycle of poverty is something that comes directly from capitalism. And thirty percent of the earth living in starvation is not "progress" enough for me. Your adherence to capitalism was what shone most strongly in this course, not your passion for history. It was not a view that was beneficial to my studies, or to my mood three afternoons a week.
Please consider the bias you bring to your curriculum the next time you teach this course.
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